David Duvenaud - What are Humans Even Good For in Five Years? (Early Experience of AGI - Episode 1)

This is an interview with David Duvenaud, Assistant Professor at University of Toronto, co-author of the Gradual Disempowerment paper, and former researcher at Anthropic.

This is the first episode in our new “Early Experience of AGI” series - where we explore the early impacts of AGI on our work and personal lives.

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- Closing the Human Reward Circuit: https://danfaggella.com/reward
-- Gradual Disempowerment: http://www.gradual-disempowerment.ai

Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XPpg89K3ULM

See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/duvenaud1

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