Wes & Dylan Join Doom Debates — Violent Robots, Eliezer Yudkowsky, & Who Has the HIGHEST P(Doom)?!

Welcome to the Doom Debates + Wes Roth + Dylan Curious crossover episode!

Wes & Dylan’s host a popular YouTube AI news show that’s better than mainstream media. They interview thought leaders like Prof. Nick Bostrom, Dr. Mike Israetel — and now, yours truly!

This episode is Part 2, where Wes & Dylan come on Doom Debates to break down the latest AI news.

In Part 1, I went on Wes & Dylan’s channel to talk about my AI doom worries:

The only reasonable move is to subscribe to both channels and watch both parts!

Timestamps

00:00 — Cold open

00:45 — Introducing Wes & Dylan & hearing their AI YouTuber origin stories

05:38 — What’s Your P(Doom)? ™

10:30 — Living with high P(doom)

12:10 — AI News Roundup: If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies Reactions

17:02 — AI Redlines at the UN & risk of AGI authoritarianism

26:56 — Robot ‘violence test’

29:20 — Anthropic gets honest about job loss impact

32:43 — AGI hunger strikes, the rationale for Anthropic protests

41:24 — Liron explains his proposal for a safer future, treaty & enforcement debate

49:23 — US Government officials ignore scientists and use “catastrophists” pejorative

55:59 — Experts’ p(doom) predictions

59:41 — Wes gives his take on AI safety warnings

1:02:04 — Wrap-up, Subscribe to Wes Roth and Dylan Curious

Show Notes

Wes & Dylans’s channel — https://www.youtube.com/wesroth

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares — https://ifanyonebuildsit.com

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