In this episode, we return to the subject of existential risks, but with a focus on what actions can be taken to eliminate or reduce these risks. Our guest is James Norris, who describes himself on his website as an existential safety advocate. The website lists four primary organizations which he leads: the International AI Governance Alliance, Upgradable, the Center for Existential Safety, and Survival Sanctuaries. Previously, one of James' many successful initiatives was Effective Altruism Global, the international conference series for effective altruists. He also spent some time as the organizer of a kind of sibling organization to London Futurists, namely Bay Area Futurists. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a triple major in psychology, sociology, and philosophy, as well as with minors in too many subjects to mention. Selected follow-ups: James Norris website Upgrade your life & legacy - Upgradable The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey) Beneficial AI 2017 - Asilomar conference "...superintelligence in a few thousand days" - Sam Altman blogpost Amara's Law - DevIQ The Probability of Nuclear War (JFK estimate) AI Designs Chemical Weapons - The Batch The Vulnerable World Hypothesis - Nick Bostrom We Need To Build Trustworthy AI Systems To Monitor Other AI: Yoshua Bengio Instrumental convergence - Wikipedia Neanderthal extinction - Wikipedia Matrioshka brain - Wikipedia Will there be a 'WW3' before 2050? - Manifold prediction market Existential Safety Action Pledge An Urgent Call for Global AI Governance - IAIGA petition Build your survival sanctuary Other people mentioned include: Eliezer Yudkowsky, Roman Yampolskiy, Yan LeCun, Andrew Ng Music: Spike Protein, by Koi Discovery, available under CC0 1.0 Public Domain Declaration How Hacks Happen Hacks, scams, cyber crimes, and other shenanigans explored and explained. Presented... Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify PodMatch PodMatch Automatically Matches Ideal Podcast Guests and Hosts For Interviews
