🤖 EVEN THE PEOPLE BUILDING AI WANT TO SLOW IT DOWN. WHAT DO THEY KNOW THAT WE DON’T?

AI Leaders Want to Slow Down AI: Why Sam Altman, Dario Amodei & Others Are Hitting the Brakes

Episode Description:
Something extraordinary is happening in artificial intelligence. Some of the very people racing to build the world’s most powerful AI systems are now saying the race may be moving too fast.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for pacing frontier AI development, and leaders including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis and Elon Musk have expressed support for greater caution or coordination.

So what do they know that the rest of us don’t?

Dominique and Erica explore the real risks, the politics, America’s competition with China, concerns about AI agents, the possibility that regulation could also benefit today’s AI giants, and a fascinating historical parallel from the 1975 Asilomar conference when scientists voluntarily slowed groundbreaking DNA research until safety standards could catch up.

Most importantly, this isn’t an episode about fearing AI.

It’s about asking whether humanity can develop wisdom as quickly as it develops intelligence.

Today’s tea: Chamomile, ginger and honey.

Key Question:
If the people building the fastest AI systems are suddenly asking for better brakes, shouldn’t the rest of us at least ask why?

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