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.aiWatch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XPpg89K3ULM See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/duvenaud1...About The Trajectory:AGI and man-machine merger are going to radically expand the process of life beyond humanity -- so how can we ensure a good trajectory for future life?From Yoshua Bengio to Nick Bostrom, from Michael Levin to Peter Singer, we discuss how to positively influence the trajectory of posthuman life with the greatest minds in AI, biology, philosophy, and policy.Ask questions of our speakers in our live Philosophy Circle calls:https://bit.ly/PhilosophyCircleStay in touch:-- Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw-- X: x.com/danfaggella-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory-- YouTube: youtube.com/@trajectoryai