What Happens After Superintelligence? (with Anders Sandberg)

What this episode covers

Anders Sandberg joins me to discuss superintelligence and its profound implications for human psychology, markets, and governance. We talk about physical bottlenecks, tensions between the technosphere and the biosphere, and the long-term cultural and physical forces shaping civilization. We conclude with Sandberg explaining the difficulties of designing reliable AI systems amidst rapid change and coordination risks.   Learn more about Anders's work here: https://mimircenter.org/anders-sandberg   Timestamps:   00:00:00 Preview and intro  00:04:20 2030 superintelligence scenario  00:11:55 Status, post-scarcity, and reshaping human psychology  00:16:00 Physical limits: energy, datacenter, and waste-heat bottlenecks  00:23:48 Technosphere vs biosphere  00:28:42 Culture and physics as long-run drivers of civilization  00:40:38 How superintelligence could upend markets and governments  00:50:01 State inertia: why governments lag behind companies  00:59:06 Value lock-in, censorship, and model alignment  01:08:32 Emergent AI ecosystems and coordination-failure risks  01:19:34 Predictability vs reliability: designing safe systems  01:30:32 Crossing the reliability threshold  01:38:25 Personal reflections on accelerating change