When I go jogging in the woods I always think, "Cherish these times as they are. Things are about to drastically change."

As a former academic, I think most academics are living in a bubble and they don't know it. They're not good judges of the implications because they don't understand how the average person exists in the world.

So for those who are going through school now, the advice is to immerse yourself in the tools, become native with them, so you can more easily find a career which lasts your lifetime. Well, what about everyone else living and working right now, who have had jobs for decades which haven't needed these tools but will eventually be replaced by AI? I feel that a lot of people are going to be left behind and this is going to be a very dark and dangerous time for much of the world.

China has opened the world's first fully AI-run hospital, known as "Agent Hospital," developed by Tsinghua University. This virtual hospital utilizes 42 AI doctors and 4 AI nurses to diagnose and treat virtual patients using real medical records with nearby 100% accuracy. - While not open to the public (yet), it serves as a research and training platform for medical professionals and AI models.

While it's easy to imagine romantic and idealistic scenarios that they ''sell'' us, where AGI transforms the world by delivering endless resources and radical abundance, personally I'm quite sceptical. Imo, given the backgrounds and priorities of the people currently driving its development, it’s unlikely that this will be AGI's primary focus. Hassabis and the interviewer fail to address a crucial question: do those responsible for AI (the various billionaire CEOs, big political leaders like Trump etc.) genuinely care about the social good, about the majority of average people, the environment etc. ? Or are they elitists who secretly harbor resentment towards society and the everyday, simple people of the 99% ? It's important to consider whether, as the gatekeepers of power and information, they prioritize their own interests over the well-being of the vast majority of "average" people.

The richest people in history have never saved lives, only destroyed them. If they are in control of Ai, suffering and death will be the only gifts average people receive.

"...if we get it right." Given the current trajectory of human behavior, I don't have much hope we will get this right. With how many dumb, greedy and power hungry people there are in charge, I don't for a second believe there won't be at least one a-hole who will screw this up for everyone. I'd love to be optimistic, but come on. Let's be real.

He mentioned wanting human nurses, but if the cost at the AI hospital is half the cost of the hospital using humans, what do you think is going to happen?

4:15 did this guy just say "we're cooked" 💀

Basic income is not the solution; there would still be great inequality. The only solution is that the AGI would be owned BY ALL OF HUMANITY, regardless of who/which country gets it first. The 'abundance' that AGI will bring should be distributed equally between all human beings. That's what we should start pressing for now: a treaty signed by all governments that states this. Any country that refuses to sign should be boycotted completely (tradewise, diplomatically etc) by all other countries.

I'm glad I dropped out of school at 13 and started working, eventually becoming an unlicensed plumber despite difficulty surviving early on. I have spent many years learning a variety of usefull skills in various jobs and then 17 years focusing on the plumbing trade, all the while incrementally studying philosophy on the side. Physical labour will be slow to replace and philosophical thinking will become more usefull than ever before in a world Driven by A.I. I'm as ready as I can be for changes that are coming whether I like those changes or not .

The problem with his “radical abundance/zero sum game” philosophy is the people don’t want everything they need and want. People want MORE than everyone else.

31% of the population in CA lives in poverty, where most tech, ai companies are based + earn billions. The abundance argument is not persuasive based on CA statistics to start.

"Some of you will die, and that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make"

Funny how "the future" is always spoken without inequality - egregious inequality - lurking its head in the background.

Being capable and being competent is slightly different, but the latter makes a needed positive change.

All i heard is they want something we can have in the present but assholes don't want to share

You can't have AI that is both obedient AND prevent bad actors form abusing it. Because obedient AI means we need to figure out how to align humans first and no one has worked that one out.

Thanks for asking some good, non-softball questions and being willing to counterargue the answers. If the people they agree to do interviews with don't ask the hard questions, then we may not always get answers for them, short of a mass protest!

This is the best interview I have come across that discusses the post AGI world. Many are ignorant about the change that is coming. Our schools need drastic change of circulam, teaching and assessing methods. Else students would be left with outdated knowledge. The skill gap would be very huge.