ATOW: Exploring Human Ability

ATOW

Exploring The Machine’s effects on human ability. Conversations about AI, safety, and how far one motivated person can now go.

Episodes

  1. Oct 26

    Lacho Blagoev: Educate, don’t regulate

    Lacho Blagoev is the CPO of Lab08, where they automate due diligence for investors with AI. We talk about what happens when bad people get frontier AI, education over regulation, jobs, the calm before the storm, and whether Claude could be conscious. Chapters:0:00 Cold open0:19 Intro1:36 Lab08: from services to product5:31 What tech due diligence shows6:57 Are VCs AI psychotic?9:38 When bad people get the tools12:16 “A fan of deregulating”15:36 Can anyone be educated?20:17 Doom, regulation and who wins23:10 Will everyone use AI?26:04 One-person companies28:39 AI and critical thinking31:10 Jobs after AI34:52 Hard times create strong people36:38 The four quadrants39:07 The calm before the storm43:13 Asimov was right44:34 Could Claude be conscious?48:52 “I can’t do this to Claude”51:03 AI companions54:00 Universe 25 and the Viking king Read the recap: Lacho Blagoev: Educate, don’t regulate Watch it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A20n2JNsDVs

  2. Oct 17

    Hunter Bown: From band director to viral in China

    Hunter Bown is the creator of CodeWhale & a law student. We discuss the future of tech, AI, and humanity. Chapters:0:00 Intro2:03 Welcome, Hunter2:24 From band director to law school6:33 First contact with GPT10:17 Bell Labs, the transistor and the AT&T breakup14:04 Who should control frontier AI?16:07 “I wish I could give them Claude”21:52 Hegelion: thesis, antithesis, synthesis24:45 Bad actors vs. surveillance states27:09 The student who built a gun detector32:28 Building CodeWhale35:14 The tweet that went viral in China40:03 China: bots, culture shock, one-person companies47:28 Open source as strategy50:38 Patents and the disclosure system58:14 Going to China as an American1:01:32 Nemotron and synthetic data1:03:50 Wrapping up: contribute to CodeWhale Read the recap: Hunter Bown: From Law to 40k+ stars on GitHub & conference invitations Watch it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cBcsUZuDcI

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Exploring The Machine’s effects on human ability. Conversations about AI, safety, and how far one motivated person can now go.

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