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Emilia Javorsky joins the podcast to discuss AI-driven power concentration and how we might mitigate it. We also discuss optimism, utopia, and cultural experimentation.
Apply for our RFP here: https://futureoflife.org/grant-program/mitigate-ai-driven-power-concentration/
Timestamps:
00:00 Power concentration
07:43 RFP: Mitigating AI-driven power concentration
14:15 Open source AI
26:50 Institutions and incentives
35:20 Techno-optimism
43:44 Global monoculture
53:55 Imagining utopia
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