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The Missing Middle in AI Risk and Policy Conversations.
20:04 - 29:22 (09:17)
The focus on how the systems work obscures the policy conversations needed around AI as a problem of human beings and economic models. The conversation should not just hype up the companies, but also address the missing middle space that deserves attention to prevent personalized systems that generate profit by selling products to consumers.
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The AI risk and policy conversation is missing a middle ground and is inattentive to capitalism.
20:04 - 25:14 (05:09)
Summary
The AI risk and policy conversation is missing a middle ground and is inattentive to capitalism. The safety and ethics communities specifically focus too much on the concept of human means and ends that does not accurately reflect reality.
ChapterThe Missing Middle in AI Risk and Policy Conversations.
EpisodeA.I. Vibe Check With Ezra Klein + Kevin Tries Phone Positivity
PodcastHard Fork
The focus should not only be on creating powerful AI systems but also on understanding how to make them produce the outcomes we desire.
25:14 - 27:42 (02:28)
Summary
The focus should not only be on creating powerful AI systems but also on understanding how to make them produce the outcomes we desire. Developing governance mechanisms is crucial in addressing the large scale civilizational problems that come with AI.
ChapterThe Missing Middle in AI Risk and Policy Conversations.
EpisodeA.I. Vibe Check With Ezra Klein + Kevin Tries Phone Positivity
PodcastHard Fork
The speaker questions whether Congress has the capacity and self-confidence to regulate AI, and suggests creating structures and standards for deliberative and direct democracy experiments to guide the development of AI systems.
27:42 - 29:22 (01:40)
Summary
The speaker questions whether Congress has the capacity and self-confidence to regulate AI, and suggests creating structures and standards for deliberative and direct democracy experiments to guide the development of AI systems.