The last fifty years has seen the emergence of a strong global elite community that shares similar values and beliefs, leading to convergence in global policy and regulations across various industries. This has created an environment for potential global governance that could limit various forms of competition.
The speaker discusses personal and systemic factors that can influence voter preferences, and how some people may not be able to understand how a good person could vote for Donald Trump due to their own personal experiences and political beliefs. Additionally, an economic system is identified as contributing to the disenfranchisement of large groups of people.
The diversity in America has led to conflicts, discussions, and echoes of movements around the world. These events always seem to justify bad things happening in the name of the country's ideal.
How can we ensure that the development of AI aligns with human values and cultures across different countries and societies, and how can we learn from data to achieve this alignment for AGIs?
The world’s best education should be a digital version with the best teachers accessible to anyone for free, according to the speaker. Access to free health care and education should be the new national aspiration, especially as robots and AI will start to displace jobs.