On today's Upstream, we're sharing a recent episode where Balaji Srinivasan joins Nathan Labenz to discuss the future of AI: polytheistic AI and AI gods, human-AI symbiosis, and how AI will be controlled. Upstream is sponsored by Shopify: https://shopify.com/torenberg for a $1/month trial period.

This episode is a feed drop of The Cognitive Revolution, where Nathan Labenz and Erik Torenberg interview builders on the edge of AI and explore its dramatic shift over the next decades. Listen and subscribe everywhere you get your podcasts: https://www.cognitiverevolution.ai/
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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00) Intro
(01:41) Exploring the Concept of AI in the Context of Evolution
(02:34) Technical Aspects of AI and its Future
(05:25) Challenges in AI: Time Varying and Rule Varying Systems
(05:54) AI in Practical Utility and Jobs
(07:11) AI Progress and Uncertainties in the Near Future
(08:17) AI and the Concept of Generative Intelligence
(08:25) Adversarial Input
(10:36) Sponsor: Shopify
(25:11) Offense and Defense
(25:48) Sponsor: GiveWell
(40:49) Impact on Blue America
(45:39 AI Regulation and the Concept of Software FDA
(48:45) The Future of AI
(49:00) The Role of AI in the Tech Industry
(50:18) Exploring the Potential of AI Technology
(53:57) The Mathematical Constraints of AI
(55:23) The Future of AI: Cryptography and Chaos
(57:16) The Impact of AI on Human Evolution
(57:19) The Practical Difficulties of AI Implementation
(01:02:34) The Future of AI: Amplified Intelligence
(01:05:11) The Future of AI: Man-Machine Symbiosis
(01:09:09) The Future of AI: Polytheistic AI
(01:17:53) Amplified Intelligence Revisited
(01:29:02) The Future of AI: The Impact on Blue America
(01:30:14) AI in Healthcare
(01:30:34) The Role of Human Intelligence in AI Development
(01:31:24) The Impact of AI on Job Market and Environment
(01:32:27) The Role of AI in Robotics and Training
(01:33:50) The Actuator Concept in AI
(01:35:06) The Impact of AI on Cryptography
(01:37:54) Data Analysis
(01:41:00) The Role of AI in Bridging Different Modalities
(01:45:28) The Future of AI in a Global Context
(01:59:56) The Future of AI in a Tribal Perspective
(02:04:26) The Future of AI in a Global Perspective