This is an interview with Scott Aaronson, theoretical computer scientist and Schlumberger Centennial Chair of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin.

This is the fourth episode in the "Worthy Successor" series - where we explore the kinds of posthuman intelligences that deserve to steer the future beyond humanity.

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- A Worthy Successor - The Purpose of AGI: https://danfaggella.com/worthy
-- Scott's TEDx talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgCHZ1G93iA

Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/aZS4Plmx4_o

See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/aaronson1

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There three main questions we cover here on the Trajectory:

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?
2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?
3. What should we do about it?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, then be sure to stick around and connect:

-- Blog: https://danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- X: https://x.com/danfaggella
-- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danfaggella/
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-- Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-trajectory/id1739255954

This week, Anders Sandberg, Computational Neuroscience PhD, Researcher at the Mimir Center for Long-Term Futures Research.

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This is the second installment of The Worthy Successor series - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- A Worthy Successor - The Purpose of AGI: https://danfaggella.com/worthy

Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud8yq2Q4Tc8

Read Anders Sandberg's episode highlight: danfaggella.com/sandberg1/

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There are three main questions we cover here on the Trajectory:

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?

2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?

3. What should we do about it?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, then be sure to stick around and connect:

Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
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This week Dr. Richard Sutton. Known for his breakthroughs in reinforcement learning, Richard serves as a Professor at The University of Alberta and Research Scientist at Keen Technologies (an artificial general intelligence lab he started with John Carmack).

This is the second installment of The Worthy Successor series - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- A Worthy Successor - The Purpose of AGI: https://danfaggella.com/worthy

Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/fRzL5Mt0c8A

Read Richard Sutton's episode highlight: danfaggella.com/sutton1/

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There are three main questions we cover here on the Trajectory:

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?

2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?

3. What should we do about it?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, then be sure to stick around and connect:

Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
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Podcast (Apple): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-trajectory/id1739255954

This is an interview with Nick Bostrom, the Founding Director of Future of Humanity Institute Oxford.

This is the first installment of The Worthy Successor series - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:

-- The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix: danfaggella.com/itpm 

-- Natural Selection Favors AIs over Humans: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.16200

-- The SDGs of Strong AGI: https://emerj.com/ai-power/sdgs-of-ai/

Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/_ZCE4XZ9doc?si=RXptg0y6JcxelXkF

Read the Nick Bostrom's episode highlight: danfaggella.com/bostrom1/

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There are three main questions we cover here on the Trajectory:

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?

2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?

3. What should we do about it?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, then be sure to stick around and connect:

Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory 

X: x.com/danfaggella 

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danfaggella 

Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw 

This is an interview with Dan Hendrycks, Executive Director and Co-Founder of The Center for AI Safety (safe.ai).

This is the fifth and final installment of our 5-part series about "AGI Destinations" - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead. This episode was recorded in October of 2023.

Read more of Dan's ideas and https://www.safe.ai/work/research

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:

-- The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix: danfaggella.com/itpm
-- Natural Selection Favors AIs over Humans: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.16200
-- The SDGs of Strong AGI: https://emerj.com/ai-power/sdgs-of-ai/

Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arqYqHX13eM

Read the Dan Hendrycks episode highlight: danfaggella.com/hendrycks1

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There three main questions we cover here on the Trajectory:

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?
2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?
3. What should we do about it?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, then be sure to stick around and connect:

Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
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LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danfaggella
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This is an interview with Dileep George, AI Researcher at Google DeepMind, previously CTO and Co-founder of Vicarious AI.

This is the fourth episode in a 5-part series about "AGI Destinations" - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.

Watch Dileep's episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/nmsuHz43X24

See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/dileep1

See more of Dileep's ideas - and his humorous AGI comics - at: https://dileeplearning.github.io/

Some of the resources referenced in this episode:

-- The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix: http://www.danfaggella.com/itpm

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There three main questions we'll be covering on The Trajectory:

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?

2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?

3. What should we do about it?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, I'm glad to have you here.

Connect:
-- Web -- danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- Twitter -- twitter.com/danfaggella
-- LinkedIn -- linkedin.com/in/danfaggella
-- Newsletter -- bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- YouTube -- https://youtube.com/@trajectoryai

This is an interview with Ben Goertzel, CEO of SingularityNET, and AGI researcher for many decades.

This is the third episode in a 5-part series about "AGI Destinations" - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.

Watch Ben's episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/faU0EdQHDpY

See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/goertzel1

Read more from Ben on X: https://twitter.com/bengoertzel

I often recommend Ben's "Cosmist Manifesto" as a relatively frank and honest take on posthuman / AGI futures: https://www.amazon.com/Cosmist-Manifesto-Practical-Philosophy-Posthuman/dp/0984609709

Some of the resources referenced in this episode:

-- The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix: http://www.danfaggella.com/itpm
-- The SDGs of Strong AGI: https://emerj.com/ai-power/sdgs-of-ai/

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There three main questions we'll be covering on The Trajectory:

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?

2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?

3. What should we do about it?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, I'm glad to have you here.

Connect:
danfaggella.com/trajectory
twitter.com/danfaggella
linkedin.com/in/danfaggella

Newsletter:
bit.ly/TrajectoryTw

This is an interview with Jaan Tallinn, billionaire tech mogul (Kazaa, Skype), brilliant thinker, and long-time funder for AI safety causes.

This is the second episode in a 5-part series about "AGI Destinations" - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.

Watch Jaan's full episode on YouTube:https://youtu.be/gnIKpsqrtsE

See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/tallinn1

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:

-- The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix: danfaggella.com/itpm
-- The SDGs of Strong AGI: https://emerj.com/ai-power/sdgs-of-ai/

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There three main questions we'll be covering on The Trajectory:

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?

2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?

3. What should we do about it?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, I'm glad to have you here.

Connect:
danfaggella.com/trajectory
twitter.com/danfaggella
linkedin.com/in/danfaggella
youtube.com/@trajectoryai

Newsletter:
bit.ly/TrajectoryTw

This is an interview with Dr. Yoshua Bengio, Turing Award Winner and Scientific Director of the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms.

This is the first episode in a 5-part series about "AGI Destinations" - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.

Watch Yoshua's full episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Z5lgtH7_I

See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/bengio1

Read more of Yoshua's work at: https://yoshuabengio.org/

Some of the resources referenced in this episode:

-- The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix: https://danfaggella.com/itpm
-- The SDGs of Strong AGI: https://emerj.com/ai-power/sdgs-of-ai/

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There are three main questions we cover here on the Trajectory:

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?

2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?

3. What should we do about it?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, then be sure to stick around and connect:

Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
X: x.com/danfaggella
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danfaggella
Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw 

There three main questions we'll be covering on the Trajectory: 

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives? 

2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards? 

3. What should we do about it? 

If this sounds like it's up your alley, I'm glad to have you here. 

Connect: 
danfaggella.com/trajectory
twitter.com/danfaggella
linkedin.com/in/danfaggella

This is an interview with Stephen Ibaraki, the Founder of the ITU's (part of the United Nations) AI for Good initiative, and Chairman REDDS Capital.

This is the third installment of our "AGI Governance" series - where we explore the means, objectives, and implementation of of governance structures for artificial general intelligence.

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- The International Governance of AI: https://emerj.com/international-governance-ai/
-- AI for Good: https://aiforgood.itu.int/

Watch this episode on The Trajectory Youtube Channel:  https://youtu.be/ndVTrXJ_sBI

See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/ibaraki1

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There are four main questions we cover in this AGI Governance series are:

1. How important is AGI governance now on a 1-10 scale?
2. What should AGI governance attempt to do?
3. What might AGI governance look like in practice?
4. What should innovators and regulators do now?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, then be sure to stick around and connect:

-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory 
-- X: x.com/danfaggella 
-- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danfaggella 
-- Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-trajectory/id1739255954

This is an interview with Mike Brown, Partner at Shield Capital and the Former Director of the Defense Innovation Unit at the U.S. Department of Defense.

This is the second installment of our "AGI Governance" series - where we explore how important AGI governance is, what it should achieve, and how it should be implemented.

Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/yUA4voA97kE

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- The International Governance of AI: https://emerj.com/international-governance-ai/

See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/brown1

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There are four main questions we cover in this AGI Governance series are:

1. How important is AGI governance now on a 1-10 scale?
2. What should AGI governance attempt to do?
3. What might AGI governance look like in practice?
4. What should innovators and regulators do now?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, then be sure to stick around and connect:

-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory 
-- X: x.com/danfaggella 
-- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danfaggella 
-- Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-trajectory/id1739255954

This is an interview with Sebastien Krier, who works in Policy Development and Strategy at Google DeepMind.

This is the first installment of our "AGI Governance" series - where we explore the kinds of posthuman intelligences that deserve to steer the future beyond humanity.

Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel:  https://youtu.be/SKl7kcZt57A

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- The International Governance of AI: https://emerj.com/international-governance-ai/

Read Sebastien's episode highlight: danfaggella.com/krier1

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There are four main questions we cover in this AGI Governance series are:

1. How important is AGI governance now on a 1-10 scale?
2. What should AGI governance attempt to do?
3. What might AGI governance look like in practice?
4. What should innovators and regulators do now?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, then be sure to stick around and connect:

-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- X: x.com/danfaggella
-- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danfaggella
-- Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-trajectory/id1739255954

This is an interview with Joscha Bach, cognitive scientist, AI researcher, and AI Strategist at Liquid AI.

This is the sixth and final installment of our "Worthy Successor" series - where we explore the kinds of posthuman intelligences that deserve to steer the future beyond humanity.

Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/dP4VlkSa87c

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- A Worthy Successor - The Purpose of AGI: https://danfaggella.com/worthy

Read Joscha's episode highlight: danfaggella.com/bach1

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There are three main questions we cover here on the Trajectory:

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?
2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?
3. What should we do about it?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, then be sure to stick around and connect:

-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- X: x.com/danfaggella
-- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danfaggella
-- Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-trajectory/id1739255954

This is an interview with Jeff Hawkins, Founder of Numenta and author of “A Thousand Brains."

This is the fifth installment of our "Worthy Successor" series - where we explore the kinds of posthuman intelligences that deserve to steer the future beyond humanity.

Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/pfqsbT0cW0o

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- A Worthy Successor - The Purpose of AGI: https://danfaggella.com/worthy

Read Jeff's episode highlight: danfaggella.com/hawkins1

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There three main questions we cover here on the Trajectory:

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?
2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?
3. What should we do about it?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, then be sure to stick around and connect:

-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- X: x.com/danfaggella
-- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danfaggella
-- Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-trajectory/id1739255954

This is an interview with Richard Ngo, AGI researcher and thinker - with extensive stints at both OpenAI and DeepMind.

This is an additional installment of our "Worthy Successor" series - where we explore the kinds of posthuman intelligences that deserve to steer the future beyond humanity.

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- A Worthy Successor - The Purpose of AGI: https://danfaggella.com/worthy
-- Richard's exploratory fiction writing - http://narrativeark.xyz/

Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/UQpds4PXMjQ 

See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/ngo1

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There three main questions we cover here on the Trajectory:

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?
2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?
3. What should we do about it?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, then be sure to stick around and connect:

-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory 
-- X: x.com/danfaggella 
-- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danfaggella 
-- Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-trajectory/id1739255954

This is an interview with Yi Zeng, Professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a member of the United Nations High-Level Advisory Body on AI, and leader of the Beijing Institute for AI Safety and Governance (among many other accolades). 

Over a year ago when I asked Jaan Tallinn "who within the UN advisory group on AI has good ideas about AGI and governance?" he mentioned Yi immediately. Jaan was right. 

See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/zeng1 

Watch the full episode on YouTube:  https://youtu.be/jNfnYUcBlmM 

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources: 

-- AI Safety Connect - https://aisafetyconnect.com 
-- Yi's profile on the Chinese Academy of Sciences - https://braincog.ai/~yizeng/

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There three main questions we cover here on the Trajectory:

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?
2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?
3. What should we do about it?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, then be sure to stick around and connect:

-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- X: x.com/danfaggella
-- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danfaggella
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This is an interview with Max Tegmark, MIT professor, Founder of the Future of Humanity Institute, and author of Life 3.0.

This interview was recorded on-site at AI Safety Connect 2025, a side event from the AI Action Summit in Paris.

See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/tegmark1

Listen to the full podcast episode: https://youtu.be/yQ2fDEQ4Ol0

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- Max's A.G.I. Framework / "Keep the Future Human" - https://keepthefuturehuman.ai/
-- AI Safety Connect - https://aisafetyconnect.com

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There three main questions we cover here on the Trajectory:

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?
2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?
3. What should we do about it?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, then be sure to stick around and connect:

-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- X: x.com/danfaggella
-- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danfaggella
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-- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@trajectoryai

This is an interview with Dr. Michael Levin, a pioneering developmental biologist at Tufts University.

This is an additional installment of our "Worthy Successor" series - where we explore the kinds of posthuman intelligences that deserve to steer the future beyond humanity.

Listen to this episode on The Trajectory Youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmKafur28S8

See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/levin1

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There three main questions we cover here on the Trajectory:

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?
2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?
3. What should we do about it?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, then be sure to stick around and connect:

-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory 
-- X: x.com/danfaggella 
-- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danfaggella 
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-- Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-trajectory/id1739255954

This is an interview with Eliezer Yudkowsky, AI Researcher at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute.

This is the sixth installment of our "AGI Governance" series - where we explore the means, objectives, and implementation of of governance structures for artificial general intelligence.

Watch this episode on The Trajectory Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlsvQO0zDiE

See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/yudkowsky1

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There are four main questions we cover in this AGI Governance series are:

1. How important is AGI governance now on a 1-10 scale?
2. What should AGI governance attempt to do?
3. What might AGI governance look like in practice?
4. What should innovators and regulators do now?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, then be sure to stick around and connect:

-- Blog: https://danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- X: https://x.com/danfaggella
-- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/danfaggella
-- Newsletter: https://bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-trajectory/id1739255954

This is an interview with Connor Leahy, the Founder and CEO of Conjecture.

This is the fifth installment of our "AGI Governance" series - where we explore the means, objectives, and implementation of of governance structures for artificial general intelligence.

Watch this episode on The Trajectory Youtube Channel: https://youtu.be/1j--6JYRLVk

See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/leahy1

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There are four main questions we cover in this AGI Governance series are:

1. How important is AGI governance now on a 1-10 scale?
2. What should AGI governance attempt to do?
3. What might AGI governance look like in practice?
4. What should innovators and regulators do now?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, then be sure to stick around and connect:

-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- X: x.com/danfaggella
-- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danfaggella
-- Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-trajectory/id1739255954

This is an interview with Andrea Miotti, the Founder and Executive Director of ControlAI.

This is the fourth installment of our "AGI Governance" series - where we explore the means, objectives, and implementation of of governance structures for artificial general intelligence.

Watch this episode on The Trajectory Youtube Channel: https://youtu.be/LNUl0_v7wzE

See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/miotti1

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There are four main questions we cover in this AGI Governance series are:

1. How important is AGI governance now on a 1-10 scale?
2. What should AGI governance attempt to do?
3. What might AGI governance look like in practice?
4. What should innovators and regulators do now?

If this sounds like it's up your alley, then be sure to stick around and connect:

-- Blog: danfaggella.com/trajectory
-- X: x.com/danfaggella
-- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danfaggella
-- Newsletter: bit.ly/TrajectoryTw
-- Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-trajectory/id1739255954