The Real Risk of AI No One is Talking About | Brendan McCord

Subscribe to our newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://cosmosinst.typeform.com/johnathanbi Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-interview-with-brendan-mccord-on-autonomy-and-ai We are hiring/investing/building at Cosmos, to learn about all the ways to get involved check out: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/cosmos Follow Brendan on X: https://x.com/mbrendan1 Companion lectures and interviews: * AI & The End of Education: https://youtu.be/Aq_08Vsm5Z0 * Human vs. Machine Consciousness | Imperial’s Murray Shanahan: https://youtu.be/bBdE7ojaN9k * The AI Use-Case No One is Talking About | Reid Hoffman: https://youtu.be/AGMZ4m3oHuw * Tyler Cowen on AI, US-China, Jobs, and War: https://youtu.be/t6Je8EKhUyw * Focus on These AGI-Proof Areas | Nick Bostrom: https://youtu.be/Ij9bYXmmP-4 * Don’t Believe AI Hype, This is Where it’s Actually Headed | Oxford’s Michael Wooldridge | AI History: https://youtu.be/Zf-T3XdD9Z8 * AI’s New World Order: US-China, War, Job Loss | Tyler Cowen: https://youtu.be/t6Je8EKhUyw Timestamps: 00:00 0. Introduction 02:29  1. Against the Pessimists: EA, Longtermism, X-Risk 12:23  2. Against the Optimists: Accelerationism 18:15  3. The Real Risk of Losing Autonomy 26:43  4. The Omniscient Autocomplete Thought Experiment 49:01  5. The Psychology of AI Paternalism 56:56  6. The Intrinsic Benefits Autonomy 1:18:20   7. The Extrinsic Value of Autonomy  1:21:57  8. The Creative Powers of a Free Civilization 1:33:11   9. The Philosopher-Builder 1:47:42   10. Critiques of the Philosopher-Builder