The Truth About AI They Don't Want You To Know - Sebastian Mallaby

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Sebastian Mallaby is back as a repeat guest on Open Book, with a brilliant new book. He spent 30 hours inside the mind of the man building superintelligence, and what he found should wake all of us up. We're talking about Demis Hassabis, the chess prodigy-turned-AI god who founded DeepMind before Sam Altman even had the idea for OpenAI. This is one of the most important books I've read in years, and after this conversation, I promise you, you will never think about AI, China, or the future of your kids the same way again. Sebastian Mallaby is the author of several books, including the bestselling More Money Than God. A former Financial Times contributing editor and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, Mallaby is the Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations. This book must be read at this time: "The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence". Get it here: https://amzn.to/48dShY4 Anthony Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge, a global alternative investment firm, and founder and chairman of SALT, a global thought leadership forum and venture studio. Pre-order my next book, All the Wrong Moves: How Three Catastrophic Decisions Led to the Rise of Trump, out on the 17th of September in the UK and the 22nd of September in the US: ⁠https://linktr.ee/anthonyscaramucci Timestamps 0:00 Sebastian Mallaby Introduction 2:04 What drew Sebastian to Demis Hassabis? 3:17 Is the progress of AI impressive? 5:01 The fascinating character that is Demis 7:12 Why is this not a Silicon Valley story? 8:31 Sebastian "He isn't motivated by money." 12:17 What is DeepMind and why does it matter? 13:40 Is AI an existential risk? 15:25 Anthony "People need to understand what is going on." 18:31 The relationship between capital and transformative tech 21:06 What is AGI and who gets there first? 23:00 Is China ahead of the US in AI race? Where is Europe in this? 26:02 Has this changed Sebastian's view of the future? 27:21 Five Words