Vitalik Buterin wrote an impactful blog post, My techno-optimism. I found this discussion of one aspect on 80,00 hours much more interesting. The remainder of that that interview is nicely covered in the host's EA Forum post.

My techno optimism apparently appealed to both sides, e/acc and doomers. I'd like to understand how to bridge that polarization better. Buterin's explanation was interesting. I hadn't understood before the extent to which anti-AI regulation sentiment is driven by fear of centralized power. I hadn't thought about this risk before since it didn't seem relevant to AGI risk, but I've been updating to think it's highly relevant.

[this is automated transcription that's inaccurate and comically accurate by turns :)]

Rob Wiblin (the host) (starting at 20:49):

what is it about the way that you put the reasons to worry that that ensured that kind of everyone could get behind it [...]

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Outline:

(02:20) Is centralized power controlling AI/AGI/ASI a real risk?

(06:20) What can be done

The original text contained 3 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.

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First published:
August 5th, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/6iJrd8c9jxRstxJyE/fear-of-centralized-power-vs-fear-of-misaligned-agi-vitalik

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

“Fear of centralized power vs. fear of misaligned AGI: Vitalik Buterin on 80,000 Hours” by Seth Herd

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“Fear of centralized power vs. fear of misaligned AGI: Vitalik Buterin on 80,000 Hours” by Seth Herd