The Cognitive Revolution
The God We Deserve: Nonzero's Robert Wright on AI as Humanity's Ultimate Test
June 23, 20262h 29m
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Robert Wright of Nonzero joins Nathan to discuss The God Test, his argument that AI is humanity’s “God test” rather than just a technical challenge. They explore his evolutionary lens on deep learning, from training as selection to marketplace selection among models that may reward selectively honest, power-sensing, or deceptive agents.
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