Lex Fridman: belief

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…Well, I see it as winning. I think winning is the wrong way to look at it given how important and consequential what it is we’re building. So funny enough, I try not to view it like a game or competition even though that’s a lot of my mindset. It’s about in my view, all of us or those of us at the leading edge or have a responsibility to steward this unbelievable technology that could be used for incredible good but also has risks, steward it safely into the world for the benefit of humanity. That’s always what I’ve dreamed about and what we’ve always tried to do. And I hope that’s what eventually the community, maybe the international community will rally around when it becomes obvious that as we get closer and closer to AGI, that’s what’s needed. I agree with you. I think that’s beautifully put. You’ve said that you talk to and are on good terms with the leads of some of these labs. As the competition heats up, how hard is it to maintain those relationships? It’s been okay so far. I try to pride myself in being collaborative. I’m a collaborative person. Research is a collaborative endeavor. Science is a collaborative endeavor. It’s all good for humanity in the end if you cure terrible diseases and you come up with an incredible cure, this is net win for humanity. And the same with energy, all of the things that I’m interested in helping solve with AI. So I just want that technology to exist in the world and be used for the right things and the benefits of that, the productivity benefits of that being shared for the benefit of everyone. So I try to maintain good relations with all the leading lab people. They’re very interesting characters, many of them as you might expect.…

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