Jacob sits down with ex-DeepMind / White House operator Teddy Collins to discuss Sam Altman’s Congressional testimony, how AI can enable direct democracy, state-driven economic planning and better orgs, US-China competition and more.
(00:00) - intro
(01:15) - how Teddy came to the AI world
(06:26) - working in government
(12:27) - AI regulation and Sam Altman testimony
(19:19) - the end of humanity
(34:34) - nearer term issues with AI
(41:10) - how the government can use AI
(47:13) - lessons from DeepMind
(54:54) - over-hyped/under-hyped
With your co-hosts:
@jasoncwarner
- Former CTO GitHub, VP Eng Heroku & Canonical
@ericabrescia
- Former COO Github, Founder Bitnami (acq’d by VMWare)
@patrickachase
- Partner at Redpoint, Former ML Engineer LinkedIn
@jacobeffron
- Partner at Redpoint, Former PM Flatiron Health
