About this episode
Andrea Miotti is the founder and CEO of Control AI, a nonprofit. He joins the podcast to discuss efforts to prevent extreme risks from superintelligent AI. The conversation covers industry lobbying, comparisons with tobacco regulation, and why he advocates a global ban on AI systems that can outsmart and overpower humans. We also discuss informing lawmakers and the public, and concrete actions listeners can take.LINKS:Control AIControl AI global action pageControlAI's lawmaker contact toolsOpen roles at ControlAIControlAI's theory of changeCHAPTERS:
(00:00) Episode Preview
(00:52) Extinction risk and lobbying
(08:59) Progress toward superintelligence
(16:26) Building political awareness
(24:27) Global regulation strategy
(33:06) Race dynamics and public
(42:36) Vision and key safeguards
(51:18) Recursive self-improvement controls
(58:13) Power concentration and action
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