About this episode
This week on No Priors, Sarah is joined by Dan Hendrycks, director of the Center of AI Safety. Dan serves as an advisor to xAI and Scale AI. He is a longtime AI researcher, publisher of interesting AI evals such as "Humanity's Last Exam," and co-author of a new paper on National Security "Superintelligence Strategy" along with Scale founder-CEO Alex Wang and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. They explore AI safety, geopolitical implications, the potential weaponization of AI, along with policy recommendations.Sign up for new podcasts every week. Email feedback to show@no-priors.comFollow us on Twitter: @NoPriorsPod | @Saranormous | @EladGil | @DanHendrycksShow Notes:0:00 Introduction0:36 Dan’s path to focusing on AI Safety1:25 Safety efforts in large labs3:12 Distinguishing alignment and safety4:48 AI’s impact on national security9:59 How might AI be weaponized?14:43 Immigration policies for AI talent17:50 Mutually assured AI malfunction22:54 Policy suggestions for current administration25:34 Compute security30:37 Current state of evals
