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by Dario Amodei
In one of the side plots to The Lord of the Rings, two of the Hobbits attempt to rouse Treebeard—a wise but ponderous sentient tree—to defend his forest from an army that is cutting it down. The problem is that Treebeard operates at a very different speed than the Hobbits. It takes him a full day simply to say hello to another tree, so getting him and his peers to act fast enough is nearly impossible.
Dario Amodei outlines policy responses to rapid AI progress, covering public safety rules, macroeconomic and tax policy, beneficial applications, civil liberties, and democratic leadership.
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Duration
~39 minutes (37K characters)