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AI Billionaire on Existential Risk: Jaan Tallinn – #112
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Jaan Tallinn is a tech billionaire and founding engineer of Skype who leverages his wealth to mitigate existential risks from artificial general intelligence (AGI). He co-founded the Future of Life Institute and the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, while making early foundational investments in frontier AI labs like DeepMind andAnthropic. Chapter Markers: 00:00 Assessing Current AI Risk Levels 03:28 Inside Self-Sustaining AI Scenarios 09:10 The Global AI Race Dynamics 42:25 Explaining the Techno-Capital Flywheel 45:34 Insider Origins of AI Safety 56:06 Race Politics and Public Fear 01:23:12 Pop Culture, Movies, and Fame 01:30:15 Big Questions for Humanity's Future – Steve Hsu is…