Sam Harris speaks with Marc Andreessen about the future of artificial intelligence (AI). They discuss the primary importance of intelligence, possible good outcomes for AI, the problem of alienation, the significance of evolution, the Alignment Problem, the current state of LLMs, AI and war, dangerous information, regulating AI, economic inequality, and other topics. If the Making Sense podcast logo in your player is BLACK, you can SUBSCRIBE to gain access to all full-length episodes at <a href="http://samharris.org/subscribe">samharris.org/subscribe</a>. Learning how to train your mind is the single greatest investment you can make in life. That's why Sam Harris created the <a href="http://wakingup.com/">Waking Up</a> app. From rational mindfulness practice to lessons on some of life's most important topics, join Sam as he demystifies the practice of meditation and explores the theory behind it.

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#324 — Debating the Future of AI

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Sam Harris Episodes Around June 28, 2023

#309 — Vulnerability, Politics, and Moral Worth

#310 — Social Media & Public Trust

#311 — Did SARS-CoV-2 Escape from a Lab?

#312 — The Trouble with AI

#313 — Apocalypse

#314 — The Cancellation of J.K. Rowling

#315 — The Great Derangement

#316 — Self-Defense: Reality and Fantasy

#317 — What Do We Know About Our Minds?

#318 — Physics & Philosophy

#319 — The Digital Multiverse

#320 — Constructing Self and World

#321 — Reckoning with Parfit

#322 — Predicting Reality

#323 — Science & Survival

#324 — Debating the Future of AI

#325 — A Few Thoughts About RFK Jr.

#326 — AI & Information Integrity

#327 — Transformative Experiences

#328 — Health & Longevity

#329 — What Happened to the Republican Party?

#330 — The Doomsday Machine

#331 — A Golden Age for Assholes

#332 — Can We Contain Artificial Intelligence?

#333 — Sanity Check on Climate Change

#334 — The Low-Trust Society

#335 — A Postmortem on My Response to Covid

#336 — The Roots of Identity Politics

#337 — The Future of Psychedelic Medicine

#338 — The Sin of Moral Equivalence

#339 — The Infernal Logic of Jihad

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