OM DENNE EPISODE
Lennart has a background in electrical engineering and is a Research Fellow at the Centre for the Governance of AI.
In this episode
- What is AI governance and where does it fit in with AI safety
- Lennart’s journey into AI governance
- US export controls on AI chips and recent developments in the AI landscape
- The AI production function
- AI compute chip supply chain
- AI policy and US concerns around China having access to cutting-edge AI technology
- Potential ways do AI governance through controlling or monitoring access to AI compute
- What types of engineers are needed in the field
- How people can enter the AI governances field
Full show notes: http://engineeredforimpact.show/lennart
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yK5odT1jz-U
Timestamps
(00:00:07) Intro
(00:01:28) Lennart's intro
(00:02:02) Why do we care about AI safety
(00:03:22) Lennart's journey to working on AI governance
(00:09:59) Recent developments in AI
(00:14:11) AI production function
(00:16:41) AI supply chain and US restrictions
(00:20:07) Examples of compute as a governance mechanism
(00:26:12) Why the US is concerned about China's access to AI chips
(00:32:07) Promising ways to use compute for governance
(00:40:53) When will compute no long be viable for governance
(00:44:56) Mis-aligned financial incentives around AI chips
(00:48:04) Who is well-suited to work on AI governance
(00:56:38) How to test your fit for working in AI governance
(01:02:46) Choosing between AI governance vs AI technical work
(01:08:24) What do you wish you had invented?
(01:09:26) Finding Lennart online
(01:10:35) Outro
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