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(00:00:00) About the Show

(00:04:39) Introduction

(00:07:58) Convergence

(00:10:32) Safety guarantees

(00:14:35) World model (Part 1)

(00:22:22) Sponsors: Oracle | Brave

(00:24:31) World model (Part 2)

(00:26:55) AI boxing

(00:30:28) Verifier

(00:33:33) Sponsors: Omneky | Squad

(00:35:20) Example: Self-Driving Cars

(00:38:08) Moral Desiderata

(00:41:09) Trolley Problems

(00:47:24) How to approach the world model

(00:50:50) Deriving the world model

(00:55:13) How far should the world model extend?

(01:00:55) Safety through narrowness

(01:02:38) Safety specs

(01:08:26) Experiments

(01:11:25) How GSAI can help in the short term

(01:27:40) What would be the basis for the world model?

(01:31:23) Interpretability

(01:34:24) Competitive dynamics

(01:37:35) Regulation

(01:42:02) GSAI authors

(01:43:25) Outro