I made an AI generated podcast of the 2021 MIRI Conversations. There are different voices for the different participants, to make it easier and more natural to follow along with. I tried to choose voices that were reasonably distinct and also not too annoying.
This was done entirely in my personal capacity, and not as part of my job at MIRI.[1] I did this because I like listening to audio and there wasn’t a good audio version of the conversations.
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/show/6I0YbfFQJUv0IX6EYD1tPe
RRS: https://anchor.fm/s/1082f3c7c/podcast/rss
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2021-miri-conversations/id1838863198
Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/biravt3t
I’ve found it really interesting listening through the conversations from 2021. Overall I think people were very prescient, especially given that this was way before the world waking up to the prospect of AGI. I also enjoyed listening to the Paul and Eliezer predictions, as I think we are starting to get to the point where we are able to judge them. My rough impression is that it isn’t super clear who is more right here, especially around the economic impacts. I expect to get more evidence in the next 1-2 years (although the evidence might be that everyone dies).
I do think you probably should (pre-)order If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies though.