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Trent McConaghy: BCI and merging with superintelligent AI

"If you can't beat 'em, join 'em." Humans will not be number 1 on Earth for much longer. Most AI safety discussions are about how to survive this transition, and this seems very hard. But what if there is an alternative? In this episode of Audio Tokens, Trent proposes BCI/acc, a movement to push BCI technology to let humans augment their own intelligence as stronger AI becomes available. We also chat about Ocean, ASI Alliance, and crypto's role in building AI. Trent: https://x.com/trentmc0

Daniel & Axel: Inside Project Vend at Anthropic

Behind the scenes of Project Vend! In this special episode of Audio Tokens, we go deeper into Project Vend, the autonomous vending machine Andon Labs put in Anthropic's office. Daniel Freeman and Axel Backlund share unreleased anecdotes and ask questions like: Is this good for the world? What did we learn? What will the future AI economy look like? What's next after vending machines? Project Vend: https://www.anthropic.com/research/project-vend-1Axel: https://x.com/axelbacklundDaniel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-freeman-6952136/

Jonathan Salter: Why we must pause AI development

New episode with Jonathan Salter of PauseAI! We cover the paradox of how the AI safety movement accidentally accelerated the race it feared, why a pause on AI is more realistic than you think (with 70% public support), and the recent reputational hits to the EA and AI safety communities. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-salter-37a617262/https://pauseai.info/

Janet Egan: AI and National Security

Janet Egan on: UAE being AGI-pilled, Gulf states building datacenters bigger than US, investigative journalists uncovering China chip smuggling, preventing AI's Chernobyl moment from turning public opinion, & Trump's new AI strategy.

Philip Johnston: Datacenters in Space

AI will soon require more energy than humanity can supply. Is putting data centers in space an option? In the 15th episode of Audio Tokens, Philip Johnston explains why he thinks it's our only viable option, given the lengthy regulatory processes involved in launching energy projects on Earth - and how Starcloud is building the technology to enable this. We also discuss what it's generally like running a space startup, and why hard startup ideas are easier than easy ones. https://x.com/PhilipJohnst0n