Max Tegmark: The Case for Halting AI Development | Lex Fridman Podcast #371

Max Tegmark is a physicist and AI researcher at MIT, co-founder of the Future of Life Institute, and author of Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Notion: - InsideTracker: to get 20% off - Indeed: to get $75 credit EPISODE LINKS: Max’s Twitter: Max’s Website: Pause Giant AI Experiments (open letter): Future of Life Institute: Books and resources mentioned: 1. Life 3.0 (book): 2. Meditations on Moloch (essay): 3. Nuclear winter paper: PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: Apple Podcasts: Spotify: RSS: Full episodes playlist: Clips playlist: OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 1:56 - Intelligent alien civilizations 14:20 - Life 3.0 and superintelligent AI 25:47 - Open letter to pause Giant AI Experiments 50:54 - Maintaining control 1:19:44 - Regulation 1:30:34 - Job automation 1:39:48 - Elon Musk 2:01:31 - Open source 2:08:01 - How AI may kill all humans 2:18:32 - Consciousness 2:27:54 - Nuclear winter 2:38:21 - Questions for AGI SOCIAL: - Twitter: - LinkedIn: - Facebook: - Instagram: - Medium: @lexfridman - Reddit: - Support on Patreon: