David Owen

4 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 24, 2025 by David Owen · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2025 · across every show →

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Nov 24, 2025
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David Owen: AI will automate all remote work within 25 years
“Like, my sort of, you know, guesses, my, like, judgmental forecasts, to use the fancy term, for just kind of can do any remote work tasks. Probably have a median of about, like, 20, 25 years. I kind of struggle to imagine a world where that happens, and people…”
David Owen Nov 24, 2025 ▶ 46:21 The 2045 Superintelligence Timeline: Epoch AI’s Data-Driven Forecast
Nov 24, 2025
Insight
David Owen: Vision limitations cause computer-use agents to get stuck in UI loops
“I do think that there is a sense in which models are a little bit artificially hobbled by their vision capabilities. Like, it does seem as if a common pattern you see when you try to get models to do stuff with a GUI is they kind of get a bit confused about ma…”
David Owen Nov 24, 2025 ▶ 26:44 The 2045 Superintelligence Timeline: Epoch AI’s Data-Driven Forecast
Nov 24, 2025 positive
Disclosure
David Owen: Epoch AI used ChatGPT agents to search local data center permits
“We used ChatGPT agent in our data center research, because a lot of what we have to do is find permits, which are all going to be on janky county by county databases of error permits for, you know, the county that Abilene, Texas is in and I don't know what dat…”
David Owen Nov 24, 2025 ▶ 28:07 The 2045 Superintelligence Timeline: Epoch AI’s Data-Driven Forecast
Nov 24, 2025 negative
Opinion
David Owen: Software-only AI singularity is impossible without scaling physical compute
“I tend to lean towards, no, you actually need to do more experiments, and that means you can't get this software-only singularity”
David Owen Nov 24, 2025 ▶ 9:42 The 2045 Superintelligence Timeline: Epoch AI’s Data-Driven Forecast
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