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The State of AI: Models, Moats, and the Consumer Renaissance Aug 26, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 3:26 Anish Acharya Uh, hopefully our, our dear friend Leopold doesn't mind me poking a little fun at him here with situational awareness, please.

The 2045 Superintelligence Timeline: Epoch AI’s Data-Driven Forecast Nov 24, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 55:20 unnamed speaker I'm curious if you're sympathetic to the Ashton Brenner view that, that, um, there's some potential nationalization that, that, that occurs.

Sacks, Andreessen & Horowitz: How America Wins the AI Race Against China Nov 3, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 21:28 Erik Torenberg Some people have been sort of, you know, saying that, you know, AGI is two years away, sort of the AI, 20, 27 papers, the old Ash and Brenner's situational awareness papers.
  • ▶ 36:00 David Sacks Other, other model companies have been promoting it, but, um, you know, Leopold mentioned that too.

Dwarkesh Patel and Noah Smith on AGI and the Economy Aug 4, 2025 · 7 mentions

  • ▶ 54:16 Noah Smith Um, the first time you and I hung out, uh, I don't know if you remember this, was with Leopold. 6 times in the scene
  • ▶ 57:38 Eric Vishria One of the other Leopold predictions was, was nationalization.

Sovereign AI: Why Nations Are Building Their Own Models May 24, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 11:56 Erik Torenberg You know, Leopold Aschenbrenner, formerly of OpenAI, in his famous sort of report, talked about how, hey, if, um, if this thing becomes as critical to national security as, as, as we think it will be, at some point, they're not just going…
  • ▶ 13:36 Anish Acharya I don't agree with the Ashenbrenner, I think, point of view, actually.
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