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Brockman: Predicting Einstein's Next Words Requires Intelligence Equal to Einstein
“On the one hand, just predicting what comes next sounds like a pedestrian task, but if you really can predict the next word out of Einstein's mouth, you are at least as smart as Einstein.”
Brockman: Belief in Human-Level AI Turns Mundane Politics Into Existential Conflict
“If you truly believe in the possibility of creating machines that have the intelligence level of humans, It means the stakes always feel very high. The question of who's making the decision, the question of what are the values that go into those decisions, the…”
Brockman: Building true value requires enduring suffering
“Ilya always says that you have to suffer, right? If you're not suffering, like you're not building value. And I think there's deep truth to it.”
Brockman: Frontier AI Development Naturally Causes Team Splintering Under Pressure
“This technology is by nature very fragmentary, right? That it's sometimes it, you know, like when you have a lot of pressure, you can get a diamond or you can get cracks. Often you'll see diamonds form in pockets, right? Teams of people that really work togeth…”