Diving Deep into AI Safety with Aditya Arpitha Prasad

🎙️ In this episode, we sit down with Aditya, a prominent AI Safety researcher, to explore his fascinating journey into this critical field.
🧠 Discover:

Aditya's childhood experiences that shaped his interests
His path into AI research and what drew him to focus on AI Safety
Insights into the current state and future of AI Safety

Whether you're an AI enthusiast, a curious learner, or someone concerned about the future of technology, this conversation offers valuable perspectives on one of today's most important topics.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction and Aditya's Background
02:15 Aditya's Childhood and Early Interests
05:35 Programming and Math Interests in School
11:42 Transition to AI and AI Safety
20:28 US education system and its potential implementation in India.
23:48 AI advancements, including deep learning and GPT models
26:13 Training large language models to predict text and understand context.
32:07 AI interpretability, emergent phenomena, and model comparisons.
37:02 AI Alignment and Safety Concerns
43:24 Knowledge-Action Gap and Inertia
49:19 Introduction to Live Theory and High Actuation Spaces
54:28 Availability and Affordability of Artificial Intelligence
58:42 AI's Potential to Enhance Human Cognition and Creativity
01:04:05 Using AI to Bridge Communication Gaps
01:14:30 AI, Open Source, and the Future of Technology

Follow him on:
https://x.com/adityaarpitha
https://t.me/everythingisrelative

Links:

Blog post discussed on Live Theory
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/QvnzE...

Blog post on Anthropic's AI Safety research
https://www.anthropic.com/news/mappin...