#007 - AI compute governance with Lennart Heim
Lennart Heim
Lennart has a background in electrical engineering and is a Research Fellow at the Centre for the Governance of AI.
In this episode
What is AI governance and where does it fit in with AI safety
Lennart’s journey into AI governance
US export controls on AI chips and recent developments in the AI landscape
The AI production function
AI compute chip supply chain
AI policy and US concerns around China having access to cutting-edge AI technology
Potential ways do AI governance through controlling or monitoring access to AI compute
What types of engineers are needed in the field
How people can enter the AI governances field
Top resources
Centre for the Governance of AI (Gov AI)
Books mentioned
Doing Good Better, William MacAskill
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies, Nick Bostrom
Effective Altruism Forum and Effective Altruism Global conferences
Lennart Heim
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ohlennart
Website: https://heim.xyz/
Timestamps
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:21 Lennart's intro
00:01:55 Why do we care about AI safety
00:03:15 Lennart's journey to working on AI governance
00:09:52 Recent developments in AI
00:14:04 AI production function
00:16:34 AI supply chain and US restrictions
00:20:00 Examples of compute as a governance mechanism
00:26:05 Why the US is concerned about China's access to AI chips
00:32:00 Promising ways to use compute for governance
00:40:46 When will compute no long be viable for governance
00:44:49 Mis-aligned financial incentives around AI chips
00:47:57 Who is well-suited to work on AI governance
00:56:31 How to test your fit for working in AI governance
01:02:39 Choosing between AI governance vs AI technical work
01:08:17 What do you wish you had invented?
01:09:19 Finding Lennart online
01:10:28 Outro
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