AI Billionaire on Existential Risk: Jaan Tallinn, Manifold episode #112
Jaan Tallinn is a tech billionaire and founding engineer of Skype who leverages his wealth to mitigate existential risks from artificial general intelligence (AGI). He co-founded the Future of Life Institute and the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, while making early foundational investments in frontier AI labs like DeepMind and Anthropic.
Chapter Markers:
(00:00) - AI Risk Level Set
(01:17) - Assessing Current AI Risk Levels
(03:28) - Inside Self-Sustaining AI Scenarios
(09:10) - The Global AI Race Dynamics
(42:25) - Explaining the Techno-Capital Flywheel
(45:34) - Insider Origins of AI Safety
(56:06) - Race Politics and Public Fear
(01:23:12) - Pop Culture, Movies, and Fame
(01:30:15) - Big Questions for Humanity’s Future
Audio-only version and transcript: https://www.manifold1.com/episodes/ai-billionaire-on-existential-risk-jaan-tallinn