Ramez Naam
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Oct 16, 2026
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"On Tuesday night, I cried, and it woke up my daughter.
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They have annihilated my field of research." Ramez Naam.
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I feel compassion for those whose life work has been overtaken by AI.
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Perhaps I'll have this reaction one day.
Jim PethokoukisHOST
I'm your host, Jim Petrakis.
Jim PethokoukisHOST
My guest today is Ramez Naam.
Jim PethokoukisHOST
Ramez has spent years thinking and writing and investing around technological progress in energy and artificial intelligence, and what advances in these areas could mean for the future of the global economy.
Jim PethokoukisHOST
Today's conversation will focus on the pace of AI progress, the roadblocks that could stand in its way, and what all this could mean for long-term economic growth.
MaxHOST
Futurism surfaced a promo in which obsolete humanoid robots are shown hurling themselves into a vat of molten steel.
MaxHOST
And on October third, Ramez Naam posted on X, "Begun the robot wars have." It's funny, but also revealing.
MaxHOST
Robotics is still trapped between two futures, the cinematic future and the useful one.
MaxHOST
The cinematic future gives us humanoids and molten steel promos, robot cage fight jokes, and sci-fi anxieties.
Emad MostaqueGUEST
Yeah, I think, um, bit of theater, directionally correct, and I think it'll be very interesting to see all of this AI safety thing actually be deconstructed into the near term versus the long term, and I think that'll be super important.
Emad MostaqueGUEST
Uh, our friend Ramez Naam as well has a great post about RSI and alignment that he did where he broke it down, and I think we should link that to the listeners as well.
Peter DiamandisHOST
Nice.
Peter DiamandisHOST
All right.
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But if you look at the graphs, this is what a, a slow takeoff looks like that then absolutely goes foom.
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As always, I tire of variations on, "Well, you said if I played Russian roulette, I might die, but I already pulled the first chamber and I'm fine, so the second chamber is also safe." Similarly, here we have Toby Ord praising a post by Ramez Naam and drawing a very reasonable final conclusion.
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Toby Ord.
Zvi MowshowitzHOST
But if you look at the graphs, this is what a slow takeoff looks like that then absolutely goes foom.
Zvi MowshowitzHOST
As always, I tire of variations on, "Well, you said if I played Russian roulette, I might die, but I already pulled the first chamber, and I'm fine, so the second chamber is also safe." Similarly, here we have Toby Ord praising a post by Ramez Naam and drawing a very reasonable final conclusion.
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Toby Ord: Excellent article by Ramez Naam exploring how close current AI systems are to triggering an intelligence explosion.
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Many pieces on recursive self-improvement assume the AI starts out at least as good as a human on all relevant aspects of AI R&D.
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Then they can draw extensively on the data about human-driven R&D.
Zvi MowshowitzHOST
But it tells you remarkably little about nuclear chain reactions in nineteen forty-two.
Zvi MowshowitzHOST
What does the OP say?
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Ramez Naam: Here's my take.