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AGI Timelines: 2028 for Tax AI? 2032 for On-the-Job Learning?

2025-07-07

Podcast host Dwarkesh discusses AGI timelines. He argues that while current LLMs are impressive, their lack of continuous learning severely limits their real-world applications. He uses the analogy of learning saxophone to illustrate how LLMs learn differently than humans, unable to accumulate experience and improve skills like humans do. This leads him to be cautious about AGI breakthroughs in the next few years but optimistic about the potential in the coming decades. He predicts 2028 for AI handling taxes as efficiently as a human manager (including chasing down receipts and invoices) and 2032 for AI capable of on-the-job learning as seamlessly as a human. He believes that once continuous learning is solved, AGI will lead to a massive leap, potentially resulting in something akin to an intelligence explosion.

(www.dwarkesh.com)

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Harvard Economist Rogoff: The Decline of Dollar Hegemony and China's Economic Predicament

2025-06-12

Harvard economics professor Ken Rogoff, former chief economist of the IMF, predicts in his new book, "Our Dollar, Your Problem," that the US will face a debt-fueled inflation crisis within the next decade, but not a Japan-style financial crisis. He argues that China's current economic predicament stems from its long-term reliance on financial repression and state-directed investment, a model that only exacerbates problems. The interview also explores the erosion of dollar hegemony, global market rebalancing, and the impact of AI on deficits and interest rates. Rogoff notes that while China has achieved remarkable feats in infrastructure development, its economic growth has slowed significantly, with over-reliance on real estate and infrastructure investment leading to difficulties in many smaller cities. He believes that the US, with its economic dynamism and innovative capacity, will maintain its leading position but faces the risks of a debt crisis and inflation.

(www.dwarkesh.com)

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AI Research Update: Reinforcement Learning and Interpretability Take Center Stage

2025-05-26

Sholto Douglas and Trenton Bricken from Anthropic join Dwarkesh Patel's podcast to discuss the latest advancements in AI research. The past year has seen breakthroughs in reinforcement learning (RL) applied to language models, particularly excelling in competitive programming and mathematics. However, achieving long-term autonomous performance requires addressing limitations such as lack of contextual understanding and difficulty handling complex, open-ended tasks. In interpretability research, analyzing model "circuits" provides insights into the model's reasoning process, even revealing hidden biases and malicious behaviors. Future AI research will focus on enhancing model reliability, interpretability, and adaptability, as well as addressing the societal challenges posed by AGI.

(www.dwarkesh.com)

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AGI in 2045? Founders of Mechanize Bet on Explosive Economic Growth, Not an Intelligence Explosion

2025-04-17

Dwarkesh Patel interviews Ege Erdil and Tamay Besiroglu, co-founders of Mechanize, a startup focused on fully automating work. They offer a contrarian view on AI timelines, downplaying the likelihood of an 'intelligence explosion' and emphasizing instead the potential for explosive economic growth driven by AI. They argue that progress requires broad technological advancements across multiple sectors, not just increased computing power. While they predict full automation of remote work by 2045, they believe AI will fundamentally reshape the global economy and societal norms.

(www.dwarkesh.com)

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