💥Join us on our Journey to 1 Million Subscribers💥 Igor Kurganov is a Russian-born German professional poker player who’s won more than $18 million. He is the husband of former guest Liv Boeree and together they co-founded the effective altruism non-profit 'Raising for Effective Giving'. From 2021-2022 he was a key figure in Elon Musk's inner circle when Musk asked him to facilitate the giving away of $5.7 billion in Tesla shares to charity. Igor and Liv’s organisation: https://reg-charity.org/ #ai #technology #future We are proud partners with GiveSendGo - a world-leading crowdfunding platform that believes in free speech. Go to https://givesendgo.com OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Music by: Music by: Xentric | info@xentricapc.com | https://www.xentricapc.com/ YouTube: @xentricapc Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: marketing@triggerpod.co.uk Join the Mailing List: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/sign-up/ Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/ About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. 00:00 Introduction 00:32 Existential Risk in Technology 03:30 Man-Made Disasters: Pandemics 06:42 Why Are We Not Learning Lessons? 10:50 Gain of Function Research 11:52 Risks of AI Development 16:44 Creating Technology With Unknown Outcomes 18:32 Sponsor Message: GiveSendGo 20:00 Creative Power in the Wrong Hands 22:35 Managing the Risks of Technological Breakthroughs 28:39 Positives of AI Technology 32:20 Can AI be a Source of Truth? 37:40 Are Language Models Deciding What Universal Truth is? 44:00 Do Language Models Favour Concensus Viewpoint? 48:12 Different Cultures, Values & Perspectives Creating Bias 51:54 What Drives Elon Musk? 54:57 Which Direction is Twitter Going in? 56:27 What's the One Thing We're Not Talking About? Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Substack! https://triggernometry.substack.com/