Richard Ngo is a leading AI philosopher and researcher, formerly at OpenAI and DeepMind. We discuss what life looks like once we have AGI and how every aspect of the human experience could change.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Introduction

01:44 – Technology as an Inequality Engine

03:52 – AI as a Personal Tutor vs. Distraction Machine

06:11 – Therapy, Coaching, and Emotional Mediation

09:16 – The Future of Work and the Socio-Political Economy

13:15 – Relationships, Intimacy, and AI Companions

19:03 – Marriage Decline and the Birth Rate Crisis

22:15 – Speed of Change and Political Control

23:55 – Human Augmentation and Speciation

30:52 – Comparing Artificial Intelligence to Natural Intelligence

35:57 – Religion, Continuity, and Identity in the Future

37:26 – China vs. the U.S. in AI Governance

39:39 – Why Richard Left OpenAI

43:43 – Drones, Simulation, Power, and More