Anthropic AI researcher Jacob Coxon has quit, warning that powerful AI could pose a serious extinction risk. Justin thinks a 10% chance of disaster may still be worth taking for the potential upside. Frank thinks chasing superintelligence when narrower AI could deliver the benefits is a very bad bet.

Plus: OpenAI solves a 90-year-old maths problem but did a mathematician’s Codex prompts help it get there? ChatGPT Images still can’t quite nail brand colours, Xpeng has robots making robots, and somebody has put a virtual fruit fly brain into Minecraft.

01:23 Singularity update: are robots building robots?
04:23 Can ChatGPT Images get brand colours right yet?
06:21 Is Jacob Coxon right about AI doom?
08:25 Is someone orchestrating the AI doom narrative?
13:45 Should powerful AI be open to everyone?
19:00 Is a 10% AI extinction risk worth taking?
23:13 Did OpenAI crack a 90-year-old maths problem?
27:03 Did OpenAI train on a mathematician’s prompts?
32:52 Can brute force become superintelligence?
37:08 Why is a virtual fruit fly brain playing Minecraft?

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► LINKS TO CONTENT WE DISCUSSED

• AlphaGenome Atlas: A predictive map of every possible DNA letter change in the human genome
• Early Data Indicates an A.I.-Generated Drug Could Slow Aging
• Iron, the first general-purpose humanoid robot, rolls off XPENG's new production line
• AI automates the creation of custom materials
• Introducing ChatGPT images 2.5
• Jacob Coxon resignation tweet and AI doom warning
• OpenAI’s sly mathematical breakthrough sends a chill through academia
• 5 amazing visuals show how the male fruit fly’s brain map is advancing neuroscience
• Fruit fly in Minecraft

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