Nathan Labenz – AI’s Revolutionary Potential and the Need for a New Social Contract

The Nick Halaris Show

This week on The Nick Halaris Show we are featuring Nathan Labenz, a founder of Waymark, a company using AI to help companies easily make compelling marketing videos, and the host of the Cognitive Revolution podcast. Nathan, our first guest on the show who went to my high school, has carved out a niche for himself in the crowded online world as an AI scout and is fast becoming one of the most sought-after voices in the industry.

I have been thinking a ton about AI lately and wanted to have Nathan on the show to get some intelligent insider perspectives on what’s really going on in the space. What you are about to hear is part one of a two-part interview where Nathan delivers a tour de force on the AI landscape. We explore the big questions everyone wants to ask about AI, the good, the bad, and the ugly of the AI world, and what’s trending and why. In this episode, we learn what led Nathan down the path of AI, what motivates his important work as a thought leader, and why AI has the potential to be a force for great good in the world. Tune in to this fascinating episode to learn:

• How a paper by prominent AI scientist Eliezer Yudkowsky opened Nathan’s eyes to the potential and dangers of AI
• How an experience at Waymark, while serving as CEO, helped Nathan realize the revolutionary potential of AI
• Why Nathan believes AI, if handled responsibly, has immense potential to dramatically improve our world, reduce human suffering, and usher in an unprecedented era of human prosperity
• What a post-AI world might look like and why we might need to start thinking about a new social contract
• & Much, much more

In part two of the interview, which will drop next week, we get into the other side of AI story and explore what could go wrong and why. We also examine disturbing trends already at play in the industry and discuss ideas on what we could/should do to make things safer. This is another fascinating conversation that you will not want to miss!

As always, I hope you all enjoy this episode. Thanks for tuning in!

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