Episode 8.96: The AGI dangers are not new; they are just amplifications of age-old threats.

Arguing that the dangers of AGI are unprecedented puts the wrong spin on the problem. The dangers that it represents are as old as history as old as any attempt by any human being to coerce others into obeying, believing adopting supporting something that they really don’t want to obey, believe, adopt or support so let’s not kid ourselves, but what’s going on his new what’s new is the speed, the power of a scope with which it is happening, that’s where we need to be careful.