The Balance of AI Power: Anton Leicht on Politics, Pacing Deals, and Muddling Through Well

Hello, and welcome back to The Cognitive Revolution. This summer, I, like many others, have personally moved from worrying that AI could become scary to feeling that today's AIs, with their rapidly advancing capabilities profiles, their newfound creativity and persistence in problem solving, and the many bad behaviors they've exhibited, even while knowing that they're being tested, are now legitimately scary.

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1. 01This summer, I, like many others, have personally moved from worrying that AI could become scary to feeling that today's AIs, with their rapidly advancing capabilities profiles, th
2. 02And so, with that in mind, I was excited to get Anton's take on the power dynamics surrounding AI decision-making, including the relationships between the frontier companies and th
3. 03We begin with a short conversation about how dangerous today's models really are