I was live with
Kaplan, co-founder of Anthropic, to explore the latest advancements in AI, the challenges of safety and alignment and the evolving role of AI in our economy and society.A snapshot of what we discuss:
AI model scaling & Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Introduction of thinking time to optimize computational resources
Rapid iteration cycles – models now improving faster than hardware
The future of training data and potential limitations
AI safety & alignment strategies
How Anthropic’s Constitutional AI helps align models with ethical principles
Advances in interpretability research to better understand AI decision-making
Balancing speed and responsibility in AI development
The path to human-level AI
What does it mean for AI to reach human-level capabilities in the next 2-3 years
Increasing AI involvement in complex, long-duration tasks
Early adoption in industries like software engineering
AI’s impact on society & economy
Shift from singleton AI to a more diverse ecosystem of specialized models
How AI’s economic impact may disproportionately affect some jobs
The role of international governance and regulation in AI safety
