I was live with Jared 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
