Dwarkesh Podcast
Gwern — Anonymous writer who predicted AI trajectory on $12K/year salary
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Gwern is a pseudonymous researcher and writer. He was one of the first people to see LLM scaling coming. If you've read his blog, you know he's one of the most interesting polymathic thinkers alive.
In order to protect Gwern's anonymity, I proposed interviewing him in person, and having my friend Chris Painter voice over his words after. This amused him enough that he agreed.
After the episode, I convinced Gwern to create a donation page where people can help sustain what he's up to. Please go here to contribute.
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Timestamps
Anonymity
Automating Steve Jobs
Isaac Newton's theory of progress
Grand theory of intelligence
Seeing scaling early
AGI Timelines
What to do in remaining 3 years until AGI
Influencing the shoggoth with writing
Human vs artificial intelligence
Rabbit holes
Hearing impairment
Wikipedia editing
Gwern.net
Counterfactual careers
Borges & literature
Gwern's intelligence and process
A day in the life of Gwern
Gwern's finances
The diversity of AI minds
GLP drugs and obesity
Drug experimentation
Parasocial relationships
Open rabbit holes
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