Episode 41

Interviewing Dean Ball on AI policy

June 27, 2024 · 56:31

I’m really excited to resume the Interconnects Interviews with Dean W. Ball from the Hyperdimensional Substack. We cover the whole stack of recent happenings in AI policy, focusing of course on California’s bill SB 1047. We cover many, many more great topics here including:

What will happen in the case of a minor AI disaster,
If Meta will release the 405B model, and why,
The status of Chinese open-source AI,
Training on model outputs,
Anthropic’s recent strategy,
What scaling laws actually mean,
Creating content and shifting the needle of the AI discourse.

View online: https://www.interconnects.ai/p/interviewing-dean-ball-on-ai-policy

Chapters

00:00 Intro and Welcome Dean Ball
02:44 The Origins of California Bill SB1047
08:56 The Evolution of Bill SB1047
13:00 How SB1047 Affects Fine-Tuning
20:00 The Future of Bill SB1047
21:58 The Impact of AI Disasters
29:02 Meta and its 400 billion Parameter Model
32:25 Open Source AI and the Chinese Market
37:37 The Future of Open Source AI
43:35 Synthetic Data, Licenses, and Future AI Development
45:18 Anthropic's Approach to AI Safety
50:46 Scaling Laws
53:01 The Role of Audience in Influencing AI Policy

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Interviewing Dean Ball on AI policy

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