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0:00 Teaser
1:07 Defining AI succession
3:51 How positive psychology led Dan to AI research
11:20 Is Dan a “successionist”?
17:40 Does it matter whether AI is sentient?
25:13 Two traits of a worthy successor
32:03 The varieties of succession scenarios
36:40 Values and interests
41:52 Will AI have any use for us?
44:33 Succession scenarios to avoid
49:42 Heading into Overtime
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Dan Faggella (Emerj AI Research, The Trajectory). Recorded January 7, 2026.
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Overtime titles:
The current pace of AI progress.
Near-term AI-related problems.
What makes values lasting?
Successionism and accelerationism: Compare and contrast.
Will it take a catastrophe to enlighten us?
How AI moguls rationalize their race to AGI.
Dan's cosmic p(doom).
