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0:00 Teaser
1:07 Defining (and preventing) superintelligence
6:39 Where the nuclear analogy holds (and where it breaks)
11:17 Imagining an AI inspections regime
15:35 The superintelligence precursors to watch for
19:20 Our dangerous lack of government oversight
26:38 ControlAI’s “bottom-up” approach to AI policy
30:53 The mounting geopolitical challenges to AI governance
47:57 Heading into Overtime
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Andrea Miotti (ControlAI). Recorded March 17, 2026.
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Overtime titles:
Why the big AI labs are so irresponsible.
Innovation in atoms vs bits.
Successionism in Silicon Valley.
Self-reinforcing race dynamics.
Anthropic's propaganda machine.
Nihilism as our enemy.
Overtime video:
