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0:00 Teaser
0:51 Paul’s impeccable timing
2:33 Is Dario’s AI slowdown proposal for real?
11:05 Can AI companies police themselves?
15:47 How chip controls can undermine AI safety
25:24 Why the 2024 US-China AI talks failed
30:58 America’s cognitive empathy gap on China
44:25 Taiwan and the chip war
50:39 War over AI: The real doom scenario?
52:25 A possible (grim) path to global AI cooperation
57:39 Heading to Overtime
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Triolo (Albright Stonebridge Group, https://pstaidecrypted.substack.com/). Recorded September 28, 2026.
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Overtime titles:
0:00 Where US-China AI talks should start
5:32 Mythos as missed diplomatic opportunity
13:29 Why is China more upbeat about AI?
20:45 Will China change its mind on open source?
31:32 Why Paul isn’t a doomer on US-China AI dialogue
Overtime video:
