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0:00 How significant are the Middle East data center deals?
12:03 Why did AI safety hawks quit talking about international cooperation?
18:38 Why build data centers in the Middle East?
27:20 Microchips and security risks
30:46 The unexamined assumptions of Sinophobia
42:00 What ever happened to peace, love, and understanding?
47:46 AI Czar David Sacks takes on his critics
51:11 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 May 19, 2025.
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Overtime titles:
0:00 Reasons for and against building data centers in the Middle East
13:46 Is there an Effective Altruist position on China?
24:22 How an AGI race makes war more likely
35:37 Why beating China became so ingrained in think tanks
43:28 Some AI safety hawks who are China hawks
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