Episode 48: When Does Hoping for the Best on AI Stop Being a Plan?
A departing AI researcher says the quiet part out loud. Anthropic is racing because it believes no one else will act responsibly. Matt Konwiser has heard that logic from powerful people before, and it rarely ends well for everyone else.
Guest Jim Gehring, founder of Foundation and creator of the Strategic Growth Engine, says AI isn't the real problem. The problem is what it lands on: pressure to move fast, governance nobody enforces, and labs heading toward IPOs where shareholders take control. Speed is easy to measure. Direction isn't.
Jason Lowe doesn't think anyone can slow this down. No…
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