Demis Hassabis, Universal Basic Income, and the Relationship Economy
Duration: 48:29 | Recorded on May 16, 2026
S3E18 – A deep dive into the ethics of AI safety and the concentration of power in Silicon Valley. We discuss Demis Hassabis of Google DeepMind, the existential warnings of Geoffrey Hinton, and whether taxing compute power is the only way to fund Universal Basic Income in a post-labor world.
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/ The Safety vs. Utility Paradox: Kent and Kyle analyze the biography of Demis Hassabis and the provocative book If Anyone Builds It…
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