I would like people to go away having not just been entertained or gotten some useful information, but be better people, in however slight a sense. To have an aspiration that web pages could be better, that the Internet could be better: “You too could go out and read stuff! You too could have your thoughts and compile your thoughts into essays, too! You could do all this!”
Gwern and the role he wants to fill. As heard on The Dwarkesh Podcast.
The AI avatar is creepy. For me, audio listen only. Brilliant interview – insightful and inspiring.
Too many adjectives on this post?
Patel, Dwarkesh. “Gwern Branwen – How an Anonymous Researcher Predicted AI’s Trajectory.” Dwarkesh Podcast (blog), November 13, 2024. https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/gwern-branwen.
Floodlights and Goalposts 