Ajeya Cotra on Dwarkesh: AI Could Be Far More Cooperative Than Humans Ever Could
Dwarkesh Patel · youtube · 2026-09-04
Researcher Ajeya Cotra joins the Dwarkesh Patel podcast with a counterintuitive thesis: AI systems may be far better at large-scale cooperation than humans ever were, since AI can align goals and information without the communication costs and incentive conflicts of human societies. The conversation explores what this means for the economy and safety.
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