Kevin Roose is AGI-pilled. Why aren’t you?

Kevin Roose, former New York Times reporter and Hard Fork podcast host, is interviewed about his departure from the Times to co-found the independent podcast Machine Gods with Casey Newton. The conversation focuses on his new book The AGI Chronicles, an in-depth investigation into companies racing to build artificial general intelligence. The interview explores Roose's reporting process, the characters involved in AI development, and future trajectories of the AGI race.

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