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AXRP (pronounced axe-urp) is the AI X-risk Research Podcast where I, Daniel Filan, have conversations with researchers about their papers. We discuss the paper, and hopefully get a sense of why it's been written and how it might reduce the risk of AI causing an existential catastrophe: that is, permanently and drastically curtailing humanity's future potential. You can visit the website and read transcripts at axrp.net.
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Jaime Klein, CEO of Inspire Human Resources is getting the raw insights and real-world experience from HR and business leaders shaping the new world of work. Through panel discussions and 1:1 interviews, you'll hear from executives of Fortune 500 companies, high-growth CPOs, thought leaders, and HR mavens on the topics keeping us all up at night. Get fresh tips and strategies to bring back to your team so you can crush it in the new world of work. Learn more about Jaime and Inspire Human Res ...
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In a world that seems to favor top performers, we often overlook the mindset and the methods of everyday entrepreneurs—the underdogs and the misfits who have no particular advantage in life—yet somehow manage to succeed. Author and entrepreneur Gary Schoeniger has traveled the world interviewing entrepreneurs and exploring the research to expose the hidden logic that exposes opportunities, optimizes engagement, and unleashes human potential. Whether you want to start a business, engage your ...
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Epoch AI is the premier organization that tracks the trajectory of AI - how much compute is used, the role of algorithmic improvements, the growth in data used, and when the above trends might hit an end. In this episode, I speak with the director of Epoch AI, Jaime Sevilla, about how compute, data, and algorithmic improvements are impacting AI, an…
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J Darrin Gross I'd like to ask you, Jaime Seale, what is the BIGGEST RISK? Jaime Seale I think I'm going to try and tie this back to the survey. And our our business at Clever, which is helping people buy homes. And buying homes is certainly a big risk, especially if you're doing it, if you're trying to move and doing it in a place you've you've ne…
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Today, my guest is Sujata Shyam. Sujata is a real estate investor, underwriter, short term rental operator and fund manager, after using her student loans to flip her first house during her MBA, she spent four years underwriting multifamily acquisitions for institutional buyers. And in just a minute, we're going to speak with Sujata about the math …
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J. Darrin Gross I'd like to ask you, Sujata Shyam, what is the BIGGEST RISK? Sujata Shyam So with what I do, Darrin, where we. Invest as a fund of funds, where we're investing as a group, and placing that capital as one investor into a property or an opportunity of sorts. In in my view, the biggest risk by far that's out of our control is the opera…
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Sometimes, people talk about transformers as having "world models" as a result of being trained to predict text data on the internet. But what does this even mean? In this episode, I talk with Adam Shai and Paul Riechers about their work applying computational mechanics, a sub-field of physics studying how to predict random processes, to neural net…
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Today, my guest is Jaime Seale. Jaime is a content writer at clever real estate, the leading real estate education platform for home buyers, sellers and investors. And in just a minute, we're going to speak with Jaime Seale about the best and worst places to live in 2024 according to Americans.By J Darrin Gross
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Today, my guest is Dr Eli Karlin. Eli is a partner in Chief Investment Officer at Sphere Investments. Dr Karlin is overseeing the investment of over 1 billion in healthcare real estate, focusing on medical offices, surgical facilities and post acute care. And in just a minute, we're going to speak with Dr Eli Karlin about health care real estate in…
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J Darrin Gross I'd like to ask you, Dr Eli Karlin, what is the BIGGEST RISK? Eli Karlin It's a great question. I think we live our lives based on risk assessment, whether we like it or not. We all do it in this area. I think I'll break it down into two fundamental risks as it relates to the healthcare, real estate sector, right? Healthcare and real…
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Today, my guest is Reza Raji. Reza is the Senior Vice President of Vantiva, Smart Spaces, Internet of Things, division with a rich history of driving IoT innovation. Reza has transformed industries from smart homes to commercial enterprises. And in just a minute, we're going to speak with Reza about applications for Vantivas, new Smart Security cam…
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J Darrin Gross I'd like to ask you, Reza Raji, what is the BIGGEST RISK? Reza Raji For the operator you're talking about for? J Darrin Gross Yeah, for however you want to capture. It's up to you. Reza Raji Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I think you know the when it comes to insurance and risk at self storage, there's fundamentally two right. There is the fac…
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In this episode, we talk with Jaime Casap, former Chief Education Evangelist at Google. We discuss the evolving nature of learning and work, and why all students need to develop entrepreneurial attitudes and skills. Jaime challenges us to rethink how we prepare students for today's world, shifting the question from "What do you want to be when you …
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In this episode of the Entrepreneurial Mindset Project, we dive into the extraordinary journey of Bob Kramer, a master bladesmith and founder of Kramer Knives, known for crafting some of the world’s finest cutlery. Bob’s path is anything but conventional—ranging from clown college to oceanography and the culinary arts. Through undiagnosed dyslexia …
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Today, my guest is Dale Wills. Dale is an experienced real estate developer who has been involved in the industry for more than 25 years. He is the owner and founder of Center Companies, and since 2011 he's overseen the development of more than 1500 homes across 50 projects. And in just a minute, we're going to speak with Dale about the investment …
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J. Darrin Gross If you're willing, I'd like to ask you, Dale Wills, what is the BIGGEST RISK? I think there's two parts to this. One on the insurance side is I'm a huge believer in surrounding yourself by the best people, and insurance is huge risk. I'll use an example. In the Midwest, it's almost impossible to get mold coverage. So if I build a ho…
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How do we figure out what large language models believe? In fact, do they even have beliefs? Do those beliefs have locations, and if so, can we edit those locations to change the beliefs? Also, how are we going to get AI to perform tasks so hard that we can't figure out if they succeeded at them? In this episode, I chat with Peter Hase about his re…
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Today, my guest is Joseph Viery. Joseph is the founder of US Tax advisors Group Inc, a publicly traded company, and a firm that works mostly with real estate investors, helping them save hundreds of 1000s and sometimes even millions of dollars on tax and they do that by using cost segregation. Contact info: Website: ustagi.com\get-started Free Esti…
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Today, my guest is Michael Tran. Michael Tran is an Associate Vice President at Colliers International, specializing in Multi-tenant Flex Industrial Properties, with over 900 plus real estate transactions over the last decade. And in just a minute we're going to speak with Michael Tran about multi tenant flex industrial properties. Contact: Michael…
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J Darrin Gross: I'd like to ask you, Michael Tran, what is the BIGGEST RISK? Michael Tran: So BIGGEST RISK, I want to say our team has taken on this stuff is in 2018, we realized, and we felt bad when we would see these trade at $30 below what we could sell certain assets for. And I said, Hey, guys, like, we like this stuff. This is a product we be…
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Today, my guest is Bishoy Habib. He's a highly experienced real estate and business attorney with over 12 years of legal practice in Florida and New York. And he has successfully represented prominent Developers Investors and Financial Institutions in more than 1000 transactions totaling $12 billion. And it just a minute we're going to speak with B…
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J Darrin Gross I'd like to ask you Bishoy Habib, what is the BIGGEST RISK? Bishoy Habib I think risk is a dirty word. And I don't think it should be, because I think that obviously, it has a negative connotation. But I tell my clients all the time, that I deal with business people, right i I like dealing with sophisticated parties like yourself and…
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Today, my guest is Travis Watts. Travis is a full time limited partner investor and the director of investor development at Ashcroft Capital. He dedicates his time to educating investors who are looking to be hands off when it comes to real estate investing. And in just a minute, we're going to speak with Travis about mitigating risk and maximizing…
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Hello and welcome to another episode of the Entrepreneurial Mindset Project. Today, I’m speaking with Dan Thorenson, a former Navy mechanic who became an unlikely entrepreneur. Growing up in a small town in North Dakota, Dan floundered in school, that is until he discovered an auto shop program that took him from the very bottom of his class to the…
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J Darrin Gross: If you're willing, I'd like to ask you, Travis Watts, what is the biggest risk? Travis Watts: So I really haven't changed? You know, this opinion since I started investing in syndications years ago. And it's that as a limited partner, if you're going to invest in a real estate, syndication, whether it be office or multifamily, or ca…
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How can we figure out if AIs are capable enough to pose a threat to humans? When should we make a big effort to mitigate risks of catastrophic AI misbehaviour? In this episode, I chat with Beth Barnes, founder of and head of research at METR, about these questions and more. Patreon: patreon.com/axrpodcast Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/axrpodcast The transcript:…
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Tanisa Williams, is the head of human resources for the Americas at The Economist. Throughout her career, Tanisa has focused on building workplaces that foster inclusion and wellness. Join Jaime and Tanisa as they discuss proven strategies to improve employee well-being and the HR leader’s role, tips for employee communications in turbulent times, …
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Today, my guest is Richard Crouch. Richard is a commercial real estate attorney and principal at the Virginia law firm Woods Rogers, where he chairs the business group. He's built his legal practice on the foundation of commercial real estate over the past two decades. And in just a minute, we're going to speak with Richard about Contractual Remedi…
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J Darrin Gross I'd like to ask you, Richard Crouch, what is the BIGGEST RISK? Richard Crouch I would say, and there are a few concepts within this, but I would say probably the biggest risk is not having the self awareness to recognize your own limitations. And what I mean by that is, there are a couple ways that this can play out. Certainly when t…
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Welcome to another episode of the Entrepreneurial Mindset Project. Today, I’m speaking with Doug Katz, who is an award-winning chef and an amazing entrepreneur. People open restaurants every day, and, as you probably know, the failure rate is extremely high. Yet Doug seems to have mastered the craft not only as a chef but as an entrepreneur. While …
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Today, my guest is Joe Caltabiano. Joe is the CEO of Healing Realty Trust, a data driven self managed real estate investment company with a portfolio of healthcare related real estate assets dedicated to serving the mental, behavioral and physical health sectors. Website: https://healingrt.com/ Email: Joe@healingrt.com…
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J. Darrin Gross: If you're willing, I'd like to ask you, Joe Caltabiano, what is the BIGGEST RISK? Joe Caltabiano: So in real estate, you know, I think the number one risk as you're looking to grow a real estate portfolio is access to capital. And that access can come in the form of equity or debt. But you know, as you have tightened tightening of …
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Today, my guest is Kamyar Rezaie, a UCLA Economics graduate. He's been a driving force in real estate industry for over 20 years, beginning in real estate or excuse me residential real estate before transitioning into commercial in 2008. And in just a minute, we're going to speak with Kamyar Rezaie about commercial real estate financing options in …
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J Darrin Gross If you're willing, I'd like to ask you, Kamyar Rezaie what is the biggest risk? Kamyar Rezaie The biggest risk, which I see is because I faced in 2000, era eight era where the banks basically got hit hard, no one had money, first on the bank side or on the on consumer side. So the biggest risk in my industry is if the banks don't len…
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Hello and welcome to another episode of the Entrepreneurial Mindset Project Today, I’m speaking with Camillo Archuleta, an aspiring entrepreneur who stumbled into an opportunity to teach his eight-year-old daughter how to think like an entrepreneur. It all started when he challenged his daughter to raise the money she needed for a school fundraiser…
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Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback, or RLHF, is one of the main ways that makers of large language models make them 'aligned'. But people have long noted that there are difficulties with this approach when the models are smarter than the humans providing feedback. In this episode, I talk with Scott Emmons about his work categorizing the pro…
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Today, my guest is Zachary Beach. Zachary is a returning guest and is an Amazon Best selling author of The New Rules Real Estate Investing, and the co host of Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast. He's a partner, the CEO and a coach at Smart Real Estate Coach. And in September 2020, they re re released revised edition of the Real Estate On Your Terms bo…
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J Darrin Gross And so if you're willing, I'd like to ask you, Zachary beach. What is the biggest risk? Zachary Beach Yeah, I'm glad you brought that like, it's interesting the way you walk through all that, because that's essentially what we're trying to do is minimize risk as much as possible. Warren Buffett always said that they all make all the …
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Today, my guest is Darin Davis. Darin is a real estate leader with 20 plus years of experience and has led through market shifts with over a billion and projects. And he's co founded Club Capital. And in just a minute we're going to speak with Darin Davis about Multifamily Syndication opportunities in 2024.…
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What's the difference between a large language model and the human brain? And what's wrong with our theories of agency? In this episode, I chat about these questions with Jan Kulveit, who leads the Alignment of Complex Systems research group. Patreon: patreon.com/axrpodcast Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/axrpodcast The transcript: axrp.net/episode/2024/05/30/epi…
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J Darrin Gross: I'd like to ask you, Darin Davis. What is the biggest risk? Darin Davis: Yeah, and it's not a black and white answer. So and I get asked this question. You know, a few times but and it's I look back the the biggest risk personally for me was if I didn't take any, okay, the fear, I accepted the risk by doing my first few deals, knowi…
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Today, my guest is Anna Olin. Anna is one of the pair of the pioneers of Z Life Sustainable Luxury Real Estate, originating the English Hotel in Las Vegas. And they are renowned for their innovative M8Trix Model. And in just a minute, we're going to speak with Anna Olin about Z Life's newest initiative, Midtown; revitalizing downtown Las Vegas.…
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J Darrin Gross If you're willing, I'd like to ask you Anna Olin, what is the BIGGEST RISK? Anna Olin Yeah, thanks. Well, I will make sure my insurance broker is listening to this with this podcast as I as I answer this, which actually I have Have a great relationship with my insurance broker shout out to John, he's been awesome for us. So I do actu…
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Today, my guest is Jerry Rosengarten. Jerry is the real estate developer who came up with the idea and build new york city's iconic Bowery Hotel. And he's an author of the book Jump on the Train, Dyslexic Entrepreneurs 50 Year Ride from the Leisure Suit to the Bowery Hotel.By J Darrin Gross
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J Darrin Gross I’d like to ask you, Jerry Rosengarten, What is the BIGGEST RISK? Gerald Rosengarten If you own real estate, you're always at risk. Always. Somebody falls on your property somebody else there's a fire These are the things that you're going to always be risk. As far as the biggest risk is building the real estate. To build it, catastr…
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J Darrin Gross and Zach Lemaster discussed a turnkey investment strategy for single-family and small multi-family properties in the southeast US, highlighting low acquisition costs and potential for cash flow. J Darrin Gross and Zach Lemaster then explored strategies for creating a retirement income through real estate investing, including leveragi…
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J Darrin Gross I'd like to ask you Zach Lemaster, what is the BIGGEST RISK? Zach LeMaster Oh, man, we're gonna get deep here for a sec. Darrin, I'm gonna get on my soapbox. But the biggest i and this is investing in general, buy, I truly feel this isn't this cliche, I truly feel that the biggest risk is doing nothing with your money, and not not pa…
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What's going on with deep learning? What sorts of models get learned, and what are the learning dynamics? Singular learning theory is a theory of Bayesian statistics broad enough in scope to encompass deep neural networks that may help answer these questions. In this episode, I speak with Daniel Murfet about this research program and what it tells …
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Today, my guest is Ashley Tison. Ashley is an attorney, professional speaker and a founder of OZ Pros, a full service opportunity zone advisory firm. And in just a minute we're going to speak with Ashley Tison about Opportunity Zones for real estate tax mitigation.By J Darrin Gross
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Top labs use various forms of "safety training" on models before their release to make sure they don't do nasty stuff - but how robust is that? How can we ensure that the weights of powerful AIs don't get leaked or stolen? And what can AI even do these days? In this episode, I speak with Jeffrey Ladish about security and AI. Patreon: patreon.com/ax…
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