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Richard Ngo is a leading AI philosopher and researcher, formerly at OpenAI and DeepMind. We discuss what life looks like once we have AGI and how every aspect of the human experience could change. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Introduction 01:44 – Technology as an Inequality Engine 03:52 – AI as a Personal Tutor vs. Distraction Machine 06:11 – Therapy, Coaching, and Emotional Mediation 09:16 – The Future of Work and the Socio-Political Economy 13:15 – Relationships, Intimacy, and AI Companions 19:03 – Marriage Decline and the Birth Rate Crisis 22:15 – Speed of Change and Political Control 23:55 – Human Augmentation and Speciation 30:52 – Comparing Artificial Intelligence to Natural Intelligence 35:57 – Religion, Continuity, and Identity in the Future 37:26 – China vs. the U.S. in AI Governance 39:39 – Why Richard Left OpenAI 43:43 – Drones, Simulation, Power, and More