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Alvin Wang Graylin Part 1: The AI Reckoning and What Comes After

Podcast

Alvin Wang Graylin is a Professor of AI and Tech Policy at the University of Washington, a fellow at the Asia Society and Stanford HAI, and the author of Our Next Reality. In Part 1 of this conversation, Alvin and Todd explore the big-picture questions around artificial intelligence: what AGI and ASI actually mean, whether AI will deliver a post-scarcity world or introduce new risks, and how AI is reshaping jobs and the global economy right now. Alvin then lays out his ‘Great AI Reckoning’ thesis — his prediction of a coming financial correction in the AI sector — and walks through the ‘Five Reconnectings’ he believes a crash could trigger. The conversation closes with his argument for ‘raising’ AI rather than simply deploying it.

Discussion Points:

  • What AGI and ASI mean — and whether we’ll achieve them in the near future
  • Would AGI lead to a post-scarcity society, and what are the risks?
  • AI’s near-term impact on jobs and the global economy
  • The ‘Great AI Reckoning’ — why Alvin expects a financial correction and on what timeline
  • The ‘Five Reconnectings’ — what a crash could trigger at the level of society and geopolitics
  • Why Alvin argues we should be ‘raising’ AI, not just deploying it

About the Guest

Alvin Wang Graylin (汪丛青) is a Professor of AI and Tech Policy at the University of Washington and holds fellowships at the Asia Society and the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. He is the author of Our Next Reality and a prolific writer on AI, US-China relations, and global technology policy. His career has spanned HTC (China President), Intel, IBM, Trend Micro, and four venture-backed startups. He writes on Substack at The Abundanist.

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