Leopold Aschenbrenner on AGI, and security matters

Here is the 165 pp. pdf piece, here is html, here is a Twitter short TOC preview.

And now Leopold on Dwarkesh.  I haven’t heard it, but a friend sends along this excerpt:

Why didn’t I ultimately pursue econ academia? There were several reasons, one of them being Tyler Cowen. He took me aside and said, “I think you’re one of the top young economists I’ve ever met, but you should probably not go to grad school.”
Dwarkesh Patel 02:19:50
Oh, interesting. Really? I didn’t realize that.
Leopold Aschenbrenner 02:19:53
Yeah, it was good because he kind of introduced me to the Twitter weirdos. I think the takeaway from that was that I have to move out west one more time.
Dwarkesh Patel 02:20:03
Wait Tyler introduced you to the Twitter weirdos?
Leopold Aschenbrenner 02:20:05
A little bit. Or just kind of the broader culture?
Dwarkesh Patel 02:20:08
A 60-year-old economist introduced you to Twitter?