Earlier this year, Leopold Ashenbrenner’s podcast with Dwarkesh on the race for Superintelligence sent me into a bit of a pessimistic spiral… For anyone else concerned about the risks of AGI, I’ve found the “The New Map” and “Chip War” to be immensely helpful for understanding what will constrain AI.

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“The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations” — a chronicle of how the emergence of American fracking in the 1990s reshaped global power, why we can’t yet completely transition away from fossil fuels, and how energy security underlies global conflicts (like those in Ukraine and the South China Sea).