Satya Nadella — Microsoft’s AGI plan & quantum breakthrough

Satya Nadella on:
* Why he doesn’t believe in AGI but does believe in 10% economic growth,
* Microsoft’s new topological qubit breakthrough and gaming world models,
* Whether Office commoditizes LLMs or the other way around,

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* Transcript: https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/satya-nadella
* Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/satya-nadella-microsofts-agi-plan-quantum-breakthrough/id1516093381?i=1000694050135
* Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Ru9vFJOuYKSHnxABBgAm3?si=iUhseh2VQoKU7-sThdm0Eg

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00:00:00 - Intro
00:05:48 - AI won't be winner-take-all
00:16:02 - World economy growing by 10%
00:22:23 - Decreasing price of intelligence
00:31:03 - Microsoft's Quantum breakthrough
00:43:35 - Microsoft's gaming world model
00:50:35 - Legal barriers to AI
00:56:30 - Getting AGI safety right
01:05:43 - 34 years at Microsoft
01:11:31 - Does Satya Nadella believe in AGI?