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Lex Fridman
Noam Chomsky begins his reflection on human existence by highlighting a peculiar and defining characteristic of our species: mortality. He references Ernest Becker's exploration of this theme, noting that while he once pondered the value of death at around twelve years old, his concerns were not abo …
Lex Fridman
Joscha Bach explores a romanticized concept in artificial intelligence where an AI system, capable of modeling the world at arbitrary detail, attempts to understand its own nature and genesis within that simulation. He suggests that if such general intelligence were achieved, it might lead to scenar …