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Daniel Schmachtenberger: Ai Risks & The Metacrisis
Episode 147
Published 2 years, 10 months ago
Description
In this episode Daniel Schmachtenberger explores AI risk, the broader metacrisis, and how our economic and cultural systems amplify existential threats. He unpacks concepts from Nash equilibrium to quantum mechanics and outlines pathways for collective resilience.
- 00:00:00 - Overview
- 00:05:13 - Nash Equilibrium
- 00:09:05 - Quasiprobability & Quantum
- 00:13:26 - Metacrisis
- 00:30:53 - Economic Unsustainability
- 00:54:44 - Synopsis
- 00:58:43 - Civilizational Risks
- 01:22:28 - Altruistic Religions
- 01:53:16 - AI Risk Space
- 02:32:59 - Paperclip Maximizer
- 02:37:31 - Alignment Problem
- 03:37:53 - McGilchrist & Vervaeke
- 03:42:27 - Bohm Connected Consciousness
- 03:44:22 - Phenomenal Consciousness
- 04:01:34 - Hinton, Choi, OpenAI on AI
- 04:11:33 - Closing Message
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- 00:00:00 - Overview
- 00:05:13 - Nash Equilibrium
- 00:09:05 - Quasiprobability & Quantum
- 00:13:26 - Metacrisis
- 00:30:53 - Economic Unsustainability
- 00:54:44 - Synopsis
- 00:58:43 - Civilizational Risks
- 01:22:28 - Altruistic Religions
- 01:53:16 - AI Risk Space
- 02:32:59 - Paperclip Maximizer
- 02:37:31 - Alignment Problem
- 03:37:53 - McGilchrist & Vervaeke
- 03:42:27 - Bohm Connected Consciousness
- 03:44:22 - Phenomenal Consciousness
- 04:01:34 - Hinton, Choi, OpenAI on AI
- 04:11:33 - Closing Message
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- Iain McGilchrist on TOE: https://youtu.be/M-SgOwc6Pe4
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