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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:37) – Assembly theory paper
(30:06) – Assembly equation
(43:19) – Discovering alien life
(1:01:38) – Evolution of life on Earth
(1:09:34) – Response to criticism
(1:27:12) – Kolmogorov complexity
(1:39:02) – Nature review process
(1:59:56) – Time and free will
(2:06:21) – Communication with aliens
(2:28:19) – Cellular automata
(2:32:48) – AGI
(2:49:36) – Nuclear weapons
(2:55:22) – Chem Machina
(3:08:16) – GPT for electron density
(3:17:46) – God
#420 – Annie Jacobsen: Nuclear War, CIA, KGB, Aliens, Area 51, Roswell & Secrecy
#419 – Sam Altman: OpenAI, GPT-5, Sora, Board Saga, Elon Musk, Ilya, Power & AGI
#418 – Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris
#417 – Kimbal Musk: The Art of Cooking, Tesla, SpaceX, Zip2, and Family
#416 – Yann Lecun: Meta AI, Open Source, Limits of LLMs, AGI & the Future of AI
#415 – Serhii Plokhy: History of Ukraine, Russia, Soviet Union, KGB, Nazis & War
#414 – Tucker Carlson: Putin, Navalny, Trump, CIA, NSA, War, Politics & Freedom
#413 – Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech
#412 – Marc Raibert: Boston Dynamics and the Future of Robotics
#411 – Omar Suleiman: Palestine, Gaza, Oct 7, Israel, Resistance, Faith & Islam
#410 – Ben Shapiro vs Destiny Debate: Politics, Jan 6, Israel, Ukraine & Wokeism
#409 – Matthew Cox: FBI Most Wanted Con Man – $55 Million in Bank Fraud
#408 – Tal Wilkenfeld: Music, Guitar, Bass, Jeff Beck, Prince, and Leonard Cohen
#407 – Guillaume Verdon: Beff Jezos, E/acc Movement, Physics, Computation & AGI
#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness
#405 – Jeff Bezos: Amazon and Blue Origin
#403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events
#402 – Michael Malice: Thanksgiving Pirate Special
#401 – John Mearsheimer: Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3
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