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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
#385 – Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia
#384 – Matthew McConaughey: Freedom, Truth, Family, Hardship, and Love
#383 – Mark Zuckerberg: Future of AI at Meta, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp
#382 – Bert Kreischer: Comedy, Drinking, Rogan, Segura, Churchill & Kim Jong Un
#381 – Chris Lattner: Future of Programming and AI
#380 – Neil Gershenfeld: Self-Replicating Robots and the Future of Fabrication
#379 – Randall Kennedy: The N-Word – History of Race, Law, Politics, and Power
#378 – Anna Frebel: Origin and Evolution of the Universe, Galaxies, and Stars
#377 – Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech
#376 – Stephen Wolfram: ChatGPT and the Nature of Truth, Reality & Computation
#375 – David Pakman: Politics of Trump, Biden, Bernie, AOC, Socialism & Wokeism
#374 – Robert Playter: Boston Dynamics CEO on Humanoid and Legged Robotics
#373 – Manolis Kellis: Evolution of Human Civilization and Superintelligent AI
#372 – Simone Giertz: Queen of Sh*tty Robots, Innovative Engineering, and Design
#371 – Max Tegmark: The Case for Halting AI Development
#370 – Edward Frenkel: Reality is a Paradox – Mathematics, Physics, Truth & Love
#369 – Paul Rosolie: Amazon Jungle, Uncontacted Tribes, Anacondas, and Ayahuasca
#368 – Eliezer Yudkowsky: Dangers of AI and the End of Human Civilization
#367 – Sam Altman: OpenAI CEO on GPT-4, ChatGPT, and the Future of AI
#366 – Shannon Curry: Johnny Depp & Amber Heard Trial, Marriage, Dating & Love
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