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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
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#324 – Daniel Negreanu: Poker
#323 – Will Sasso: Comedy, MADtv, AI, Friendship, Madness, and Pro Wrestling
#322 – Rana el Kaliouby: Emotion AI, Social Robots, and Self-Driving Cars
#321 – Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality
#320 – Christopher Capozzola: World War I, Ideology, Propaganda, and Politics
#319 – Botez Sisters: Chess, Streaming, and Fame
#318 – Nick Lane: Origin of Life, Evolution, Aliens, Biology, and Consciousness
#317 – John Vervaeke: Meaning Crisis, Atheism, Religion & the Search for Wisdom
#316 – Noam Chomsky: Putin, Ukraine, China, and Nuclear War
#315 – Magnus Carlsen: Greatest Chess Player of All Time
#314 – Liv Boeree: Poker, Game Theory, AI, Simulation, Aliens & Existential Risk
#313 – Jordan Peterson: Life, Death, Power, Fame, and Meaning
#312 – Duncan Trussell: Comedy, Sentient Robots, Suffering, Love & Burning Man
#311 – Magatte Wade: Africa, Capitalism, Communism, and the Future of Humanity
#310 – Andrew Bustamante: CIA Spy
#309 – John Carmack: Doom, Quake, VR, AGI, Programming, Video Games, and Rockets
#308 – Ryan Graves: UFOs, Fighter Jets, and Aliens
#307 – Brian Armstrong: Coinbase, Cryptocurrency, and Government Regulation
#306 – Oriol Vinyals: Deep Learning and Artificial General Intelligence
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