References:

- Pessimist's Archive on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PessimistsArc

- David Deutsch, "Creative Blocks: How Close are We to Creating Artificial Intelligence?": https://aeon.co/essays/how-close-are-we-to-creating-artificial-intelligence

- David Deutsch, CBC interview from 2018 about AGI: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1251489859794

Further reading:

- “The Bucket and the Searchlight” by Karl Popper

- “The Beginning of Infinity” by David Deutsch, chapter 1 “The Reach of Explanations”, and chapter 6 “The Jump to Universality”

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