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#392 – Joscha Bach: Life, Intelligence, Consciousness, AI & the Future of Humans

08.01.2023 - By Lex FridmanPlay

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Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/joscha-bach-3-transcript

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) - Introduction

(06:26) - Stages of life

(18:48) - Identity

(25:24) - Enlightenment

(31:55) - Adaptive Resonance Theory

(38:42) - Panpsychism

(48:42) - How to think

(56:36) - Plants communication

(1:14:31) - Fame

(1:40:09) - Happiness

(1:47:26) - Artificial consciousness

(1:59:35) - Suffering

(2:04:19) - Eliezer Yudkowsky

(2:11:55) - e/acc (Effective Accelerationism)

(2:17:33) - Mind uploading

(2:28:22) - Vision Pro

(2:32:36) - Open source AI

(2:45:29) - Twitter

(2:52:44) - Advice for young people

(2:55:40) - Meaning of life

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