Udesh is a masters student of Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence. Today, we talked about good and bad vs. right and wrong. We also went into how personality influences our view of the world and Udesh gave me a new understanding of why so many people will never be able to believe that nothing matters.

We also really went into arguments for why this whole thing that we do is kind of meaningless. So consume with care ;) Enjoy!

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Cesare Dalbagno is a student of Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence. Today, we talked about leadership and how you can leverage the group to determine what is good and bad.

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A few days ago, I understood that we (Humans) don't understand anything. We act like our goals are important while not understanding anything. So today I talked about this revelation with Andrei Lixandru.

00:00 - Intro

04:08 - Why I want to build AGI

13:10 - Humans understand nothing

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This conversation is divided into two distinct parts. The first part delves into my personal motivations for wanting to build Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), with the ultimate goal of understanding life and finding its meaning. Here, I explore my passion and the reasons behind this ambitious pursuit. The second part focuses on a moment of revelation I experienced, a turning point where I truly understood how little I actually know. This episode might lead to serious existential contemplation and could trigger a meaning crisis. ;)

Andrei Lixandru is a Cognitive computing and Artificial intelligence master's student whom I questioned about the possibility of building an AI Oracle - basically a general reasoning machine capable of 'calculating' the best decision given specific information and goals.

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Welcome to our fascinating episode where we delve into the possibility of building an AI oracle. Imagine a world where, fed with information and a goal, an AI could determine the most optimal action to take. I spend 10 hours each day striving to understand the world and make the best decisions based on available information. But could we create an AI that does this for us? A reasoning machine capable of 'calculating' the best decision given specific information and goals?

During a cooking session, I posed this question to Andrei, a master's student in Cognitive Computing and Artificial Intelligence. He walked me through the concept of building an oracle, exploring various AI types currently in use, and discussing the potential and limitations of each

How do you build up/maintain the habit of working hard on what you want to achieve? What is the best way to prioritize and schedule your goals? Those are the questions Mark Kagach and I try to tackle today.

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00:00 - Intro

01:54 - Falling of the streak

04:45 - On Dopamine

08:23 - 90min Focus Blocks

11:58 - Shallow vs. Deep tasks

14:42 - Scheduling - Using a Calendar

20:34 - High-focus vs. Low-focus work

26:38 - Why you should plan your week every Sunday

34:36 - The Meaning of Life

Sam Altman wrote an amazing article outlining 13 steps on "How to be Successful?". In this podcast, I summarize the important points for us to understand his ideas.

The article I was talking about

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00:00 - Intro

00:58 - 1. Compound your self

02:26 - 2. Have Almost too much Self-belief

03:52 - 3. Learn to Think Independently

05:35 - 4. Get good at "Sales"

06:49 - 5. Make it easy to take risk

08:18 - 6. Focus

09:00 - 7. Work Hard

09:52 - 8. Be Bolt

11:06 - 9. Be willful

12:20 - 10. Be Hard to Compete with

13:13 - 11. Build a Network

15:22 - 12. You get rich by owning things

15:59 - 13. Be Internally Driven

In his Book "The Art of Impossible", Steven Kotler lays out a way for everyone to reach things that once seemed impossible. I read and was really impressed by this book, so I summarized the most important points for everyone who wants to find out "How To Reach The Impossible?"

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00:00 - Start

01:15 - About the Author

02:56 - Structure of the Book

04:24 - 1. Motivation: How to find your Passion?

10:53 - Setting goals in the right way

15:56 - 2. Learning

20:19 - 3. Creativity

21:18 - How to increase Creativity?

24:30 - 4. Flow

Nikhil Yadav REALLY doesn't believe in Free Will. He thought this through to a higher degree than any other person I have ever talked to.

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- Beginning of Infinity - David Deutsch

- Fabric of reality - David Deutsch

- Behave - Robert Zabulki

- The road to reality - Roger Penrose

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:52 - The belief in Determinism

00:03:31 - Why free will can't exist

00:06:15 - General Relativity and the Big Bang

00:10:10 - Why Wikipedia is better than you think

00:12:19 - Determinism and Morality

00:13:31 - Good and Bad vs. Good and Evil

00:25:12 - Morality 00:31:14 - Responsibility

00:35:39 - Why it feels like we have free will

00:36:56 - The benefit of not believing in free will

00:42:38 - Nikhil's goals

00:43:59 - Why?

00:45:49 - We can't decide what we want

00:47:38 - ...

Wouter Smeets is the founder of the Startup Mintrospect which sells psychedelic truffles with an integrated guide on how to use them on the internet.

Today, we talked a lot about his product and the opportunities of microdosing.

We also went deep into the philosophy of nonduality and wanting.

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- Mintrospect

- Beyond Good and Evil - Friedrich Nietzsche

Chapters

00:00:00 - Start

00:01:43 - What is Mintrospect?

00:05:07 - The story of Mintrospect

00:10:32 - My microdoses instead of full doses?

00:12:45 - The effects of Microdosing

00:17:02 - Instrumental vs. Experiential approach to life

00:19:05 - Experiences with Microdosing

00:21:12 - Is it all placebo?

00:23:57 - Scientific view on Microdosing

00:25:37 - Depression

00:27:14 - Experiences with Psychedelics

00:29:42 - Benefits of Microdosing

00:32:10 - The Philosophy of Mintrospect

00:34:53 - How to sell this?

00:39:59 - The process of creating the Product/Book

00:41:20 - LSD vs. Shrooms

00:44:29 - Ketamine

00:48:05 - Hope

00:50:21 - Nonduality and Philosophy of Life

00:59:51 - The Meaning of Life / Good and Bad - Psychology

01:06:21 - Nonduality is not better than anything else!

01:09:57 - Should we strive for Nonduality?

01:12:47 - The Will

01:30:49 - Closing question

Ansar Bajwa is a student of Cognitive science and Artificial Intelligence from Pakistan who has a deeply philosophical view of life and belief in god.

Resources

- Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth - Mirza Tahir Ahmad

Chapters

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:16 - Idea on how to find valid conclusions about life

00:03:16 - Ansar's Meaning of Life

00:04:48 - Ansar's thoughts on prayer

00:11:21 - Why getting closer to God is self-improvement

01:42:29 - Ansar's Book recommendation

01:46:15 - A final quote