If AI destroys all human purpose, what will give our lives meaning when machines can do everything better than us?

Josh Trent welcomes Tom Bilyeu to the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast, episode 782, to uncover why AI is forcing humanity to confront who we really are, what gives life meaning when machines outpace us, and how reclaiming our biological and spiritual essence may be the only path forward.

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In This Episode, Tom Bilyeu Uncovers: [01:20] Understanding The Human Essence

• Why most people won't adapt to AI and suffer the impact.
• How we're designed to change, but most people don't want to.
• Why we need clarity to know where we want to go in order to make progress.
• The importance of understanding ourselves on a biological level.
• Why spirituality is a ritualized self-help.

Resources:

• Tom Bilyeu
• 098 Set Yourself Free With Tom Bilyeu
• 130 Modius & The Neuroscience of Fat Loss – Tom Bilyeu & Dr. Jason McKeown
• Determined by Robert Sapolsky

[08:55] AI Will Destroy Your Purpose

• Why Tom always believed he was going to become successful.
• How AI is going to remove all meaning and purpose.
• Why having a family creates purpose.
• How not having to do anything and not needing anything removes a sense of purpose and meaning.

Resources:

• Humans Only Have 2 Years Left... PREPARE NOW | Tom Bilyeu
• Finding Joe (2012)
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

[13:35] The Future of Humanity

• Why people who fear change will have a hard time adjusting to the arise of AI.
• How some people will want a harder life after AI takes over.
• Why we haven't been able to see any aliens.
• How many people will find a new reality in virtual worlds.

[17:35] Humans Will Merge with Technology

• Why AI is not going to take our humanness.
• How we're always trying to make tomorrow better than today.
• Why technology is a promise of a better tomorrow.
• How it's inevitable for humans to merge with technology.

Resources:

• Joe Rogan Experience #2387 - Gregg Braden

[21:15] Is The USA Going To Be in a War?

• Why Tom fears that war is coming.
• How the USA is in decline and China is on the rise.
• Why AI could potentially save us from war.
• The importance of gamifying life.
• Why within 15 years, there will be millions of robots.

Resources:

• Ted Kaczynski

[26:05] To Have or Not to Have Children?

• Why there is an opportunity in a crisis.
• What led Tom to start engaging with the politics.
• Why he decided not to have children.
• How we need to fill the void if we don't have children.
• Why Tom knows he will regret not having children when he's old.
• How there's a new successful de-aging cure that's been tested on monkeys.

Resources:

• 781 Pedram Shojai | Anti-Aging Cult: Why Trying To Live Forever Devours Your Soul

[33:55] Game Theory

• Why all problems stem from a man's inability to sit alone in a room.
• The psychology of the prisoner's dilemma.
• How deception wins over cooperation.
• Why the US can't stop AI advancement because China would be ahead.

Resources:

• The Prisoner's Dilemma

[37:15] The Human Disadvantage

• When many people are coming to the same conclusion, it means we're getting to the same truth.
• Why all suffering arises from attachment.
• How the human mind cannot be as strong as AI.

[40:25] Are We in A Simulation?

• Why we can't achieve liberation on humanity level.
• How we can't know if we're part of a simulation.
• Why Tom's purpose has changed throughout the years.
• How he wants to impact future generations.
• Why we should do something that we'd have enjoyed doing even if we failed.

Resources:

• 048 Nir Eyal: Breaking Bad Habits, Technology Addiction, & Emotional Triggers

[48:20] The Source of Addictive Behavior

• Why Tom used to create things that are highly addictive.
• How everyone has a responsibility to choose what's beneficial for them.
• Why some children develop an unhealthy relationship with the things they use or consume.
• How Tom wants parents to control their children's games.

[53:45] Do You Respect Yourself?

• How to deal with an addictive personality.
• Why people violate their own principles.
• How Tom learned to motivate himself by self-respect.
• Why our physique shows if we have good discipline or not.
• How ChatGPT is trained on all human knowledge and can get us unstuck.
• Why people don't want anything badly enough to face their own inadequacy.

[01:00:10] What a Man Needs from His Woman

• Why Tom and his wife have an atypical relationship.
• How he needs his wife to support and love him even if he fails.
• Why we need to celebrate men for being strong but not abusing their power.
• How the man is meant to be the one to face the danger.

[01:05:25] Facing Skin Cancer

• How Tom's wife showed up for him when he found out he had skin cancer.
• Why he knows his wife will love him even if his face is scarred.
• How he got skin cancer even though he was cautious of sun exposure.
• What made Tom become aware of his mortality.

[01:09:10] Success Is Not Everything

• Why money doesn't solve inner unhappiness.
• What makes Tom go from one project to another.
• How success didn't remove his insecurities. Why money doesn't change how we feel about ourselves.

[01:12:30] The Next Step in the Evolution of Humanity

• How AI can facilitate anything that we can imagine.
• Why disease and starvation are going to disappear with the rise of AI.
• How AI requires self-direction.
• Why the future of humans is becoming cyborgs.

"AI is going to remove all meaning and purpose. You'll have something that's better than us at everything. Once that game doesn't feel real, you don't need to do anything. You don't need money because you can have everything you've ever wanted for free. But the problem is that humans really need God as an anchor for morality." — Tom Bilyeu

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All Resources From This Episode

• Tom Bilyeu
• 098 Set Yourself Free With Tom Bilyeu
• 130 Modius & The Neuroscience of Fat Loss – Tom Bilyeu & Dr. Jason McKeown
• Determined by Robert Sapolsky
• Humans Only Have 2 Years Left... PREPARE NOW | Tom Bilyeu
• Joe Rogan Experience #2387 - Gregg Braden
• Ted Kaczynski
• 781 Pedram Shojai | Anti-Aging Cult: Why Trying To Live Forever Devours Your Soul
• The Prisoner's Dilemma
• 048 Nir Eyal: Breaking Bad Habits, Technology Addiction, & Emotional Triggers

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About Tom Bilyeu

Tom Bilyeu is the co-founder of the billion-dollar brand Quest Nutrition and the co-founder and host of Impact Theory.

Personally driven to expand people's vision of wellness to a 360-degree view that encompasses body and mind, Tom created Impact Theory to help people develop the skills they will need to improve themselves and the world.

Through his content and public speaking, he inspires people around the world to unlock their potential and pursue greatness.

Tom was named one of Success Magazine's Top 25 Influential People in 2018 and Entrepreneur of the Year by Secret Entrouage in 2016.

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