Nonzero | Elon, Sex, AI, and Free Will (among other things) | Robert Wright & Paul Bloom @Nonzero | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
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0:00 Bob re-enters reality
3:30 Elon’s X-rated horse-trading
9:17 What do LLMs really say about the “blank slate” view of the mind?
27:48 Bob challenges Paul to meditate—will Paul retreat?
32:51 Have Bob’s views changed since writing Nonzero?
43:51 Paul’s and Bob’s (semi-compatible) views on free will
50:27 Heading to Overtime

Discussed in Overtime:
The Buddhist solution to Paul’s Twitter troubles.
Jake Gyllenhaal’s problematic bod.
Dark Matter reviewed (w/ light spoilers).
Bob and Paul swap faux pas horror stories.
3 Body’s entanglement problem.
Has Anthropic mapped the mind of AI?
Bob’s podcast no-go list.
The problem with incredibly good looking people.

Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Bloom (https://smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net, University of Toronto, The Sweet Spot, Against Empathy). Recorded June 17, 2024.

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