NonzeroClips | Human minds vs. AI "minds" | Robert Wright & Connor Leahy | Nonzero Clips @MeaningoflifeTV | Uploaded July 2023 | Updated October 2024, 13 hours ago.
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Robert Wright and Connor Leahy of Conjecture AI discuss how closely LLMs mirror human cognition.
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Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Connor Leahy (Conjecture). Recorded July 11, 2023.
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Full Overtime discussion available to Nonzero members at:
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Robert Wright and Connor Leahy of Conjecture AI discuss how closely LLMs mirror human cognition.
Public conversation:
youtube.com/watch?v=ti3YIuznuCA&t=184s&ab_channel=Nonzero
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Connor Leahy (Conjecture). Recorded July 11, 2023.
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![Prolegomena: What Are Persons? | Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell [Sophia]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Pu1upt4Ahx0/hqdefault.jpg "Prolegomena: What Are Persons? | Daniel Kaufman & Crispin Sartwell [Sophia]
0:00 Worries about reopening colleges
8:02 What are persons?
27:57 Why don’t we say “my legs went to the store”?
39:10 Actions and intentions
48:47 The case of the robot who voted
66:00 Are addicts in control of their actions?
83:19 The moral culpability of a naughty dog
Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora) and Crispin Sartwell (Eye of the Storm, Entanglements: A System of Philosophy)
Recorded June 4, 2020
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![The Dharma of Bob 2: Nonzero | Robert Wright & Josh Summers [The Wright Show]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SBbKNaFsDhI/hqdefault.jpg "The Dharma of Bob 2: Nonzero | Robert Wright & Josh Summers [The Wright Show]
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0:00 Continuing the exploration of “the Dharma of Bob”
6:49 Bob: There is no good alternative to global community
15:48 Defining non-zero-sumness
22:09 How genetic “selfishness” led to altruism
31:22 The psychology of tribalism
36:39 Can we bridge the polarization divide?
43:30 Sadly, self-transcendence isn’t genetically inheritable
50:59 Does Bob see cause for optimism?
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Josh Summers (The Power of Mindfulness, joshsummers.net)
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![Free Will, Determinism, and Compatibilism | Robert Wright & Gideon Rosen [The Wright Show]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ShhpXMsHuvI/hqdefault.jpg "Free Will, Determinism, and Compatibilism | Robert Wright & Gideon Rosen [The Wright Show]
2:24 A brief primer on the free will vs. determinism debate
6:59 Are moral responsibility and determinism compatible?
11:51 Is punishment a tragic necessity or a moral good?
18:00 Gideon tries to convince Bob that compatibilism is coherent
38:49 Gideon’s distinctive take on compatibilism
51:11 A thought experiment about the moral culpability of an ancient slaveholder
62:59 Free will and the mind-body problem
68:41 Buddhist ideas about punishment
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Gideon Rosen (Princeton University)
Recorded June 10, 2019
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![Enlightenment by Trial and Error | Robert Wright & Jay Michaelson [The Wright Show]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TF_etaCx5ec/hqdefault.jpg "Enlightenment by Trial and Error | Robert Wright & Jay Michaelson [The Wright Show]
Jay’s new book, Enlightenment by Trial and Error 3:28
Why Jay embarked on a path of mysticism 6:08
Ayahuasca, unitive experiences, and bad trips 16:58
Jews who are “religious but not spiritual” 36:37
Finding “real happiness” through meditation 46:24
Varieties of enlightening experience 51:09
What’s distinctive about Jewish mysticism? 65:20
The things Jay still takes from Judaism 76:07
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Jay Michaelson (jaymichaelson.net, The Daily Beast)
Recorded November 12, 2019
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![Is Philosophy OK? | Daniel Kaufman & Robert Gressis [Sophia]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TUSq_r1N8Ng/hqdefault.jpg "Is Philosophy OK? | Daniel Kaufman & Robert Gressis [Sophia]
02:04 Robert: Is it permissible to remain a philosophy professor?
14:02 Why Dan opposes the “morality everywhere” approach to life
17:05 Can professors really leave a lasting impact on students?
43:01 “First world problems” and moral obligation in the classroom
54:14 What is the “White Paper” of philosophy, and does it have any authority?
1:14:54 Rethinking the role of the academy in society
1:23:48 Dan: Philosophy as a life guide is, well, misguided
Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora) and Robert Gressis (CSU Northridge)
Recorded May 23, 2019
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![The Cultural Contradictions of Conservatism | Daniel Kaufman & Kevin Currie-Knight [Sophia]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ToFtCTbK9fY/hqdefault.jpg "The Cultural Contradictions of Conservatism | Daniel Kaufman & Kevin Currie-Knight [Sophia]
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0:00 Intro
01:48 Kevins book, Education in the Marketplace
05:53 Dan and Kevins concern for Coleman Hughes intellectual freedom
20:57 How young is too young for movement conservatism?
34:23 What was the Intellectual Dark Web?
46:48 The IDWs central contradiction
1:02:34 How Dan got involved with the conservative movement ...
1:20:26 ... and why he left it
1:40:21 Dans advice to Hughes: dont trust the movement
Daniel Kaufman (Missouri State University, The Electric Agora) and Kevin Currie-Knight (East Carolina Universitys College of Education). Recorded December 12, 2020.
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![The Dharma of Bob 3: Cognitive Biases | Robert Wright & Josh Summers [The Wright Show]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UHlgupB7ifQ/hqdefault.jpg "The Dharma of Bob 3: Cognitive Biases | Robert Wright & Josh Summers [The Wright Show]
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0:00 Continuing the exploration of “the Dharma of Bob”
12:44 The evolutionary logic of cognitive biases
22:30 Attribution error, or why your enemies seem so damn evil
44:00 Zero-sum biases in a non-zero-sum world
47:41 Bob fixes social media
55:16 How cognitive biases have shaped perceptions of the Capitol riot
1:04:23 The psychology of tribalism and the BLM protests
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Josh Summers (The Power of Mindfulness, joshsummers.net)
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