Manifold | Jaan Tallinn: Coronavirus, Existential Risk, and AI - #42 @ManifoldPodcast | Uploaded April 2020 | Updated October 2024, 11 hours ago.
Steve talks with Skype founder and global tech investor Jaan Tallinn. Will the coronavirus pandemic lead to better planning for future global risks? Jaan gives his list of top existential risks and describes his efforts to call attention to AI risk. They discuss AGI, the Simulation Question, the Fermi Paradox and how these are all connected. Do we live in a simulation of a quantum multiverse?
RATIONALITY
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Jaan X-Risk Links
https://jaan.online/xrisk/
LessWrong
lesswrong.com
Slate Star Codex
slatestarcodex.com
Metaculus
angel.co/company/metaculus
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
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Transcript
manifoldlearning.com/episode-042#transcript
Fermi Paradox — Where Are All The Aliens?
youtube.com/watch?v=sNhhvQGsMEc
Is Hilbert space discrete?
arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0508039
man·i·fold /ˈmanəˌfōld/ many and various.
In mathematics, a manifold is a topological space that locally resembles Euclidean space near each point.
Steve Hsu and Corey Washington have been friends for almost 30 years, and between them hold PhDs in Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Theoretical Physics. Join them for wide ranging and unfiltered conversations with leading writers, scientists, technologists, academics, entrepreneurs, investors, and more.
Steve talks with Skype founder and global tech investor Jaan Tallinn. Will the coronavirus pandemic lead to better planning for future global risks? Jaan gives his list of top existential risks and describes his efforts to call attention to AI risk. They discuss AGI, the Simulation Question, the Fermi Paradox and how these are all connected. Do we live in a simulation of a quantum multiverse?
RATIONALITY
-----------------------------------------
Jaan X-Risk Links
https://jaan.online/xrisk/
LessWrong
lesswrong.com
Slate Star Codex
slatestarcodex.com
Metaculus
angel.co/company/metaculus
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
-----------------------------------------
Transcript
manifoldlearning.com/episode-042#transcript
Fermi Paradox — Where Are All The Aliens?
youtube.com/watch?v=sNhhvQGsMEc
Is Hilbert space discrete?
arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0508039
man·i·fold /ˈmanəˌfōld/ many and various.
In mathematics, a manifold is a topological space that locally resembles Euclidean space near each point.
Steve Hsu and Corey Washington have been friends for almost 30 years, and between them hold PhDs in Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Theoretical Physics. Join them for wide ranging and unfiltered conversations with leading writers, scientists, technologists, academics, entrepreneurs, investors, and more.
