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Daniel Schmachtenberger: Why AI May Accelerate Civilizational Collapse
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Daniel Schmachtenberger: Why AI May Accelerate Civilizational Collapse

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Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal · Theories of Everything

May 17, 20234h 29m

Show Notes

Daniel Schmachtenberger unpacks AI risks within the broader metacrisis threatening collective human survival. He unpacks concepts from Nash equilibrium to quantum mechanics and outlines pathways for collective resilience.

- 00:00:00 - Overview
- 00:05:13 - Nash Equilibrium
- 00:09:05 - Quasiprobability & Quantum
- 00:13:26 - Metacrisis
- 00:30:53 - Economic Unsustainability
- 00:54:44 - Synopsis
- 00:58:43 - Civilizational Risks
- 01:22:28 - Altruistic Religions
- 01:53:16 - AI Risk Space
- 02:32:59 - Paperclip Maximizer
- 02:37:31 - Alignment Problem
- 03:37:53 - McGilchrist & Vervaeke
- 03:42:27 - Bohm Connected Consciousness
- 03:44:22 - Phenomenal Consciousness
- 04:01:34 - Hinton, Choi, OpenAI on AI
- 04:11:33 - Closing Message

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