
Daniel Schmachtenberger: Why AI May Accelerate Civilizational Collapse
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Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal · Theories of Everything
Show Notes
- 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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