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0:00 Nick’s influential book Superintelligence and his new book Deep Utopia
2:49 Has Nick flipped on AI doom?
10:33 Life in the “solved world” of an AI utopia
20:20 Can technology address the deepest problems of human nature?
29:43 Meaning, artificial purpose, and the value of golf
45:58 The promise and perils of virtual reality
50:59 Heading to Overtime
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Nick Bostrom (Superintelligence, Macrostrategy Research Initiative, Deep Utopia). Recorded July 11, 2024.
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Overtime titles:
0:00 Should we welcome a “singleton” overlord?
13:34 Is superintelligent AI super near?
20:08 The pros and cons of an AI slowdown
27:18 Superintelligent AI’s (hypothetical) power-seeking problem
32:14 Nick: A cooperative world > AI alignment
42:25 Bob suspects that Nick’s famous simulation argument is breakable
