The Power of Creation in a Consuming World

Joscha Bach is a cognitive scientist, AI researcher, and philosopher. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(06:26) – Stages of life
(18:48) – Identity
(25:24) – Enlightenment
(31:55) – Adaptive Resonance Theory
(38:42) – Panpsychism
(48:42) – How to think
(56:36) – Plants communication
(1:14:31) – Fame
(1:40:09) – Happiness
(1:47:26) – Artificial consciousness
(1:59:35) – Suffering
(2:04:19) – Eliezer Yudkowsky
(2:11:55) – e/acc (Effective Accelerationism)
(2:17:33) – Mind uploading
(2:28:22) – Vision Pro
(2:32:36) – Open source AI
(2:45:29) – Twitter
(2:52:44) – Advice for young people
(2:55:40) – Meaning of life