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#240 – Neal Stephenson: Sci-Fi, Space, Aliens, AI, VR & the Future of Humanity

Lex Fridman Podcast

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Is There a Future for Mixed Reality?

People are a little bit too terrified of certain technologies, like artificial intelligence. My sense is that the things that they're afraid of aren't the things that are likely going to happen in terms of negative things. What's also interesting is for AIs, an example, not people don't think enough about the positive things. We've immediately forgotten how incredible it is to connect across the world. There's a deep loneliness within all of us. The social media, at least in part, enables that even in its current state. All the negative things we see with social media currently are also in part just revealing the basics of human nature. It didn't make us worse. Step one of solving

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