Undertone

Robin Hanson

Jul 6, 2023

56:02

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Benefits of Philosophy for Inoculating You

2min

The Future of AI

3min

The Future of Artificial Intelligence

6min

The Relationship Between AI Risk and Altruism

2min

The Importance of the Sacred

5min

The Relationship Between Near and Far

2min

The Trade-Offs of Treating Medicine as Sacred

3min

The Cost of Treating Medicine as Sacred

4min

10.

The Path to Grabiness

5min

11.

Age of M: The Importance of Moral Evolution

3min

12.

The Role of Software in the Evolution of the World

4min

13.

The Evolution of the Sacred

4min

14.

The Elephant in the Brain

4min

15.

The Advantages of Genetic Engineering for Human Behavior

6min

Robin and I talk about the sacred, humanity's descendants, and social rot.

Episode transcript: ⁠⁠https://www.danschulz.co/p/1-robin-hanson⁠⁠

Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(00:31) Changing careers late in life

(01:29) Philosophy

(04:33) AI

(15:20) The sacred

(29:56) Humans exploring the universe

(38:02) Social rot

(46:52) The Elephant in the Brain

Links

- The Age of Em

- The Elephant in the Brain

- Robin’s YouTube debates

- "What Makes Stuff Rot?”

- "Will World Government Rot?"

- Grabby aliens

- Construal level theory

- Émile Durkheim

- Share anonymous feedback on the podcast here: ⁠⁠https://forms.gle/w7LXMCXhdJ5Q2eB9A⁠

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