Win-Win with Liv Boeree #20 - Nick Bostrom - Utopia, Superintelligence and Digital Minds
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Mar 29, 2024 
Join philosopher Nick Bostrom as he delves into utopias, superintelligence, and digital minds with host Liv Boeree. They discuss finding purpose in a fully automated world, potential limits to technology, the vulnerable world hypothesis, aligning markets to defensive tech, AI consciousness, and the complexities of consciousness and its diverse forms.
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Technological Maturity and the Solved World
- Bostrom defines technological maturity as developing all physically possible technologies.
- He introduces the "solved world" where technology and coordination problems are solved.
The Problem of Deep Utopia
- Deep utopia explores life's purpose when human effort is obsolete.
- Bostrom questions the meaning of existence in a world where robots fulfill all needs.
The Meaning of Struggle
- A world of instant gratification might not be fulfilling.
- Humans derive meaning from struggle and striving, not just achievement.