David Krakauer is an evolutionary biologist and President of the Santa Fe Institute. His research explores the evolution of intelligence and stupidity on Earth.

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David's Books

Books discussed

Worlds Hidden in Plain Sight
Douglas Hofstadter - Gödel, Escher, Bach
Thomas Nagel - The View from Nowhere

Timestamps 00:00 Intro

01:45 Limits of AI and Human Predictability

06:15 Determinism & Laplace

09:00 Free Will

23:00 Symmetry Breaking and Quantum Fluctuations

41:00 Emergence and Effective Theories

50:15 Large Language Models

53:00 Evolution of Intelligence

55:00 Science: Humanistic vs. Utilitarian

01:07:00 Complexity Science and Its Applications

01:14:00 Future of Complexity Science

01:29:00 Book Recommendations

01:36:00 Who Should Represent us to an AI Superintelligence

David Krakauer: Free Will and Complexity