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25. Joscha Bach - Asking The Right Questions

Sep 10, 2020

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Discourse in California

2min

The Politics of Incentives in the US

2min

The Importance of Organization in a Working Society

3min

The Disadvantages of Germany and the US

3min

The Evolution of Planning in China

3min

The Role of Religion in the Ability to Plan

4min

The Difference Between GPT-3 and the Human Mind

2min

The Limits of GPT-3

5min

10.

How to Make GPT-3 Coherent

2min

11.

The Complexity of the Human Brain

4min

12.

The Cost of Determinism in Computer Science

3min

13.

The Importance of Deterministic Memory

2min

14.

The Paradox of Free Will

4min

15.

The Importance of Visual Reconstruction

2min

16.

The Church Turing Thesis of Quantum Computing

4min

17.

The Inefficient Mathematics of Quantum Mechanics

3min

18.

Stephen Wolfram: A Crackpot's Perspective on the Universe

2min

19.

The Dismissal of Wolfram

2min

20.

The Degradation of Intellectual Integrity in the US

4min

21.

The Importance of Discourse in Science and Philosophy

3min

22.

The Importance of Flexibility in Teaching

2min

23.

The Importance of Consensus Opinion

2min

24.

The Problem With Popular Science Books That Are Meant for a General Public

3min

25.

The Dangers of Being an Expert

2min

26.

The Pros and Cons of Killing Cybernetics

2min

27.

The Perceptron: A Deep Learning System

2min

28.

The Importance of Philosophy in AI

3min

29.

The Foundational Physics Community

3min

30.

The Value of Diversity in the US

3min

31.

The Dangers of a Single Leader in the US

4min

32.

The Benefits of Self-Driving Cars

3min

33.

COVID: A Hoax?

3min

34.

The Dangers of Reliance on Authority During COVID

4min

35.

The Incompetence of the FDA

3min

36.

The Authority Issue in the Nursing Home

2min

37.

The Importance of Public Administration

2min

38.

Hillary Clinton's Letter to Trump

2min

39.

The Future of GPT-3

5min

40.

The Dangers of the Pinker Model

4min

Joscha Bach, Ph.D., is the VP of Research at the AI Foundation. He formerly held research positions in Cognitive Artificial Intelligence at MIT and Harvard. Joscha’s work explores the workings of the human mind, intelligence, consciousness, life on Earth, and the possibly simulated fabric of our universe. He has been called the leading philosopher of AI today.

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