Reason Is Fun

#0 - Effective Altruism, X-risk, (e/acc)

Apr 22, 2023

01:40:03

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Episode guests

David Deutsch

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Episode notes

Addressing Unique Problems for Solving Existential Risks

00:44

The Limitations of General Descriptions in Explaining the Origin of Life

00:34

AGI, Moral Problems, and Control: Insights from a Podcast Episode

01:34

The Limits of Money in Helping Others

01:19

Introduction

2min

The Unknowability of the Solution Idea

3min

The Unpredictability of Breakthroughs

2min

The Unrelated Problem of Quantum Theory

2min

How to Make a Breakthrough Intentionally

2min

The Importance of Finding Fun

3min

The Psychology of Winners

2min

The Importance of Knowledge in Altruism

4min

The EA's Argument for Altruism

5min

10.

The Importance of Giving Away Money

2min

11.

How to Deal With Problems We Don't Yet Know

2min

12.

The Importance of Tithing

2min

13.

The Problem With Giving Money to Beggars

5min

14.

The Importance of Existential Risk in Game Theory

2min

15.

The Importance of Finding Causes That Are Underserved

3min

16.

The Importance of Predicting Future Knowledge

4min

17.

The Importance of Unknown Knowledge

2min

18.

The Problem With Existential Risk

2min

19.

The Basics of Existential Risk

3min

20.

Maximize the Growth of Knowledge

4min

21.

The Response to Effective Altruism and AI Doomerism Online

2min

22.

The Theory of Effective Accelerationism

2min

23.

The Effects of Matter on Life

3min

24.

The Origins of Life

2min

25.

Entropy in an Open System

2min

26.

The Evolution of Entropy

2min

27.

Theoretical Probabilities and the Evolution of Life

4min

28.

The Probability of a Strong Tendency to Happen

2min

29.

The Evolution of the Universe

2min

30.

The Theory of Effective Acceleration

2min

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The Evolution of Knowledge

3min

32.

The Evolution of Diversity in the Economy

3min

33.

The EAC Claims That Variance in Market Places and Competition Is Better at Identifying Patterns Rather Than Top-Down Control

2min

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The Importance of Error Correction in Chaos

2min

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The Five Points of Yack

2min

36.

The Moral Problem of How Much to Favor Carbon Implementations Over Silicium

2min

37.

The Importance of Institutions in Complex Systems

3min

38.

Theoretical Driven Dissipative Adaptation and Evolution

6min

39.

The Adaptive Algorithm

3min

Lulie asks physicist David Deutsch about the epistemology of Effective Altruism, how to make progress given the unpredictability of knowledge, and whether we should be concerned about existential risk.

In the second half, she asks about Effective Accelerationism (e/acc) – specifically, is its thermodynamic physics legit?

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