Sarah and I talk about ultrasound neuromodluation, AI, and cancer research.

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Timestamps

(0:00:00) Intro

(0:00:22) Ultrasound neuromodulation

(0:02:33) Where is it in the tech lifecycle?

(0:03:48) Why should it be possible?

(0:07:44) How impactful will neuromodulation be?

(0:12:08) Startups working on neuromodulation

(0:16:33) Could we read minds?

(0:18:54) Public acceptance of neuromodulation

(0:27:36) Neuromodulation vs AI

(0:31:55) AI and drug discovery

(0:35:53) AI x-risk

(0:43:34) What would make Sarah worried about AI?

(0:47:00) Is human intelligence simple?

(0:51:01) Probability of solving aging

(0:56:28) Is cancer research doing something avoidably wrong?

(1:05:48) Are aesthetic judgements a kind of moral judgement?

(1:09:44) What should a 14 year old do to understand Sarah’s view of the world?

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Links

- Sarah’s blog

- Follow Sarah on X

- Sarah's post on ultrasound neuromodulation

- Sarah's post "Why I am not an AI Doomer"

- Sarah's post "Aesthetic judgements are moral judgements"

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