Challenging the Culture of Fear and Scarcity

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The manifesto written by the speaker and their colleagues went viral as a counter narrative to the prevalent culture of AI doom and overregulation. It challenges the prevailing dystopian thinking of today driven by fear and scarcity mindset which originated in the past but is no longer valuable in today's world. The manifesto proposes effective acceleration as an alternative mindset.

In this episode, Peter and Gill discuss Extropic, the science behind his startup, and his vision for the future.

03:16 | The Power of Brain-Scale Processors
18:56 | The Debate Over Accelerationist Movement
28:46 | AI and the Kardashev Scale

Gill Verdon, whose full name is Guillaume Verdon, is the founder of Extropic, a stealth AI startup, and a former quantum computing engineer at Google known for his work in artificial intelligence and quantum computing. He is a physicist, applied mathematician, and researcher in quantum machine learning, who has raised $14.1M for his startup, which enhances LLMs through thermodynamic computing. Verdon is also known for his online persona @BasedBeffJezos and his creation of effective accelerationism (e/acc), advocating for rapid technological progress as an ethically preferred path for human progress, emphasizing optimism and proactive efforts to shape a better future.

Learn more about Extropic: https://www.extropic.ai/

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