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Eliezer Yudkowsky (Singularity Institute, Less Wrong) and Scott Aaronson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Shtetl-Optimized)
- When will we build the first superintelligence? . 00:35
- Why quantum computing isn’t a recipe for robot apocalypse . 10:22
- How to guilt-trip a machine . 18:08
- The evolutionary psychology of artificial intelligence . 21:21
- Eliezer contends many-worlds is obviously correct . 29:28
- Scott contends many-worlds is ridiculous (but might still be true) . 42:04
Percontations | Aug 16, 2009 | Eliezer Yudkowsky & Scott Aaronson
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Will meditation make you a better person?
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