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The Deutsch Files IV
Connecting the Four Theories into a Unified Whole 0:34 Emergence Is Fundamental 3:18 Constructor Theory Could Transform Multiple Fields 8:30 Innovation Often Emerges Unexpectedly 22:46 Knowledge Evolves Independently Across Universes 29:31...
The Deutsch Files III
Proving something about AGI is inherently impossible 0:00 Creativity is not just mixing things together 3:05 The superiority of explanatory knowledge 7:48 Knowledge laden information is more resilient than any physical…
The Deutsch Files II
The universality of computation and explanation 0:00 The growth of knowledge begins with problems 4:56 Problems are clashes between ideas 9:57 Evolution is not the survival of the fittest 14:50 Bad…
The Deutsch Files I
Good Science Fiction is Hard to Vary 2:08 ChatGPT is Not a Step Towards AGI 5:36 Creativity is Fundamentally Impossible to Define 13:35 The Binary of Personhood and Non-Personhood 23:41 David…
David Deutsch: Knowledge Creation and The Human Race, Part 2
Brett Hall and I interview David Deutsch, physicist and author of The Beginning of Infinity. Also see Part 1
David Deutsch: Knowledge Creation and The Human Race, Part 1
I interview David Deutsch, physicist and author of The Beginning of Infinity. Also see Part 2.
Vitalik: Ethereum, Part 2
Haseeb and I interview Vitalik Buterin about Ethereum and blockchains
Vitalik: Ethereum, Part 1
Haseeb and I interview Vitalik Buterin about Ethereum and blockchains
The Beginning of Infinity, Part 2
My interview with Brett Hall about The Beginning of Infinity
To a Caveman Very Few Things Are Resources
There was a time when coal wasn’t a resource
Knowledge Makes the Existence of Resources Infinite
We’re going to keep creating new knowledge and new resources
Groups Never Admit Failure
What happens is you get a schism instead
Making Something Social Destroys the Truth of It
Science’s biggest breakthroughs came from unpopular people
Free Markets Provide the Best Feedback
The alternative is who has more guns
The Poverty of Compromise
Compromise tests ideas no one ever thought were correct in the first place
Innovation Requires Decentralization and a Frontier
Technology has swung us towards centralization in the last decade
Don’t Rely on Credibility Stamps
The generation-long shift from institutions to individuals will be messy
One Einstein Is Worth A Legion Of PhD Drones
Creativity goes from 0 to 1 and bodies aren’t going to solve the problem
Ideas Are the New Oil
New fortunes are created with ideas
Aliens Would Visit for Knowledge, Not Resources
The only thing they will lack is the knowledge they don’t have
Aliens Might Just Be Too Far Away
We may not be alone in the universe, just too far apart
If You Can’t Program It, You Don’t Understand It
Evolutionary algorithms don’t produce living beings
The Probability of Human Existence Is Infinitesimally Small
From an evolutionary standpoint, it’s near impossible
Intelligent Species Have Only Risen Once on Planet Earth
Creative intelligence wasn’t inevitable
Where Are the Aliens?
The universe should be teeming with aliens
It’s Mind Blowing That Our Minds Can’t Be Blown
Humans can understand every idea given enough time and effort
More Compute Power Doesn’t Produce AGI
Even the most powerful computers can’t answer ‘why?’
We Are Qualitatively Different From Other Species
There is no continuum between humans and chimpanzees
Humans Are Exceptional
Humans aren’t just a form of bacteria that overran the planet
Genetic Evolution Was a Prelude to Memetic Evolution
Ideas undergo the same evolutionary process as genes
There Can Be No Final Theory of Gravity
All we have is better and better approximations to reality
