Eliezer Yudkowsky: The Most Important Thinker Of Our Time

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  @liron00 · 1 year ago (edited) · pinned

  📢WATCH MY OTHER SHOW: <a href="https://youtube.com/@DoomDebates">https://youtube.com/@DoomDebates</a><br><br>Watch famous people debate me about Eliezer Yudkowsky&apos;s ideas. Previous guests include Vitalik Buterin, Rob Miles, Gary Marcus, and Mike Israetel.<br><br>“Good work!“ —Eliezer Yudkowsky

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  @BrianMPrime · 1 year ago

  &quot;Shit has always been real, shit is now proximate&quot; should be on a t-shirt

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  @LastEmpireOfMusic · 1 year ago

  These days I dont know whats more frustrating, the fact of knowing that life will be very different or gone very soon, or that there is such a tiny % of people who are able to comprehend this,therefore making the last years feel very isolated.

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  @Lanearndt · 11 months ago

  I can&apos;t believe how many times I&apos;ve pushed my glasses up the bridge of my nose listening to this! <br>I don&apos;t wear glasses!!

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  @farcenter · 1 year ago (edited)

  I can&apos;t imagine a reality where AI safety is predictably solvable. That is, I can imagine some very rare possible future scenarios we do create a safe super intelligence, but I can&apos;t imagine that we would know whether it&apos;s safe before it is built.

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  @davidmjacobson · 1 year ago

  Still watching but I think this is my favorite Eliezer interview because we don&apos;t have to hear consistent objections that are hugely missing the point (*sigh* Lex). Thanks Liron!

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  @sherrydionisio4306 · 11 months ago (edited)

  It has been only five or six year’s since I came to the epiphany that worldwide wireless communication, originally and now AI and AGI soon to come (along with nuclear weapons, as Eliezer says), are the greatest existential threats man has created against himself and possibly the planet itself.

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  @DavidVeksler · 1 year ago

  Books in Eliezer&apos;s background:<br><br>On the top left shelf:<br><br>Challenger&apos;s Hope by David Feintuch<br>It Completely Wrong by Scott Alexander<br>Ion Theory Omega<br>Sanity&apos;s Darkest Secrets<br>Ultrafinitism<br>Award-Winning Novellas<br>Assignment in Eternity by Robert A. Heinlein<br>Protector by Larry Niven<br><br>On the top right shelf:<br>A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge<br>A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge<br><br>On the bottom left shelf:<br>First Lensman by E. E. &quot;Doc&quot; Smith<br>Writing Fantasy &amp; Science Fiction by Orson Scott Card and others<br>A book by Robert A. Heinlein (title obscured)<br><br>On the bottom right shelf:<br><br>Self-Improvement for Isolated Self-Inserts<br>Fallen Angels by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Michael Flynn<br>The Mote in God&apos;s Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle<br>A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L&apos;Engle<br>Just Say the Word by Tiffany Patterson, Sam Ingrassia or Elliott Gilbert

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  @flickwtchr · 1 year ago

  Excellent interview Liron. &nbsp;I think this has been the most effective interview I&apos;ve seen of Eliezer. Well done.<br><br>I truly respect Yudkowsky for his work and mission, and look forward to reading the book.

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  @EvanderHammer · 1 year ago

  Best interview with Eliezer I ever listened to, great job Liron ❤️ I really liked the fun theory part, that was somewhat new to me.

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  @greenday1guitarfreak · 1 year ago

  Hats off to your little tribute to Eliezer! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQtpSQmMNP0&amp;t=540">9:00</a> He&apos;s truly been such a gift.

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  @ム尺ノム-t2c · 1 year ago

  Why am I binge watching AGI apocalypse videos and feel so good?

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