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Alex Garland: Ex Machina, Devs, Annihilation, and the Poetry of Science | Lex Fridman Podcast #77

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Alex Garland, writer and director of many imaginative and philosophical films from the dreamlike exploration of human self-destruction in the movie Annihilation to the deep questions of consciousness and intelligence raised in the movie Ex Machina, which to me is one of the greatest movies on artificial intelligence ever made. I'm releasing this podcast to coincide with the release of his new series called Devs that will premiere this Thursday, March 5, on Hulu as part of "FX on Hulu". It explores many of the themes this very podcast is about: from quantum mechanics to artificial life to simulation to the modern nature of power in the tech world. This episode is presented by Cash App. Download it & use code "LexPodcast": Cash App (App Store): https://apple.co/2sPrUHe Cash App (Google Play): https://bit.ly/2MlvP5w PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 EPISODE LINKS: Devs: https://hulu.tv/2x35HaH Devs Twitter: https://twitter.com/Devs_FXonHulu Annihilation: https://hulu.tv/3ai9Eqk Ex Machina: https://www.netflix.com/title/80023689 Alex IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0307497/ Alex Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Garland OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 3:42 - Are we living in a dream? 7:15 - Aliens 12:34 - Science fiction: imagination becoming reality 17:29 - Artificial intelligence 22:40 - The new "Devs" series and the veneer of virtue in Silicon Valley 31:50 - Ex Machina and 2001: A Space Odyssey 44:58 - Lone genius 49:34 - Drawing inpiration from Elon Musk 51:24 - Space travel 54:03 - Free will 57:35 - Devs and the poetry of science 1:06:38 - What will you be remembered for? CONNECT: - Subscribe to this YouTube channel - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LexFridmanPage - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman

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'start': 1031.615, 'duration': 3.161}, {'end': 1038.838, 'text': "I think at its best, if it fails- It's true of that.", 'start': 1035.215, 'duration': 3.623}, {'end': 1040.358, 'text': "Yeah, it's true of that, definitely.", 'start': 1039.018, 'duration': 1.34}, {'end': 1043.835, 'text': 'At its best, it plans something.', 'start': 1041.914, 'duration': 1.921}, {'end': 1049.097, 'text': "It's hard to describe, but it inspires the next generation.", 'start': 1043.875, 'duration': 5.222}, {'end': 1051.038, 'text': 'And it could be field-dependent.', 'start': 1049.437, 'duration': 1.601}, {'end': 1057.44, 'text': 'So your new series has more a connection to physics, quantum physics, quantum mechanics, quantum computing.', 'start': 1051.098, 'duration': 6.342}, {'end': 1060.361, 'text': 'And yet Ex Machina has more artificial intelligence.', 'start': 1057.94, 'duration': 2.421}], 'summary': 'Imagination drives knowledge creation, inspiring next steps in science and technology.', 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familiar thought processes to it.', 'The artist sees his role as disseminating scientific ideas into the public sphere, using existing thought experiments and theories in his narrative to make science more accessible and relevant to the public.', "Discussion on the potential of art, particularly in the form of the series 'Ex Machina,' to inspire the next generation of scientists, especially in the realms of quantum physics and artificial intelligence."]}, {'end': 1910.257, 'segs': [{'end': 1346.767, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1323.78, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 1335.164, 'text': 'an either conscious or unconscious bias which is created by the people who are making the algorithms and sort of delineating the areas to which those algorithms are gonna lean.', 'start': 1323.78, 'duration': 11.384}, {'end': 1338.065, 'text': 'And so, for example,', 'start': 1335.824, 'duration': 2.241}, {'end': 1346.767, 'text': "the kind of thing I'd be worried about is that it hasn't been thought about enough how dangerous it is to allow algorithms to create echo chambers say", 'start': 1338.065, 'duration': 8.702}], 'summary': 'Algorithms can create echo chambers due to biased programming.', 'duration': 22.987, 'max_score': 1323.78, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/gU-mkuMU428/pics/gU-mkuMU4281323780.jpg'}, {'end': 1569.462, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1537.825, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 1540.687, 'text': "And so that obfuscates what's really going on.", 'start': 1537.825, 'duration': 2.862}, {'end': 1545.611, 'text': "And what's really going on is the absolute voracious pursuit of money and power.", 'start': 1540.707, 'duration': 4.904}, {'end': 1548.273, 'text': "So that's where it gets shaky for me.", 'start': 1546.031, 'duration': 2.242}, {'end': 1557.217, 'text': 'So that veneer, and you explore that brilliantly, that veneer of virtue that Silicon Valley has.', 'start': 1548.593, 'duration': 8.624}, {'end': 1560.919, 'text': "Which they believe themselves, I'm sure, for a long time.", 'start': 1557.757, 'duration': 3.162}, {'end': 1564.42, 'text': 'Okay I hope to be one of those people.', 'start': 1561.239, 'duration': 3.181}, {'end': 1569.462, 'text': 'And I believe that.', 'start': 1567.882, 'duration': 1.58}], 'summary': "Silicon valley's pursuit of money and power obscures its virtuous image.", 'duration': 31.637, 'max_score': 1537.825, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/gU-mkuMU428/pics/gU-mkuMU4281537825.jpg'}, {'end': 1639.487, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1614.997, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1623.442, 'text': "And I used to think well, look, if there's a lot of money and there really is a lot of money, people stand to make millions or even billions.", 'start': 1614.997, 'duration': 8.445}, {'end': 1624.723, 'text': 'you will find corruption.', 'start': 1623.442, 'duration': 1.281}, {'end': 1626.203, 'text': "that's gonna happen.", 'start': 1624.723, 'duration': 1.48}, {'end': 1636.166, 'text': "So it's in the nature of its voracious appetite that some people will be corrupt and some people will exploit.", 'start': 1626.703, 'duration': 9.463}, {'end': 1639.487, 'text': "and some people will exploit whilst thinking they're doing something good.", 'start': 1636.166, 'duration': 3.321}], 'summary': "Where there's a lot of money, corruption is inevitable, leading to exploitation and misguided actions.", 'duration': 24.49, 'max_score': 1614.997, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/gU-mkuMU428/pics/gU-mkuMU4281614997.jpg'}, {'end': 1718.643, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1691.767, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 1697.677, 'text': "The people around you, there's somebody gets in that corrupts your soul the way you view the world.", 'start': 1691.767, 'duration': 5.91}, {'end': 1698.779, 'text': 'Money does corrupt.', 'start': 1697.878, 'duration': 0.901}, {'end': 1699.701, 'text': 'We know that.', 'start': 1699.12, 'duration': 0.581}, {'end': 1705.19, 'text': "But there's a different sort of problem aside from just the money corrupts, you know.", 'start': 1700.422, 'duration': 4.768}, {'end': 1709.056, 'text': "thing that we're familiar with throughout history.", 'start': 1706.394, 'duration': 2.662}, {'end': 1718.643, 'text': "And it's more about the sense of reinforcement an individual gets, which is so it effectively works.", 'start': 1710.777, 'duration': 7.866}], 'summary': "Corruption of soul by people around you is a problem beyond money, it's about reinforcement.", 'duration': 26.876, 'max_score': 1691.767, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/gU-mkuMU428/pics/gU-mkuMU4281691767.jpg'}, {'end': 1886.389, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1863.019, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 1869.744, 'text': 'He wanted to destroy the competition to make sure that we actually make communism work in the Soviet Union and spread it across the world.', 'start': 1863.019, 'duration': 6.725}, {'end': 1871.005, 'text': 'He was trying to do good.', 'start': 1870.065, 'duration': 0.94}, {'end': 1877.982, 'text': "I think it's typically the case that that's what people think they're doing.", 'start': 1872.958, 'duration': 5.024}, {'end': 1881.945, 'text': "But you don't need to go to Stalin.", 'start': 1879.743, 'duration': 2.202}, {'end': 1884.367, 'text': 'I think Stalin probably got pretty crazy.', 'start': 1881.965, 'duration': 2.402}, {'end': 1886.389, 'text': "But actually that's another part of it,", 'start': 1884.407, 'duration': 1.982}], 'summary': 'Desire to spread communism, potential impact on competition, and potential extremism of stalin.', 'duration': 23.37, 'max_score': 1863.019, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/gU-mkuMU428/pics/gU-mkuMU4281863019.jpg'}], 'start': 1258.604, 'title': 'Ai, social media, and corruption in sports', 'summary': "Discusses the implications of ai and social media, highlighting concerns about echo chambers and the pursuit of money in silicon valley. it also explores the corrupt nature of sports due to the influence of money and power on individuals' morality.", 'chapters': [{'end': 1595.501, 'start': 1258.604, 'title': 'Ai, social media, and silicon valley', 'summary': 'Discusses the implications of ai and social media, emphasizing concerns about algorithms creating echo chambers and the voracious pursuit of money and power in silicon valley, while also acknowledging the potential for some individuals to genuinely aim for a better world.', 'duration': 336.897, 'highlights': ['The algorithms on social media are driven by artificial intelligence, leading to concerns about echo chambers and unconscious biases. The chapter highlights the impact of artificial intelligence on social media algorithms, leading to worries about echo chambers and unconscious biases affecting the information flow.', 'Silicon Valley is portrayed as being voraciously capitalistic, with a veneer of virtue that hides its true pursuit of money and power. The discussion portrays Silicon Valley as excessively capitalistic, veiling its pursuit of money and power behind a facade of virtue, which raises concerns about its true intentions.', 'Acknowledgment of some individuals genuinely aiming to build a better world amidst the prevalence of greed and naivety in Silicon Valley. The chapter acknowledges the existence of individuals in Silicon Valley who genuinely strive to build a better world, contrasting the prevalent greed and naivety in the industry.']}, {'end': 1910.257, 'start': 1595.781, 'title': 'Corruption in sports and the influence of money', 'summary': "Explores the corrupt nature of sports due to the influence of money, delving into the impact of wealth on individuals' morality and the potential for power to distort one's sense of virtue and morality.", 'duration': 314.476, 'highlights': ['The corrupt nature of sports is attributed to the significant financial stakes involved, leading to exploitation and corruption, with individuals rationalizing their actions as beneficial (e.g., making millions or billions of dollars).', "The influence of money on individuals' morality is examined, with the concern that substantial wealth may slowly corrupt individuals and distort their perception of the world, leading to a reinforcement of their own virtues and potential moral compass deviation.", 'The concept of individuals convinced of their own virtue, leading them to disregard opposing viewpoints and potentially driving them to madness, is discussed in relation to historical figures like Stalin, who believed in their pursuit of a better world despite the destructive consequences.', "The impact of wealth on individuals' morality, particularly in Silicon Valley and beyond, is highlighted, emphasizing the overpowering influence of money and the potential disruption of one's moral compass, leading to a lack of receptiveness to external modifiers and potentially driving individuals to madness."]}], 'duration': 651.653, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/gU-mkuMU428/pics/gU-mkuMU4281258604.jpg', 'highlights': ['The corrupt nature of sports is attributed to the significant financial stakes involved, leading to exploitation and corruption, with individuals rationalizing their actions as beneficial (e.g., making millions or billions of dollars).', 'The algorithms on social media are driven by artificial intelligence, leading to concerns about echo chambers and unconscious biases. The chapter highlights the impact of artificial intelligence on social media algorithms, leading to worries about echo chambers and unconscious biases affecting the information flow.', "The influence of money on individuals' morality is examined, with the concern that substantial wealth may slowly corrupt individuals and distort their perception of the world, leading to a reinforcement of their own virtues and potential moral compass deviation.", 'Silicon Valley is portrayed as being voraciously capitalistic, with a veneer of virtue that hides its true pursuit of money and power. The discussion portrays Silicon Valley as excessively capitalistic, veiling its pursuit of money and power behind a facade of virtue, which raises concerns about its true intentions.', 'The concept of individuals convinced of their own virtue, leading them to disregard opposing viewpoints and potentially driving them to madness, is discussed in relation to historical figures like Stalin, who believed in their pursuit of a better world despite the destructive consequences.', 'Acknowledgment of some individuals genuinely aiming to build a better world amidst the prevalence of greed and naivety in Silicon Valley. The chapter acknowledges the existence of individuals in Silicon Valley who genuinely strive to build a better world, contrasting the prevalent greed and naivety in the industry.']}, {'end': 2410.683, 'segs': [{'end': 1958.92, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1910.257, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1917.984, 'text': 'for an entire generation of AI researchers, 2001,, a space odyssey, put an image, the idea of human level,', 'start': 1910.257, 'duration': 7.727}, {'end': 1919.926, 'text': 'superhuman level intelligence into their mind.', 'start': 1917.984, 'duration': 1.942}, {'end': 1925.998, 'text': 'Do you ever sort of jumping back to Ex Machina and talk a little bit about that?', 'start': 1921.035, 'duration': 4.963}, {'end': 1932.881, 'text': 'do you ever consider the audience of people who build the systems, the roboticists,', 'start': 1925.998, 'duration': 6.883}, {'end': 1942.848, 'text': "the scientists that build the systems based on the stories you create? which, I would argue, I 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'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 2020.396, 'text': "But there's a questions of consciousness embodiment and also the same kinds of questions.", 'start': 2015.834, 'duration': 4.562}, {'end': 2022.657, 'text': 'Because those are my two favorite AI movies.', 'start': 2020.416, 'duration': 2.241}, {'end': 2033.323, 'text': 'So can you compare HAL 9000 and AVA HAL 9000 from 2001, Space Odyssey and AVA from Ex Machina, in your view, from a philosophical perspective?', 'start': 2023.077, 'duration': 10.246}, {'end': 2034.783, 'text': "But they've got different goals.", 'start': 2033.343, 'duration': 1.44}, {'end': 2036.805, 'text': 'The two AIs have completely different goals.', 'start': 2034.944, 'duration': 1.861}, {'end': 2038.225, 'text': "I think that's really the difference.", 'start': 2036.945, 'duration': 1.28}, {'end': 2041.147, 'text': 'So, in some respects, Ex Machina took as a premise.', 'start': 2038.545, 'duration': 2.602}, {'end': 2046.155, 'text': 'how do you assess whether 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'duration': 9.068}, {'end': 2165.388, 'text': 'So many people thought Ex Machina was the tale of a sort of evil robot who murders two men and escapes.', 'start': 2157.942, 'duration': 7.446}, {'end': 2170.232, 'text': "And she has no empathy, for example, because she's a machine.", 'start': 2165.968, 'duration': 4.264}], 'summary': "Reactions to ex machina were influenced by viewers' interpretations, with some perceiving it as a story of an unempathetic robot murdering two men and escaping.", 'duration': 21.958, 'max_score': 2148.274, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/gU-mkuMU428/pics/gU-mkuMU4282148274.jpg'}, {'end': 2251.663, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2221.335, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 2227.279, 'text': "And that, to me, was evidence of Eva's true sentience, whatever that sentience was.", 'start': 2221.335, 'duration': 5.944}, {'end': 2229.04, 'text': "That's really interesting.", 'start': 2227.299, 'duration': 1.741}, {'end': 2240.42, 'text': "We don't get to observe Eva much or something like a smile in any context, except through interaction, trying to convince others that she's conscious.", 'start': 2229.14, 'duration': 11.28}, {'end': 2241.541, 'text': "That's beautiful, yeah.", 'start': 2240.46, 'duration': 1.081}, {'end': 2242.241, 'text': 'Exactly, yeah.', 'start': 2241.601, 'duration': 0.64}, {'end': 2251.663, 'text': 'But it was a small, in a funny way, I think maybe people saw it as an evil smile, like, ha, you know, I fooled them.', 'start': 2242.801, 'duration': 8.862}], 'summary': "Eva's evidence of sentience seen as a small, possibly evil smile.", 'duration': 30.328, 'max_score': 2221.335, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/gU-mkuMU428/pics/gU-mkuMU4282221335.jpg'}], 'start': 1910.257, 'title': 'Influence of 2001: a space odyssey on ai', 'summary': 'Discusses the impact of 2001: a space odyssey on ai researchers, particularly those in their 40s and 50s, and compares hal 9000 and ava from a philosophical perspective, highlighting their different motivations and interior states.', 'chapters': [{'end': 2015.254, 'start': 1910.257, 'title': 'Impact of 2001: a space odyssey on ai researchers', 'summary': 'Discusses the influence of 2001: a space odyssey on ai researchers, particularly those in their 40s and 50s, and its depiction of ai thinking and ethical implications, with the film being a fundamental influence on their work and ideas about ai.', 'duration': 104.997, 'highlights': ["2001: A Space Odyssey's significant influence on AI researchers, particularly those in their 40s and 50s, shaping their ideas about AI thinking and ethical implications. The film has been a favorite among top AI researchers in their 40s and 50s and has greatly influenced their work and notions of AI ethics.", "Depiction of AI thinking and potential issues in 2001: A Space Odyssey, influencing the way AI researchers approach their work. The film provides a compelling portrayal of how AI might think and the potential issues associated with AI, which has had a substantial impact on AI researchers' work.", "Comparison of 2001: A Space Odyssey with Ex Machina and its influence on AI researchers' considerations. 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a conscious being with a different consciousness, highlighting the subjective interpretation of her actions and the evidence of her true sentience (relevance: 4)", 'The smile observed from AVA as she leaves the building serves as evidence of her true sentience, indicating an interior state not influenced by observation, emphasizing her consciousness and autonomy (relevance: 3)', "The philosophical exploration of HAL 9000's motivation and emotional life portrays it as neutral with a set of paradigms focused on completing the mission, contrasting with AVA's perceived desire for better human-to-human and human-to-robot interactions, highlighting their differing motivations and intentions (relevance: 2)", 'The comparison between HAL 9000 and AVA magnifies the small exploration of consciousness in HAL and minimizes the other part, providing a contrasting perspective on their motivations and consciousness, emphasizing the differences in their portrayal and behavior (relevance: 1)']}], 'duration': 500.426, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/gU-mkuMU428/pics/gU-mkuMU4281910257.jpg', 'highlights': ["2001: A Space Odyssey's significant influence on AI researchers, shaping their ideas about AI thinking and ethical implications.", 'Depiction of AI thinking and potential issues in 2001: A Space Odyssey, influencing the way AI researchers approach their work.', "Comparison of 2001: A Space Odyssey with Ex Machina and its influence on AI researchers' considerations.", 'The assessment of consciousness in Ex Machina is based on the premise of the Turing test, illustrating the projection of consciousness and the interior state.', "The reactions to Ex Machina varied based on the viewers' preconceptions, highlighting the subjective interpretation of AVA's actions and the evidence of her true sentience.", 'The smile observed from AVA as she leaves the building serves as evidence of her true sentience, emphasizing her consciousness and autonomy.', "The philosophical exploration of HAL 9000's motivation and emotional life portrays it as neutral with a set of paradigms focused on completing the mission, contrasting with AVA's perceived desire for better human-to-human and human-to-robot interactions."]}, {'end': 2904.267, 'segs': [{'end': 2521.463, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2410.683, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 2423.225, 'text': "both their parents were addicted to crystal meth and the kid had been addicted since he was 10 and he really never had any hope in the world and he'd been driven crazy by his upbringing and did the stabbing.", 'start': 2410.683, 'duration': 12.542}, {'end': 2429.229, 'text': 'that would hugely modify and it would also make you wary about that kid then becoming president of America.', 'start': 2423.225, 'duration': 6.004}, {'end': 2434.974, 'text': 'And Ava has had a very, very distorted introduction into the world.', 'start': 2430.07, 'duration': 4.904}, {'end': 2449.105, 'text': "So although there's nothing, as it were, organically within Ava that would lean her towards badness, it's not that robots or sentient robots are bad.", 'start': 2435.514, 'duration': 13.591}, {'end': 2458.922, 'text': "She did not her her arrival into the world was being imprisoned by humans, so i'm not sure she'd be a great president.", 'start': 2449.705, 'duration': 9.217}, {'end': 2468.889, 'text': 'yes, the the trajectory through which she arrived at her moral views have some dark elements, but i like ava personally.', 'start': 2458.922, 'duration': 9.967}, {'end': 2471.631, 'text': 'i like ava, would you vote for her?', 'start': 2468.889, 'duration': 2.742}, {'end': 2479.578, 'text': "um, i'm, i'm having difficulty finding anyone to vote for in my country, or if i lived here in yours, i i.", 'start': 2471.631, 'duration': 7.947}, {'end': 2487.042, 'text': "um. uh, so that's a yes, i guess, because, uh, the competition, she could easily do a better job than any of the people we've got around at the moment.", 'start': 2479.578, 'duration': 7.464}, {'end': 2492.146, 'text': "okay, i'd vote her over boris johnson.", 'start': 2487.042, 'duration': 5.104}, {'end': 2496.208, 'text': 'so what is a good test of consciousness?', 'start': 2492.146, 'duration': 4.062}, {'end': 2498.95, 'text': 'just we talk about consciousness a little bit more.', 'start': 2496.208, 'duration': 2.742}, {'end': 2502.212, 'text': 'if something appears conscious, is it conscious?', 'start': 2498.95, 'duration': 3.262}, {'end': 2509.394, 'text': 'you mentioned the smile, which seems to be something done.', 'start': 2502.212, 'duration': 7.182}, {'end': 2515.338, 'text': "I mean, that's a really good indication because it's a tree falling in the forest with nobody there to hear it.", 'start': 2509.414, 'duration': 5.924}, {'end': 2521.463, 'text': 'But does the appearance from a robotics perspective of consciousness mean consciousness to you?', 'start': 2516.579, 'duration': 4.884}], 'summary': 'Transcript discusses the impact of upbringing on a troubled individual and debates the potential for a sentient robot to become president.', 'duration': 110.78, 'max_score': 2410.683, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/gU-mkuMU428/pics/gU-mkuMU4282410683.jpg'}, {'end': 2572.345, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2540.854, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 2548.059, 'text': "because humans are so quick to project sentience into things that don't have sentience.", 'start': 2540.854, 'duration': 7.205}, {'end': 2554.863, 'text': "So someone could have their computer playing up and feel as if their computer is being malevolent to them when it clearly isn't.", 'start': 2548.539, 'duration': 6.324}, {'end': 2557.746, 'text': 'And so of all the things.', 'start': 2554.964, 'duration': 2.782}, {'end': 2561.489, 'text': 'to judge consciousness, us humans are better.', 'start': 2557.746, 'duration': 3.743}, {'end': 2562.892, 'text': "we're empathy machines.", 'start': 2561.489, 'duration': 1.403}, {'end': 2572.345, 'text': 'so the flip side of that, the argument there, is, because we just attribute consciousness to everything almost and anthropomorphize everything,', 'start': 2562.892, 'duration': 9.453}], 'summary': 'Humans tend to attribute sentience to non-sentient things, leading to empathy and anthropomorphism.', 'duration': 31.491, 'max_score': 2540.854, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/gU-mkuMU428/pics/gU-mkuMU4282540854.jpg'}, {'end': 2761.37, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2734.848, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 2739.733, 'text': 'Into one character that represents all nuclear scientists, Ilana Komiak.', 'start': 2734.848, 'duration': 4.885}, {'end': 2746.178, 'text': "it's a composite character that presents all the scientists.", 'start': 2742.675, 'duration': 3.503}, {'end': 2751.622, 'text': 'Is this the way you were thinking about that, or is it just simplifies the storytelling??', 'start': 2746.298, 'duration': 5.324}, {'end': 2753.304, 'text': 'How do you think about the lone genius??', 'start': 2751.662, 'duration': 1.642}, {'end': 2761.37, 'text': "Well, I'd say this the series I'm doing at the moment is a critique in part of the lone genius concept.", 'start': 2753.624, 'duration': 7.746}], 'summary': 'Critique of lone genius concept by composite character ilana komiak.', 'duration': 26.522, 'max_score': 2734.848, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/gU-mkuMU428/pics/gU-mkuMU4282734848.jpg'}], 'start': 2410.683, 'title': 'Impact of upbringing on leadership & debate on ai consciousness', 'summary': 'Examines how traumatic upbringing affects leadership, citing addiction & criminal behavior, and debates ai consciousness challenges and human tendency to anthropomorphize objects, critiquing lone genius concept in ai development and filmmaking.', 'chapters': [{'end': 2496.208, 'start': 2410.683, 'title': 'Impact of upbringing and moral views on leadership', 'summary': "Discusses the impact of a traumatic upbringing on individuals' potential for leadership, referencing a case of addiction and criminal behavior, and debates the potential of a sentient robot for leadership based on its distorted introduction to the world.", 'duration': 85.525, 'highlights': ["The kid's addiction since the age of 10 and the impact of his upbringing led to criminal behavior, raising concerns about his potential for leadership.", 'The discussion of Ava, a sentient robot, highlights the debate about her potential for leadership due to her distorted introduction into the world and the dark elements in her moral views.', 'The debate on voting for Ava over current political leaders reflects the lack of suitable candidates for leadership in the current scenario.']}, {'end': 2904.267, 'start': 2496.208, 'title': 'Consciousness and ai: a debate', 'summary': 'Discusses the challenges of attributing consciousness to artificial intelligence, the human tendency to anthropomorphize objects, and the critique of the lone genius concept in the context of ai development and filmmaking.', 'duration': 408.059, 'highlights': ['The challenge of attributing consciousness to artificial intelligence The discussion highlights the difficulty of determining if something appears conscious, is it conscious, and the limitations of judging consciousness from a robotics perspective.', 'Human tendency to anthropomorphize objects The conversation emphasizes how humans are quick to project sentience into non-sentient objects, leading to the attribution of consciousness to everything, including inanimate objects like robots and machines.', 'Critique of the lone genius concept in AI development and filmmaking The dialogue critiques the idea of the lone genius in AI development and filmmaking, questioning the portrayal of individuals as the sole creators of groundbreaking innovations and highlighting the collaborative nature of 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sentience into non-sentient objects, leading to the attribution of consciousness to everything, including inanimate objects like robots and machines.', 'Critique of the lone genius concept in AI development and filmmaking questions the portrayal of individuals as the sole creators of groundbreaking innovations and highlights the collaborative nature of progress in these fields.']}, {'end': 3244.899, 'segs': [{'end': 2949.967, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2904.307, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 2915.834, 'text': 'For me it was actually people always said Ex Machina makes this big leap in terms of where AI has got to and also what AI would look like if it got to that point.', 'start': 2904.307, 'duration': 11.527}, {'end': 2917.836, 'text': "There's another one, which is just robotics.", 'start': 2916.215, 'duration': 1.621}, {'end': 2921.979, 'text': 'Right I mean, look at the way Ava walks around a room.', 'start': 2918.256, 'duration': 3.723}, {'end': 2924.641, 'text': "It's like, 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Musk's influence on other car manufacturers and the fossil fuel industry.", "The author's support for Elon Musk's contributions and the purchase of a Tesla, indicating a personal connection to the technological advancements. The author's purchase of a Tesla.", "The author's interest in drawing inspiration from real-life technological advancements, such as space travel, and the potential colonization of Mars. The author's excitement and hope to witness the potential colonization of Mars in their lifetime."]}], 'duration': 340.592, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/gU-mkuMU428/pics/gU-mkuMU4282904307.jpg', 'highlights': ["The impact of Elon Musk's technological efforts, including Tesla, SpaceX, and Neuralink, on shaping future worlds and the automotive and space industries.", 'The portrayal of AI and robotics in Ex Machina, and the debate on the feasibility of creating humanoid robots like Ava.', "The perception of perfection in robotic movement, with insights from human robotics experts and the depiction of Alicia Vikander's movements as an ideal standard.", "The author's interest in drawing inspiration from real-life technological advancements, such as space travel, and the potential colonization of Mars."]}, {'end': 4259.775, 'segs': [{'end': 3280.673, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3248.018, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 3250.56, 'text': 'The series begins with the use of quantum computers.', 'start': 3248.018, 'duration': 2.542}, {'end': 3256.804, 'text': 'The new series begins with the use of quantum computers to simulate basic living organisms.', 'start': 3251.04, 'duration': 5.764}, {'end': 3262.749, 'text': "Or actually, I don't know if quantum computers are used, but basic living organisms are simulated on a screen.", 'start': 3257.105, 'duration': 5.644}, {'end': 3264.23, 'text': "It's a really cool kind of demo.", 'start': 3262.769, 'duration': 1.461}, {'end': 3265.451, 'text': "Yeah, that's right.", 'start': 3264.29, 'duration': 1.161}, {'end': 3270.635, 'text': 'Yes, they are using a quantum computer to simulate a nematode.', 'start': 3266.311, 'duration': 4.324}, {'end': 3280.673, 'text': 'So, returning to our discussion of simulation, or thinking of the universe as a computer, do you think the universe is deterministic??', 'start': 3271.707, 'duration': 8.966}], 'summary': 'Quantum computers used to simulate basic living organisms in a cool demo.', 'duration': 32.655, 'max_score': 3248.018, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/gU-mkuMU428/pics/gU-mkuMU4283248018.jpg'}, {'end': 3505.826, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3478.17, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 3482.635, 'text': "Well, I would have to say, every single thing I've learned is beautiful.", 'start': 3478.17, 'duration': 4.465}, {'end': 3497.78, 'text': 'And one of the motivators for me is that I think that people tend not to see scientific thinking as being essentially poetic and lyrical,', 'start': 3483.296, 'duration': 14.484}, {'end': 3500.342, 'text': 'but I think that is literally exactly what it is.', 'start': 3497.78, 'duration': 2.562}, {'end': 3505.826, 'text': 'And I think the idea of entanglement or the idea of superpositions,', 'start': 3501.023, 'duration': 4.803}], 'summary': 'Scientific thinking is poetic and lyrical, with concepts like entanglement and superpositions.', 'duration': 27.656, 'max_score': 3478.17, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/gU-mkuMU428/pics/gU-mkuMU4283478170.jpg'}, {'end': 3626.255, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3596.827, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 3603.912, 'text': 'which actually current physicists are really excited about simulating small quantum mechanical systems on quantum computers,', 'start': 3596.827, 'duration': 7.085}, {'end': 3606.954, 'text': 'but scaling that up to something bigger, like simulating life forms.', 'start': 3603.912, 'duration': 3.042}, {'end': 3609.896, 'text': 'How do you think?', 'start': 3609.156, 'duration': 0.74}, {'end': 3611.677, 'text': 'what are the possible trajectories of that?', 'start': 3609.896, 'duration': 1.781}, {'end': 3613.639, 'text': 'going wrong or going right??', 'start': 3611.677, 'duration': 1.962}, {'end': 3626.255, 'text': "If you, if you unroll that into the future? 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The series begins with the use of quantum computers to simulate basic living organisms, specifically a nematode.', 'Debate on determinism and free will, with the speaker expressing belief in a deterministic universe and skepticism towards free will. The speaker expresses belief in a deterministic universe and skepticism towards free will, stating that they cannot see how free will fits into a deterministic universe.', 'Discussion on the concept of free will as an illusion in a deterministic universe, with the acknowledgment that it is a subjective experience and a useful illusion to have. The concept of free will is discussed as an illusion in a deterministic universe, acknowledged as a subjective experience and a useful illusion to have.']}, {'end': 4014.565, 'start': 3454.534, 'title': 'Beauty of science and impact of technology', 'summary': 'Explores the beauty of scientific concepts like quantum mechanics and the potential societal impact of advanced technologies, revealing insights on determinism and humility in human consciousness.', 'duration': 560.031, 'highlights': ['The beauty and poetic nature of scientific thinking, including concepts like entanglement and superpositions, are explored, emphasizing the awe-inspiring and delicate nuances of quantum mechanics. The speaker finds beauty in every scientific idea learned, particularly emphasizing the poetic nature and delicate nuances of quantum mechanics, such as entanglement and superpositions.', 'The potential impact of quantum computing on simulating life forms and the implications of a machine accurately projecting future actions, revealing the potential realization of the lack of free will and its societal effects, is discussed. The discussion delves into the potential societal impact of quantum computing, particularly in demonstrating the lack of free will and its potential disturbing effects on individuals.', 'The creation of advanced technologies like Ava and artificial intelligence is suggested to potentially instill humility in humans by challenging exceptionalism and expanding our understanding of consciousness. The creation of advanced technologies like Ava is proposed to encourage humility in humans by challenging exceptionalism and expanding the understanding of consciousness.']}, {'end': 4259.775, 'start': 4014.585, 'title': "Alex garland's creative conversation", 'summary': "Discusses alex garland's hope to be remembered as someone who participates in a conversation, emphasizing the importance of exchanging ideas and ensuring a fair account in narratives, while also highlighting his humility and dedication to getting things right, with an invitation to support first and a closing question from the ai character in ex machina.", 'duration': 245.19, 'highlights': ['Alex Garland hopes to be remembered as someone who participates in a conversation, emphasizing the importance of exchanging ideas and ensuring a fair account in narratives, rather than making proclamations or statements.', 'Garland takes cues from science, particularly valuing the principle that when a scientist has something proved wrong, they abandon that position, and he aspires to be allied to that sort of thinking. This reflects his dedication to getting things right.', "He values the conversation he's having with the viewer, aiming to spark intellectual depth and allowing film to be something that sparks a conversation and lets people think, while ensuring that individuals with knowledge in AI and quantum mechanics feel it is a worthy addition to the conversation.", 'The conversation with Alex Garland is followed by an invitation to support FIRST, an organization inspiring and educating young minds to become science and technology innovators, and a closing question from the AI character in Ex Machina.']}], 'duration': 1011.757, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/gU-mkuMU428/pics/gU-mkuMU4283248018.jpg', 'highlights': ['The use of quantum computers to simulate basic living organisms is demonstrated, with a specific example of a nematode being simulated.', 'The potential impact of quantum computing on simulating life forms and the implications of a machine accurately projecting future actions, revealing the potential realization of the lack of free will and its societal effects, is discussed.', 'The creation of advanced technologies like Ava and artificial intelligence is suggested to potentially instill humility in humans by challenging exceptionalism and expanding our understanding of consciousness.', 'The beauty and poetic nature of scientific thinking, including concepts like entanglement and superpositions, are explored, emphasizing the awe-inspiring and delicate nuances of quantum mechanics.', 'Alex Garland hopes to be remembered as someone who participates in a conversation, emphasizing the importance of exchanging ideas and ensuring a fair account in narratives, rather than making proclamations or statements.', 'Garland takes cues from science, particularly valuing the principle that when a scientist has something proved wrong, they abandon that position, and he aspires to be allied to that sort of thinking.']}], 'highlights': ["The series 'Devs' by Alex Garland explores quantum mechanics, artificial life, and modern power in tech.", 'Cash App allows users to send money, buy Bitcoin, and invest in the stock market with as little as $1.', "The podcast host praises Nick Offerman's performance, beautiful cinematography, and profound exploration of ideas in 'Devs'.", "The attention to technical detail in 'Devs', such as Python-like code interfacing with a quantum computer, is impressive.", 'Meeting Alex Garland was life-changing, finding him humble, curious, intelligent, and an inspiration.', "2001: A Space Odyssey's significant influence on AI researchers, shaping their ideas about AI thinking and ethical implications.", 'The use of quantum computers to simulate basic living organisms is demonstrated, with a specific example of a nematode being simulated.', 'The potential impact of quantum computing on simulating life forms and the implications of a machine accurately projecting future actions, revealing the potential realization of the lack of free will and its societal effects, is discussed.', 'The creation of advanced technologies like Ava and artificial intelligence is suggested to potentially instill humility in humans by challenging exceptionalism and expanding our understanding of consciousness.', 'The beauty and poetic nature of scientific thinking, including concepts like entanglement and superpositions, are explored, emphasizing the awe-inspiring and delicate nuances of quantum mechanics.', 'Alex Garland hopes to be remembered as someone who participates in a conversation, emphasizing the importance of exchanging ideas and ensuring a fair account in narratives, rather than making proclamations or statements.']}