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Our civilization may not exist for long (Joscha Bach) | AI Podcast Clips

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Full episode with Joscha Bach (Jun 2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-2P3MSZrBM Clips channel (Lex Clips): https://www.youtube.com/lexclips Main channel (Lex Fridman): https://www.youtube.com/lexfridman (more links below) Podcast full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Podcasts clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/ai Podcast on Apple Podcasts (iTunes): https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 Podcast RSS: https://lexfridman.com/category/ai/feed/ Joscha Bach, VP of Research at the AI Foundation, previously doing research at MIT and Harvard. Joscha work explores the workings of the human mind, intelligence, consciousness, life on Earth, and the possibly-simulated fabric of our universe. Subscribe to this YouTube channel or connect on: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman

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'src': 'embed', 'start': 287.17, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 294.695, 'text': "Yeah, but some part of that organism, the one that's actually doing all the using, there'll still be somebody thriving.", 'start': 287.17, 'duration': 7.525}, {'end': 298.63, 'text': 'So it relates back to this original question.', 'start': 295.868, 'duration': 2.762}, {'end': 302.693, 'text': 'I suspect that we are not the smartest thing on this planet.', 'start': 299.03, 'duration': 3.663}, {'end': 310.077, 'text': 'I suspect that basically every complex system has to have some complex regulation if it depends on feedback loops.', 'start': 302.753, 'duration': 7.324}], 'summary': 'Organisms depend on complex regulation and feedback loops for thriving.', 'duration': 22.907, 'max_score': 287.17, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jhIVarkAXas/pics/jhIVarkAXas287170.jpg'}, {'end': 402.935, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 370.108, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 375.693, 'text': 'So basically changed the course of the evolution within this ecosystem to make it more efficient and less brittle.', 'start': 370.108, 'duration': 5.585}, {'end': 376.694, 'text': "So it's possible.", 'start': 375.953, 'duration': 0.741}, {'end': 380.798, 'text': 'something like plants is actually a set of living organisms,', 'start': 376.694, 'duration': 4.104}, {'end': 387.165, 'text': 'an ecosystem of living organisms that are just operating at a different time scale and are far superior in intelligence than human beings.', 'start': 380.798, 'duration': 6.367}, {'end': 390.809, 'text': "And then human beings will die out and plants will still be there and they'll be.", 'start': 387.786, 'duration': 3.023}, {'end': 396.652, 'text': "Yeah, there's an evolutionary adaptation playing a role at all of these levels.", 'start': 391.73, 'duration': 4.922}, {'end': 402.935, 'text': "For instance, if mice don't get enough food and get stressed, the next generation of mice will be 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is heavily reliant on modern medicine and industrialized society, as many individuals, including the speaker, would not have lived past their mid-twenties without these advancements.', 'The unsustainable method of obtaining protein by subduing the entirety of nature raises concerns about the potential consequences of our actions on the environment and the delicate balance of ecosystems.', 'The speaker presents a hypothetical scenario of a clever microbe that could exploit and change human organisms to sustain itself, leading to the potential transformation of the human organism into a vulnerable state, highlighting the risks of our interdependence with nature and complex systems.', 'The chapter concludes with the suspicion that complex systems, including human society, require complex regulations due to their dependence on feedback loops, suggesting the potential fragility and susceptibility of our current systems.']}, {'end': 452.261, 'start': 310.818, 'title': 'Plant intelligence and 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', 'The potential existence of intelligent ecosystems that actively relate to their environment and change the course of evolution within the ecosystem. ', 'Evolutionary adaptation plays a significant role in maintaining ecological balance, such as in the case of mice scaling back to ensure their survival in the future. ']}], 'duration': 227.656, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jhIVarkAXas/pics/jhIVarkAXas224605.jpg', 'highlights': ['The unsustainable method of obtaining protein raises concerns about the potential consequences on the environment and ecosystems.', 'Plants may have a far superior intelligence than human beings, operating on different timescales.', 'Evolutionary adaptation plays a significant role in maintaining ecological balance.', 'The chapter concludes with the suspicion that complex systems require complex regulations due to their dependence on feedback loops.']}, {'end': 1149.388, 'segs': [{'end': 499.413, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 470.153, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 472.455, 'text': 'The big stain on evolution is not us, it was trees.', 'start': 470.153, 'duration': 2.302}, {'end': 478.638, 'text': 'Earth evolved trees before they could be digested again, right? There were no insects that could break all of them apart.', 'start': 473.615, 'duration': 5.023}, {'end': 483.841, 'text': 'Cellulose is so robust that you cannot get all of it with microorganisms.', 'start': 479.619, 'duration': 4.222}, {'end': 490.085, 'text': 'So many of these trees fell into swamps and all this carbon became inert and could no longer be recycled into organisms.', 'start': 484.142, 'duration': 5.943}, {'end': 493.007, 'text': 'And we are the species that is destined to take care of that.', 'start': 490.625, 'duration': 2.382}, {'end': 495.869, 'text': 'So this is kind of..', 'start': 493.607, 'duration': 2.262}, {'end': 499.413, 'text': 'Dig it out of the ground, put it back into the atmosphere, and the Earth is already greening.', 'start': 495.869, 'duration': 3.544}], 'summary': "Trees' evolution left carbon inert; humans must restore balance by releasing it into the atmosphere, greening the earth.", 'duration': 29.26, 'max_score': 470.153, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jhIVarkAXas/pics/jhIVarkAXas470153.jpg'}, {'end': 539.428, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 509.302, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 511.845, 'text': "And there won't be even a memory of us little apes.", 'start': 509.302, 'duration': 2.543}, {'end': 513.566, 'text': 'I think there will be memories of us.', 'start': 512.105, 'duration': 1.461}, {'end': 516.649, 'text': 'I suspect we are the first generally intelligent species in this sense.', 'start': 513.626, 'duration': 3.023}, {'end': 522.453, 'text': 'We are the first species within industrial society because we will leave more phones than bones in the stratosphere.', 'start': 516.688, 'duration': 5.765}, {'end': 525.916, 'text': 'Well, see, phones than bones, I like it.', 'start': 523.073, 'duration': 2.843}, {'end': 527.837, 'text': 'But then let me push back.', 'start': 526.817, 'duration': 1.02}, {'end': 533.842, 'text': "You've kind of suggested that we have a very narrow definition of intelligence.", 'start': 529.138, 'duration': 4.704}, {'end': 539.428, 'text': "I mean, why aren't trees more general species? a higher level of general intelligence.", 'start': 533.882, 'duration': 5.546}], 'summary': 'Humans may be the first generally intelligent species with more phones than bones in the stratosphere.', 'duration': 30.126, 'max_score': 509.302, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jhIVarkAXas/pics/jhIVarkAXas509302.jpg'}, {'end': 616.339, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 574.656, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 577.979, 'text': "It's a hyperorganism, right? And we are part of this hyperorganism.", 'start': 574.656, 'duration': 3.323}, {'end': 588.243, 'text': 'So, nevertheless, this hyperorganism, no, this little particular branch of it which is us humans,', 'start': 579.7, 'duration': 8.543}, {'end': 593.965, 'text': 'because of the industrial revolution and maybe the exponential growth of technology, might somehow destroy ourselves.', 'start': 588.243, 'duration': 5.722}, {'end': 601.768, 'text': 'So what do you think is the most likely way we might destroy ourselves? So some people worry about genetic manipulation.', 'start': 594.265, 'duration': 7.503}, {'end': 610.254, 'text': "Some people, as we've talked about, worry about Either dumb artificial intelligence or super intelligent artificial intelligence destroying us.", 'start': 601.808, 'duration': 8.446}, {'end': 615.639, 'text': 'Some people worry about nuclear weapons and weapons of war in general.', 'start': 610.734, 'duration': 4.905}, {'end': 616.339, 'text': 'What do you think?', 'start': 615.859, 'duration': 0.48}], 'summary': 'The potential self-destruction of humans due to genetic manipulation, artificial intelligence, and nuclear weapons is a concern.', 'duration': 41.683, 'max_score': 574.656, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jhIVarkAXas/pics/jhIVarkAXas574656.jpg'}, {'end': 688.122, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 659.702, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 666.489, 'text': "It's quite likely that many areas of the planet will only be livable with a closed cooling chain in 100 years from now.", 'start': 659.702, 'duration': 6.787}, {'end': 677.617, 'text': 'So many of the areas around the equator and in subtropical climates that are now quite pleasant to live in will stop to be inhabitable without air conditioning.', 'start': 666.529, 'duration': 11.088}, {'end': 682.339, 'text': 'So you honestly, wow, cooling chain, close-knit cooling chain communities.', 'start': 677.657, 'duration': 4.682}, {'end': 688.122, 'text': 'So you think you have a strong worry about the effects of global warming.', 'start': 682.959, 'duration': 5.163}], 'summary': 'In 100 years, many areas will need closed cooling chains due to global warming.', 'duration': 28.42, 'max_score': 659.702, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jhIVarkAXas/pics/jhIVarkAXas659702.jpg'}, {'end': 903.945, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 869.49, 'weight': 0.837, 'content': [{'end': 880.357, 'text': 'is the work that SpaceX and Elon Musk is doing of trying to also consider our propagation throughout the universe in deep space to colonize other planets.', 'start': 869.49, 'duration': 10.867}, {'end': 881.698, 'text': "That's one technological.", 'start': 880.377, 'duration': 1.321}, {'end': 887.32, 'text': 'But, of course, what Elon Musk is trying on Mars is not to save us from global warming,', 'start': 882.558, 'duration': 4.762}, {'end': 893.642, 'text': 'because Mars looks much worse than Earth will look like after the worst outcomes of global warming imaginable, right?', 'start': 887.32, 'duration': 6.322}, {'end': 896.783, 'text': 'Mars is essentially not habitable.', 'start': 895.242, 'duration': 1.541}, {'end': 898.963, 'text': "It's exceptionally harsh environment, yes.", 'start': 897.023, 'duration': 1.94}, {'end': 903.945, 'text': 'But what he is doing, what a lot of people throughout history since the Industrial Revolution are doing,', 'start': 899.023, 'duration': 4.922}], 'summary': 'Spacex and elon musk are working to colonize other planets, considering the propagation throughout the universe. mars is not habitable but efforts are underway to change that.', 'duration': 34.455, 'max_score': 869.49, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jhIVarkAXas/pics/jhIVarkAXas869490.jpg'}, {'end': 952.549, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 908.506, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 912.046, 'text': 'And what ends up happening is totally unexpected new things come up.', 'start': 908.506, 'duration': 3.54}, {'end': 918.688, 'text': 'So trying to terraform or trying to colonize Mars, extremely harsh environment.', 'start': 912.447, 'duration': 6.241}, {'end': 930.852, 'text': 'might give us totally new ideas of how to expand or increase the power of this closed cooling circuit that empowers the community.', 'start': 919.068, 'duration': 11.784}, {'end': 952.549, 'text': "It seems like there's a little bit of a race between our open-ended technological innovation of this communal operating system that we have and our general tendency to want to overuse resources and thereby destroy ourselves.", 'start': 930.972, 'duration': 21.577}], 'summary': 'Exploring mars can inspire new ideas for improving closed cooling systems and balancing resource usage.', 'duration': 44.043, 'max_score': 908.506, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jhIVarkAXas/pics/jhIVarkAXas908506.jpg'}, {'end': 984.551, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 956.272, 'weight': 7, 'content': [{'end': 964.057, 'text': 'I think the probability is relatively low, given that our technology is, for instance, the U.S. is stagnating since the 1970s,', 'start': 956.272, 'duration': 7.785}, {'end': 966.079, 'text': 'roughly in terms of technology.', 'start': 964.057, 'duration': 2.022}, {'end': 969.941, 'text': 'Most of the things that we do are the result of incremental processes.', 'start': 966.159, 'duration': 3.782}, {'end': 973.884, 'text': "What about Intel? What about Moore's law? It's basically, it's very incremental.", 'start': 969.961, 'duration': 3.923}, {'end': 975.405, 'text': 'The things that we are doing.', 'start': 973.984, 'duration': 1.421}, {'end': 984.551, 'text': 'So the invention of the microprocessor was a major thing, right? The miniaturization of transistors was really major.', 'start': 975.845, 'duration': 8.706}], 'summary': 'Low probability of significant technological advancements, with u.s. technology stagnating since the 1970s, reliant on incremental processes and minor innovations.', 'duration': 28.279, 'max_score': 956.272, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jhIVarkAXas/pics/jhIVarkAXas956272.jpg'}], 'start': 452.261, 'title': "Earth's future and human impact", 'summary': "Discusses the potential extinction of the human species, the role of trees in earth's evolution, human impact on carbon recycling, and the potential need for closed cooling chain communities in the context of the hyperorganism and self-destruction risks, highlighting the impact of climate change and the role of technological innovation.", 'chapters': [{'end': 548.801, 'start': 452.261, 'title': 'The fate of human species', 'summary': "Discusses the insignificance of human species in the context of earth's complex systems and the potential extinction, highlighting the role of trees in earth's evolution and the impact of human activity on carbon recycling, suggesting the earth's recovery within a million years.", 'duration': 96.54, 'highlights': ["Human species' potential extinction and the insignificance of human intelligence in comparison to other complex systems on Earth.", "The role of trees in Earth's evolution and the impact of cellulose on carbon recycling, leading to the Earth's recovery within a million years.", "The potential lasting impact of human species on Earth through industrial society and the proliferation of technology, leaving 'more phones than bones in the stratosphere.'"]}, {'end': 1149.388, 'start': 549.758, 'title': 'The hyperorganism and self-destruction', 'summary': 'Discusses the concept of the hyperorganism, potential risks of self-destruction, and the impact of climate change, including the potential need for closed cooling chain communities and the role of technological innovation in preventing catastrophic outcomes.', 'duration': 599.63, 'highlights': ['The concept of the hyperorganism is introduced, suggesting that all life forms are interconnected as instances of the first cell that split, and the potential for self-destruction due to industrial revolution and exponential technological growth is discussed. Interconnectedness of life forms as instances of the first cell; Potential risks of self-destruction due to industrial revolution and technological growth.', 'The potential ways of self-destruction, including genetic manipulation, artificial intelligence, and nuclear weapons, are considered, with the likelihood of our present civilization being unsustainable due to factors such as geographic changes and food supply. Potential self-destruction through genetic manipulation, artificial intelligence, and nuclear weapons; Unsustainability of present civilization due to geographic changes and food supply.', 'The impact of climate change is discussed, including the prediction of fewer people on the planet, changes in food supply, and the likelihood of many areas becoming uninhabitable without air conditioning within the next 100 years. Prediction of fewer people on the planet; Likelihood of areas becoming uninhabitable without air conditioning within 100 years.', 'The concept of closed cooling chain communities and the potential need for them due to the effects of global warming and extreme weather events is explored, highlighting the dependence on a controlled climate for survival. Concept of closed cooling chain communities; Dependence on controlled climate for survival due to global warming and extreme weather events.', 'The role of technological innovation in addressing the challenges posed by climate change and the potential benefits of terraforming or colonizing other planets are discussed, with considerations on the race between technological advancement and resource overuse. Role of technological innovation in addressing climate change challenges; Considerations on terraforming and colonizing other planets; Race between technological advancement and resource overuse.', 'The impact of technological stagnation since the 1970s and the potential limitations of current incremental innovation are examined, with insights on the influence of social media, attention span, and the rapid spread of ideas as defining factors of the 21st century. Impact of technological stagnation since the 1970s; Influence of social media and attention span; Rapid spread of ideas as defining factors of the 21st century.']}], 'duration': 697.127, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jhIVarkAXas/pics/jhIVarkAXas452261.jpg', 'highlights': ["The potential lasting impact of human species on Earth through industrial society and the proliferation of technology, leaving 'more phones than bones in the stratosphere.'", "The role of trees in Earth's evolution and the impact of cellulose on carbon recycling, leading to the Earth's recovery within a million years.", 'The impact of climate change is discussed, including the prediction of fewer people on the planet, changes in food supply, and the likelihood of many areas becoming uninhabitable without air conditioning within the next 100 years.', 'The concept of closed cooling chain communities and the potential need for them due to the effects of global warming and extreme weather events is explored, highlighting the dependence on a controlled climate for survival.', 'The role of technological innovation in addressing the challenges posed by climate change and the potential benefits of terraforming or colonizing other planets are discussed, with considerations on the race between technological advancement and resource overuse.', 'The concept of the hyperorganism is introduced, suggesting that all life forms are interconnected as instances of the first cell that split, and the potential for self-destruction due to industrial revolution and exponential technological growth is discussed.', 'The potential ways of self-destruction, including genetic manipulation, artificial intelligence, and nuclear weapons, are considered, with the likelihood of our present civilization being unsustainable due to factors such as geographic changes and food supply.', 'The impact of technological stagnation since the 1970s and the potential limitations of current incremental innovation are examined, with insights on the influence of social media, attention span, and the rapid spread of ideas as defining factors of the 21st century.']}, {'end': 1418.654, 'segs': [{'end': 1193.083, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1149.488, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1151.789, 'text': 'I think the end game of social media is a global brain.', 'start': 1149.488, 'duration': 2.301}, {'end': 1158.173, 'text': "And Twitter is, in some sense, a global brain that is completely hooked on dopamine, doesn't have any kind of inhibition and, as a result,", 'start': 1152.41, 'duration': 5.763}, {'end': 1159.874, 'text': 'is caught in a permanent seizure.', 'start': 1158.173, 'duration': 1.701}, {'end': 1163.677, 'text': "It's also in some sense a multiplayer role-playing game.", 'start': 1160.655, 'duration': 3.022}, {'end': 1169.34, 'text': 'And people use it to play an avatar that is not like them as they were in the sane world.', 'start': 1164.377, 'duration': 4.963}, {'end': 1172.783, 'text': "And they look through the world through the lens of their phones and think it's the real world.", 'start': 1169.401, 'duration': 3.382}, {'end': 1176.225, 'text': "But it's the Twitter world that is thwarted by the popularity incentives of Twitter.", 'start': 1172.863, 'duration': 3.362}, {'end': 1186.578, 'text': 'Yeah, the incentives and just our natural biological, the dopamine rush of a like, no matter how like I consider.', 'start': 1177.392, 'duration': 9.186}, {'end': 1193.083, 'text': 'I try to be very kind of zen-like and minimalist and not be influenced by likes and so on,', 'start': 1186.578, 'duration': 6.505}], 'summary': 'Social media as a global brain hooked on dopamine, leading to a permanent seizure and altered perceptions of reality.', 'duration': 43.595, 'max_score': 1149.488, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jhIVarkAXas/pics/jhIVarkAXas1149488.jpg'}, {'end': 1239.667, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1214.364, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 1226.291, 'text': "which is having this we're like it's some kind of game and we're kind of individual RL agents in this game and it's uncontrollable because there's not really a centralized control.", 'start': 1214.364, 'duration': 11.927}, {'end': 1231.334, 'text': 'Neither Jack Dorsey nor the engineers at Twitter seem to be able to control this game.', 'start': 1226.391, 'duration': 4.943}, {'end': 1235.364, 'text': "Or can they? That's sort of a question.", 'start': 1233.163, 'duration': 2.201}, {'end': 1239.667, 'text': 'Is there any advice you would give on how to control this game?', 'start': 1235.404, 'duration': 4.263}], 'summary': 'Twitter resembles an uncontrollable game with individual rl agents, challenging to control by jack dorsey and engineers.', 'duration': 25.303, 'max_score': 1214.364, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jhIVarkAXas/pics/jhIVarkAXas1214364.jpg'}, {'end': 1306.135, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1282.854, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 1290.585, 'text': 'And the protocol has different components for monetization, for user management, for user display, for rating, for anonymity,', 'start': 1282.854, 'duration': 7.731}, {'end': 1292.187, 'text': 'for import of other content and so on.', 'start': 1290.585, 'duration': 1.602}, {'end': 1295.972, 'text': 'And now imagine that you take these components of the protocol apart.', 'start': 1292.988, 'duration': 2.984}, {'end': 1302.014, 'text': 'And you do it in some sense like communities within this social network.', 'start': 1296.793, 'duration': 5.221}, {'end': 1306.135, 'text': 'And these communities are allowed to mix and match their protocols and design new ones.', 'start': 1302.354, 'duration': 3.781}], 'summary': 'Protocol allows communities to mix and match components for monetization, user management, display, rating, anonymity, and content import.', 'duration': 23.281, 'max_score': 1282.854, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jhIVarkAXas/pics/jhIVarkAXas1282854.jpg'}, {'end': 1353.661, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1326.379, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 1330.243, 'text': 'So can individual human beings build enough intuition to redefine those things?', 'start': 1326.379, 'duration': 3.864}, {'end': 1332.184, 'text': 'This itself can become part of the protocol.', 'start': 1330.263, 'duration': 1.921}, {'end': 1337.449, 'text': 'So for instance, it could be in some communities, it will be a single person that comes up with these things.', 'start': 1332.244, 'duration': 5.205}, {'end': 1339.05, 'text': "And others, it's a group of friends.", 'start': 1337.769, 'duration': 1.281}, {'end': 1343.214, 'text': 'Some might implement a voting scheme that has some interesting weighted voting.', 'start': 1339.731, 'duration': 3.483}, {'end': 1348.598, 'text': "Who knows? Who knows what will be the best self-organizing principle for this? But the process can't be automated.", 'start': 1343.274, 'duration': 5.324}, {'end': 1353.661, 'text': 'I mean, it seems like the brain It can be automated so people can write software for this.', 'start': 1348.758, 'duration': 4.903}], 'summary': 'Humans can redefine protocols through intuition, with potential for individual or group contributions and varied decision-making processes, but the process cannot be fully automated.', 'duration': 27.282, 'max_score': 1326.379, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jhIVarkAXas/pics/jhIVarkAXas1326379.jpg'}, {'end': 1402.271, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1380.872, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 1391.101, 'text': 'And so the idea would be if you let the communities evolve and you just control it in such a way that you are incentivizing the most sentient communities,', 'start': 1380.872, 'duration': 10.229}, {'end': 1399.388, 'text': 'the ones that produce the most interesting behaviors and that allow you to interact in the most helpful ways to the individuals right?', 'start': 1391.101, 'duration': 8.287}, {'end': 1402.271, 'text': 'So you have a network that gives you information that is relevant to you.', 'start': 1399.448, 'duration': 2.823}], 'summary': 'Incentivize communities for interesting behaviors and helpful interactions to create a relevant information network.', 'duration': 21.399, 'max_score': 1380.872, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jhIVarkAXas/pics/jhIVarkAXas1380872.jpg'}], 'start': 1149.488, 'title': "Twitter's global impact and social network evolution", 'summary': 'Delves into twitter as a global brain influenced by dopamine, acting as a multiplayer game with societal effects. it also explores evolutionary social network protocols, proposing decentralized components for user customization and community incentives.', 'chapters': [{'end': 1261.841, 'start': 1149.488, 'title': 'The global brain of twitter', 'summary': 'Discusses the concept of twitter as a global brain hooked on dopamine, functioning as a multiplayer role-playing game, and thwarted by popularity incentives, impacting society. it also raises the question of controlling the uncontrollable game.', 'duration': 112.353, 'highlights': ['Twitter is likened to a global brain hooked on dopamine, functioning as a multiplayer role-playing game, and thwarted by popularity incentives, impacting society.', "The discussion raises the question of controlling the uncontrollable game, highlighting the challenges posed by the lack of centralized control over Twitter's impact on society.", 'The chapter also delves into the difficulty of avoiding the influence of likes and the impact of dopamine rush on individual behavior on Twitter.']}, {'end': 1418.654, 'start': 1262.581, 'title': 'Evolutionary social network protocols', 'summary': 'Discusses an evolutionary approach to social network protocols, suggesting the decentralization of protocol components for user-defined customization, potentially through a mix of human and automated processes, with the aim of incentivizing sentient communities.', 'duration': 156.073, 'highlights': ['The chapter proposes the decentralization of social network protocol components to allow communities to customize UI/UX, content sharing rules, and monetization. Decentralization of social network protocol components.', 'The concept involves a mix of human intuition and automated processes to redefine protocol components, potentially through individual or group efforts. Mix of human and automated processes for protocol redefinition.', 'The goal is to incentivize the development of sentient communities that promote meaningful interactions, relevant information sharing, healthy relationships, team building, and collaborative productivity. Incentivizing sentient communities for meaningful interactions.']}], 'duration': 269.166, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jhIVarkAXas/pics/jhIVarkAXas1149488.jpg', 'highlights': ['Twitter is likened to a global brain hooked on dopamine, functioning as a multiplayer role-playing game, and thwarted by popularity incentives, impacting society.', 'The chapter proposes the decentralization of social network protocol components to allow communities to customize UI/UX, content sharing rules, and monetization.', "The discussion raises the question of controlling the uncontrollable game, highlighting the challenges posed by the lack of centralized control over Twitter's impact on society.", 'The concept involves a mix of human intuition and automated processes to redefine protocol components, potentially through individual or group efforts.', 'The chapter also delves into the difficulty of avoiding the influence of likes and the impact of dopamine rush on individual behavior on Twitter.', 'The goal is to incentivize the development of sentient communities that promote meaningful interactions, relevant information sharing, healthy relationships, team building, and collaborative productivity.']}, {'end': 1741.236, 'segs': [{'end': 1475.655, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1420.155, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1432.32, 'text': "But the key process of that with incentives and evolution is things that don't adopt themselves to effectively get the incentives have to die.", 'start': 1420.155, 'duration': 12.165}, {'end': 1440.727, 'text': "And the thing about social media is communities that are unhealthy, or whatever you want to define as the incentives, really don't like dying.", 'start': 1433.44, 'duration': 7.287}, {'end': 1447.913, 'text': "One of the things that people really protest aggressively is when they're censored, especially in America.", 'start': 1441.307, 'duration': 6.606}, {'end': 1455.98, 'text': "I don't know much about the rest of the world, but the idea of freedom of speech, the idea of censorship is really painful in America.", 'start': 1447.933, 'duration': 8.047}, {'end': 1464.991, 'text': 'And so What do you think about that?', 'start': 1457.141, 'duration': 7.85}, {'end': 1466.691, 'text': 'having grown up in East Germany??', 'start': 1464.991, 'duration': 1.7}, {'end': 1475.655, 'text': 'Do you think censorship is an important tool in our brain, in the intelligence and in the social networks?', 'start': 1468.612, 'duration': 7.043}], 'summary': 'Incentives drive adoption; unhealthy communities resist dying. censorship is fiercely protested, especially in america.', 'duration': 55.5, 'max_score': 1420.155, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jhIVarkAXas/pics/jhIVarkAXas1420155.jpg'}, {'end': 1542.811, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1518.931, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 1526.077, 'text': 'And the US is currently making a transition from a relatively high-trust or mixed-trust society to a low-trust society, so surveillance will increase.', 'start': 1518.931, 'duration': 7.146}, {'end': 1529.68, 'text': 'Another thing is that beliefs are not just inert representations.', 'start': 1526.577, 'duration': 3.103}, {'end': 1531.901, 'text': 'There are implementations that run code on your brain.', 'start': 1529.72, 'duration': 2.181}, {'end': 1536.245, 'text': 'and change your reality and change the way you interact with each other at some level.', 'start': 1532.742, 'duration': 3.503}, {'end': 1542.811, 'text': 'And some of the beliefs are just public opinions that we use to display our alignment.', 'start': 1536.986, 'duration': 5.825}], 'summary': 'Us transitioning to low-trust society, increasing surveillance. beliefs impact brain, reality, and social interaction.', 'duration': 23.88, 'max_score': 1518.931, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jhIVarkAXas/pics/jhIVarkAXas1518931.jpg'}, {'end': 1598.93, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1572.824, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 1580.966, 'text': 'And our societies probably need to rediscover what it means to have a shared purpose and how to make this compatible with a non-totalitarian view.', 'start': 1572.824, 'duration': 8.142}, {'end': 1592.902, 'text': "So in some sense, the US is caught in a conundrum between totalitarianism and diversity and doesn't need to, how to resolve this.", 'start': 1582.83, 'duration': 10.072}, {'end': 1598.93, 'text': "And the solutions that the US has found so far are very crude because it's a very young society that is also under a lot of tension.", 'start': 1592.982, 'duration': 5.948}], 'summary': 'Us society faces a conundrum between totalitarianism and diversity, needing to find better solutions due to its youth and tension.', 'duration': 26.106, 'max_score': 1572.824, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jhIVarkAXas/pics/jhIVarkAXas1572824.jpg'}, {'end': 1642.865, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 1613.685, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 1618.102, 'text': 'or broadly?, What do you think will work well? as a system?', 'start': 1613.685, 'duration': 4.417}, {'end': 1619.784, 'text': "Of course, we don't know.", 'start': 1618.342, 'duration': 1.442}, {'end': 1621.405, 'text': 'It all seems to work pretty crappily.', 'start': 1619.844, 'duration': 1.561}, {'end': 1622.567, 'text': 'Some things worse than others.', 'start': 1621.445, 'duration': 1.122}, {'end': 1625.87, 'text': 'Some people argue that communism is the best.', 'start': 1623.528, 'duration': 2.342}, {'end': 1628.213, 'text': 'Others say, yeah, look at the Soviet Union.', 'start': 1626.19, 'duration': 2.023}, {'end': 1635.16, 'text': 'Some people argue that anarchy is the best, and then completely discarding the positive effects of government.', 'start': 1628.673, 'duration': 6.487}, {'end': 1638.042, 'text': "You know, there's a lot of arguments.", 'start': 1636.181, 'duration': 1.861}, {'end': 1642.865, 'text': 'US seems to be doing pretty damn well in the span of history.', 'start': 1638.763, 'duration': 4.102}], 'summary': 'Debate on political systems; us doing well historically.', 'duration': 29.18, 'max_score': 1613.685, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jhIVarkAXas/pics/jhIVarkAXas1613685.jpg'}, {'end': 1717.361, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1691.09, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 1696.712, 'text': 'So you have these situations where people act on their local incentives and these local incentives.', 'start': 1691.09, 'duration': 5.622}, {'end': 1700.214, 'text': "everybody does the thing that's locally the best for them, but the global outcome is not good.", 'start': 1696.712, 'duration': 3.502}, {'end': 1703.675, 'text': 'And this is even the case when people care about the global outcome,', 'start': 1700.834, 'duration': 2.841}, {'end': 1710.058, 'text': 'because a regulation mechanism exists that creates a causal relationship between what I want to have for the global good and what I do.', 'start': 1703.675, 'duration': 6.383}, {'end': 1717.361, 'text': "So, for instance, if I think that we should fly less and I stay at home, there's not a single plane that is going to not start because of me, right?", 'start': 1710.138, 'duration': 7.223}], 'summary': 'Local incentives drive actions, but global outcome suffers. regulation needed for aligning individual actions with global goals.', 'duration': 26.271, 'max_score': 1691.09, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jhIVarkAXas/pics/jhIVarkAXas1691090.jpg'}], 'start': 1420.155, 'title': 'Evolution of incentives in social media and government systems', 'summary': 'Delves into the impact of incentives and evolution in social media, focusing on resistance to censorship in unhealthy communities in america. additionally, it discusses the influence of societal trust on surveillance and the role of government in aligning individual incentives with the common good.', 'chapters': [{'end': 1475.655, 'start': 1420.155, 'title': 'Evolution of incentives in social media', 'summary': 'Discusses the impact of incentives and evolution in social media, highlighting the resistance to censorship in unhealthy communities, especially in america, and questions the importance of censorship in shaping intelligence and social networks.', 'duration': 55.5, 'highlights': ['The resistance to censorship in unhealthy communities, especially in America, is a notable point in the discussion.', 'The impact of incentives and evolution in social media is highlighted, emphasizing the need for things to effectively adapt to incentives or die.', 'The question of the importance of censorship in shaping intelligence and social networks is raised, prompting contemplation about its role.']}, {'end': 1741.236, 'start': 1476.196, 'title': 'Government systems and societal trust', 'summary': 'Discusses the impact of societal trust on surveillance, the influence of beliefs on interactions, the conundrum the us faces between totalitarianism and diversity, and the role of government in aligning individual incentives with the common good.', 'duration': 265.04, 'highlights': ['The US is transitioning from a high-trust to a low-trust society, leading to increased surveillance. The US is experiencing a shift from a high-trust to a low-trust society, resulting in escalated surveillance measures.', 'Beliefs are not just representations but implementations that run code on the brain, influencing interactions and reality. Beliefs are dynamic and influence behavior, interactions, and perceptions, impacting societal dynamics.', 'Societies need to rediscover a shared purpose while balancing totalitarianism and diversity. The chapter emphasizes the necessity for societies to reestablish a shared purpose while navigating the tension between totalitarianism and diversity.', 'Government should act as an agent to align local incentives with the global good and impose regulations for common welfare. The discussion underscores the role of government as an agent to align individual incentives with the common good and impose regulations for the benefit of the society.']}], 'duration': 321.081, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jhIVarkAXas/pics/jhIVarkAXas1420155.jpg', 'highlights': ['The resistance to censorship in unhealthy communities, especially in America, is a notable point in the discussion.', 'The US is transitioning from a high-trust to a low-trust society, leading to increased surveillance.', 'Beliefs are dynamic and influence behavior, interactions, and perceptions, impacting societal dynamics.', 'The impact of incentives and evolution in social media is highlighted, emphasizing the need for things to effectively adapt to incentives or die.', 'Societies need to rediscover a shared purpose while balancing totalitarianism and diversity.', 'Government should act as an agent to align local incentives with the global good and impose 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1857.891, 'duration': 2.242}, {'end': 1865.177, 'text': 'And so what really concerns me is not so much the end of the civilization, because we will invent a new one.', 'start': 1860.313, 'duration': 4.864}], 'summary': 'Human civilization may face ecosystem collapse due to overgrazing, but we can adapt and invent new civilizations.', 'duration': 24.55, 'max_score': 1840.627, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jhIVarkAXas/pics/jhIVarkAXas1840627.jpg'}, {'end': 1908.728, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1882.271, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 1885.852, 'text': 'So basically a major reboot of most complex organisms on Earth.', 'start': 1882.271, 'duration': 3.581}, {'end': 1888.033, 'text': 'And I think this is a possibility.', 'start': 1885.912, 'duration': 2.121}, {'end': 1891.715, 'text': "I don't know what the percentage for this possibility is,", 'start': 1888.073, 'duration': 3.642}, {'end': 1896.838, 'text': "but it doesn't seem to be outlandish to me if you look at the scale of the changes that we've already triggered on this planet.", 'start': 1891.715, 'duration': 5.123}, {'end': 1904.885, 'text': 'And so Danny Hiller suggests that, for instance, we may be able to put chalk into the stratosphere to limit solar radiation.', 'start': 1897.578, 'duration': 7.307}, {'end': 1905.505, 'text': 'Maybe it works.', 'start': 1904.925, 'duration': 0.58}, {'end': 1908.728, 'text': "Maybe this is sufficient to counter the effects of what we've done.", 'start': 1905.565, 'duration': 3.163}], 'summary': 'Potential major reboot of complex organisms on earth, with ideas like using chalk to limit solar radiation.', 'duration': 26.457, 'max_score': 1882.271, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jhIVarkAXas/pics/jhIVarkAXas1882271.jpg'}, {'end': 2102.104, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2070.69, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 2087.3, 'text': "that may allow us to inadvertently to return to the more To the same kind of ideals of closer to nature that's represented in hunter-gatherer societies.", 'start': 2070.69, 'duration': 16.61}, {'end': 2091.723, 'text': "you know, that's not destroying the planet, that's not doing overconsumption, and so on.", 'start': 2087.3, 'duration': 4.423}, {'end': 2093.844, 'text': 'I mean generally speaking.', 'start': 2092.384, 'duration': 1.46}, {'end': 2095.505, 'text': 'do you have hope that AI can help somehow?', 'start': 2093.844, 'duration': 1.661}, {'end': 2102.104, 'text': 'I think it is not fun to be very close to nature until you completely subdue nature.', 'start': 2096.92, 'duration': 5.184}], 'summary': 'Ai may help us return to closer-to-nature ideals, avoiding overconsumption and planet destruction.', 'duration': 31.414, 'max_score': 2070.69, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jhIVarkAXas/pics/jhIVarkAXas2070690.jpg'}], 'start': 1742.486, 'title': "Civilization's impact and self-destruction", 'summary': "Delves into the dual nature of human intelligence and its implications for civilization's potential self-destruction, addressing overconsumption, ecosystem collapse, and the potential role of artificial intelligence in transforming society.", 'chapters': [{'end': 1840.186, 'start': 1742.486, 'title': "Civilization's trajectory and self-destruction", 'summary': 'Discusses the dual nature of human intelligence and the challenges it poses in solving long-term problems, such as the potential self-destruction of civilization, due to our unwillingness to adhere to imperatives and adapt to a slowly changing ecosystemic environment.', 'duration': 97.7, 'highlights': ['Human intelligence and unwillingness to adhere to imperatives pose challenges in solving long-term problems, potentially leading to self-destruction of civilization.', 'Technological advancements have led to a low child mortality rate, but may result in genetic drift and allergies due to not being adapted to changes in the food supply.', 'The chapter highlights the conflict between the desire to keep child mortality low and the potential consequences of genetic drift and adaptation to changes in the ecosystemic environment.', 'The discussion emphasizes the temporary nature of attachment to current societal values, suggesting a potential evolution in thinking about the greater good of society.']}, {'end': 2221.477, 'start': 1840.627, 'title': "Civilization's environmental impact", 'summary': "Discusses the potential catastrophic consequences of overgrazing resources, including the possibility of ecosystem collapse and the need to address overconsumption to prevent a major reboot of earth's organisms. it also explores the idea of choosing between a sustainable agricultural civilization with limited resources and a world facing environmental collapse. the speaker expresses concern about humanity's limited agency in preventing environmental degradation and the potential role of artificial intelligence in transforming society to align with closer-to-nature ideals.", 'duration': 380.85, 'highlights': ['The potential catastrophic consequences of overgrazing resources and the possibility of ecosystem collapse The chapter raises concerns about overgrazing resources and the potential ecosystem collapse due to overconsumption, emphasizing the need to address this issue to prevent catastrophic consequences.', "The need to address overconsumption to prevent a major reboot of Earth's organisms The speaker emphasizes the urgency of addressing overconsumption to prevent a major reboot of Earth's organisms, highlighting the importance of containing the technological process that leads to overconsumption.", 'The idea of choosing between a sustainable agricultural civilization with limited resources and a world facing environmental collapse The chapter presents the concept of choosing between a sustainable agricultural civilization with limited resources and a world facing environmental collapse, prompting reflection on the potential outcomes of these choices.', "Humanity's limited agency in preventing environmental degradation The speaker expresses concerns about humanity's limited agency in preventing environmental degradation, highlighting the challenges associated with addressing environmental issues effectively.", 'The potential role of artificial intelligence in transforming society to align with closer-to-nature ideals The chapter explores the potential role of artificial intelligence in transforming society to align with closer-to-nature ideals, presenting a perspective on how AI and automation could contribute to positive societal transformation.']}], 'duration': 478.991, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/jhIVarkAXas/pics/jhIVarkAXas1742486.jpg', 'highlights': ['Human intelligence and unwillingness to adhere to imperatives pose challenges in solving long-term problems, potentially leading to self-destruction of civilization.', 'The potential catastrophic consequences of overgrazing resources and the possibility of ecosystem collapse.', 'The potential role of artificial intelligence in transforming society to align with closer-to-nature ideals.', "The need to address overconsumption to prevent a major reboot of Earth's organisms."]}], 'highlights': ['The Industrial Revolution led to a significant increase in global population, with the number of people rising from a steady 300-400 million since 0 BC to a much larger count post-Enlightenment and the subsequent Industrial Revolution.', 'The conversation delves into the concept of an entropic abyss, emphasizing the potential consequences of societal advancement without proper sustainability measures and the looming risk of collapse.', 'The Enlightenment era freed rationality and norms from the pre-existing order, contributing to societal changes with long-term consequences.', 'The discussion touches on the intuitive understanding of the fragility of civilization, implying a concern for the potential longevity of the spirit of the civilization in the face of rapid advancements and societal changes.', 'Increased productivity has enabled societies to have as many children as desired, with economic constraints being a limiting factor for those in the under, middle, and lower upper class.', 'The unsustainable method of obtaining protein raises concerns about the potential consequences on the environment and ecosystems.', 'Plants may have a far superior intelligence than human beings, operating on different timescales.', "The potential lasting impact of human species on Earth through industrial society and the proliferation of technology, leaving 'more phones than bones in the stratosphere.'", "The role of trees in Earth's evolution and the impact of cellulose on carbon recycling, leading to the Earth's recovery within a million years.", 'The impact of climate change is discussed, including the prediction of fewer people on the planet, changes in food supply, and the likelihood of many areas becoming uninhabitable without air conditioning within the next 100 years.', 'The concept of closed cooling chain communities and the potential need for them due to the effects of global warming and extreme weather events is explored, highlighting the dependence on a controlled climate for survival.', 'The role of technological innovation in addressing the challenges posed by climate change and the potential benefits of terraforming or colonizing other planets are discussed, with considerations on the race between technological advancement and resource overuse.', 'The concept of the hyperorganism is introduced, suggesting that all life forms are interconnected as instances of the first cell that split, and the potential for self-destruction due to industrial revolution and exponential technological growth is discussed.', 'Twitter is likened to a global brain hooked on dopamine, functioning as a multiplayer role-playing game, and thwarted by popularity incentives, impacting society.', 'The chapter proposes the decentralization of social network protocol components to allow communities to customize UI/UX, content sharing rules, and monetization.', 'The resistance to censorship in unhealthy communities, especially in America, is a notable point in the discussion.', 'The US is transitioning from a high-trust to a low-trust society, leading to increased surveillance.', 'Human intelligence and unwillingness to adhere to imperatives pose challenges in solving long-term problems, potentially leading to self-destruction of civilization.', 'The potential catastrophic consequences of overgrazing resources and the possibility of ecosystem collapse.', 'The potential role of artificial intelligence in transforming society to align with closer-to-nature ideals.', "The need to address overconsumption to prevent a major reboot of Earth's organisms."]}