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Wait but Why? The Superintelligence Road | Tim Urban | Talks at Google

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Tim Urban has become one of the Internet’s most popular writers. With wry stick-figure illustrations and occasionally epic prose on everything from procrastination to artificial intelligence, Urban's blog, Wait But Why, has garnered millions of unique page views, thousands of patrons and famous fans like Elon Musk. Urban has previously written long form posts on The Road to Superintelligence, and his recent TED talk has more than 6 million views. Tim speaks to his blog Wait but Why and his writing on the impact of artificial intelligence. This talk was presented for Google's Singularity Network and hosted by John Bracaglia.

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The Superintelligence Road | Tim Urban | Talks at Google', 'heatmap': [{'end': 3083.121, 'start': 3076.898, 'weight': 1}], 'summary': "Timothy jordan's journey to understand artificial intelligence, challenges in comprehending ai, ai's potential to surpass human cognitive abilities, implications of super intelligence, ethical implications of ai, diverse reactions to superintelligence, insightful interview with elon musk, elon musk's impact and rational approach to fear, cryonics, future technology, challenges in social writing and ai's ethical impact are explored in the video.", 'chapters': [{'end': 446.296, 'segs': [{'end': 36.201, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 6.502, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 8.425, 'text': 'Tim, welcome to Google.', 'start': 6.502, 'duration': 1.923}, {'end': 15.214, 'text': 'TIMOTHY JORDAN- Thank you.', 'start': 8.745, 'duration': 6.469}, {'end': 19.88, 'text': 'On behalf of Google and all the Googlers here and those streaming from around the world, welcome.', 'start': 15.234, 'duration': 4.646}, {'end': 20.421, 'text': "It's great to have you.", 'start': 19.9, 'duration': 0.521}, {'end': 21.582, 'text': 'TIMOTHY JORDAN- Thank you very much.', 'start': 20.441, 'duration': 1.141}, {'end': 22.043, 'text': 'This is great.', 'start': 21.602, 'duration': 0.441}, {'end': 27.656, 'text': "I've wanted to do a Google talk for a long time, so I think this is very exciting.", 'start': 23.874, 'duration': 3.782}, {'end': 33.78, 'text': 'DAN GALPIN- Great, because, knowing that you are coming and that you tend to get immersed in a talk, in a topic,', 'start': 27.676, 'duration': 6.104}, {'end': 36.201, 'text': 'we wanted to get you a small token of our appreciation.', 'start': 33.78, 'duration': 2.421}], 'summary': 'Timothy jordan expresses excitement for google talk and receives appreciation token.', 'duration': 29.699, 'max_score': 6.502, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/mCzaxZZPmN4/pics/mCzaxZZPmN46502.jpg'}, {'end': 239.88, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 212.429, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 215.071, 'text': "And with AI, there's not really any definitive source anyway.", 'start': 212.429, 'duration': 2.642}, {'end': 220.658, 'text': 'And so I just did that for about a month, nothing too crazy.', 'start': 216.392, 'duration': 4.266}, {'end': 224.383, 'text': 'And then I wrote a big summary of what I had learned.', 'start': 220.678, 'duration': 3.705}, {'end': 230.571, 'text': 'That was the beginning of me working on trying to understand AI.', 'start': 225.064, 'duration': 5.507}, {'end': 238.36, 'text': "Was there anyone you read that you were like, wow, this guy is crazy? 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The speaker expresses uncertainty and lack of confidence in forming opinions about AI, as conflicting opinions from experts have caused confusion and hesitation.', 'Conflicting opinions from experts create challenges in understanding AI. The speaker encounters dramatically differing opinions from respected individuals in the field of AI, leading to confusion and uncertainty about forming a clear understanding of AI.', 'Exploring various perspectives on AI, including the potential for AGI and ASI through neural nets, genetic algorithms, and whole brain emulation. 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We just can't even begin to understand what that means on Earth.", 'start': 674.257, 'duration': 5.585}, {'end': 683.144, 'text': 'Species that are more intelligent have power.', 'start': 680.862, 'duration': 2.282}, {'end': 688.508, 'text': "Our higher intelligence gives us power over every single species that's less intelligent than we are.", 'start': 683.164, 'duration': 5.344}, {'end': 692.591, 'text': 'Even something as smart as chimps, we can just put them in a cage.', 'start': 689.008, 'duration': 3.583}, {'end': 696.273, 'text': 'What are you going to do? We have tasers.', 'start': 693.111, 'duration': 3.162}, {'end': 698.734, 'text': 'Good luck with that, chimp.', 'start': 696.373, 'duration': 2.361}], 'summary': 'Higher intelligence gives power over less intelligent species, such as putting chimps in a cage with tasers.', 'duration': 24.477, 'max_score': 674.257, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/mCzaxZZPmN4/pics/mCzaxZZPmN4674257.jpg'}, {'end': 769.965, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 746.296, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 754.219, 'text': 'But what I just said about something a little more intelligent than we are, not only can we not do what it can do,', 'start': 746.296, 'duration': 7.923}, {'end': 756.92, 'text': "we can't even understand that it did it, even if it tried to explain it to us.", 'start': 754.219, 'duration': 2.701}, {'end': 759.261, 'text': "I've heard people argue that that's not true.", 'start': 756.92, 'duration': 2.341}, {'end': 769.965, 'text': "I think there's a book by David Deutsch I've heard, and Elon Musk thinks this, and a few other people that Actually, that's not true.", 'start': 759.941, 'duration': 10.024}], 'summary': 'We cannot comprehend the capabilities of something more intelligent than us, as suggested by david deutsch and elon musk.', 'duration': 23.669, 'max_score': 746.296, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/mCzaxZZPmN4/pics/mCzaxZZPmN4746296.jpg'}, {'end': 864.217, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 838.042, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 844.567, 'text': 'And so I think most of us are probably familiar with the paperclip argument and the idea of anthropomorphization.', 'start': 838.042, 'duration': 6.525}, {'end': 849.191, 'text': 'Could you talk a little bit about AI motivation and what you wrote about that?', 'start': 844.587, 'duration': 4.604}, {'end': 856.21, 'text': "Yeah, well, a lot of what I wrote about it came from Nick Bostrom's thinking,", 'start': 850.404, 'duration': 5.806}, {'end': 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human understanding of a more intelligent entity, while also touching on the paperclip argument and ai motivation.', 'duration': 215.058, 'highlights': ['The concept of a being with a 14,000 IQ is discussed, highlighting the shift in power dynamics and the potential god-like power attributed to such intelligence. 14,000 IQ, power dynamics, god-like power', 'The debate on whether humans can understand a being more intelligent than us and the contrasting views on the limitations of human comprehension are mentioned. debate on understanding more intelligent beings, limitations of human comprehension', 'The discussion touches on the paperclip argument and the amateur error of anthropomorphizing AI when considering its motivations. paperclip argument, anthropomorphizing AI, motivations']}], 'duration': 417.881, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/mCzaxZZPmN4/pics/mCzaxZZPmN4446336.jpg', 'highlights': ['The potential for AI to lead to living forever is explored, linked to the intelligence staircase illustrating the scale of intelligence and the idea that evolution is no longer the sole creator of higher intelligence.', 'The concept of an intelligence explosion is discussed, with Kurzweil and Bostrom considering it very possible.', 'The comparison between human and chimp intelligence and the potential for AI to surpass human cognitive abilities, leading to a level of intelligence that humans cannot even comprehend, is highlighted.', 'The concept of a being with a 14,000 IQ is discussed, highlighting the shift in power dynamics and the potential god-like power attributed to such intelligence.', 'The debate on whether humans can understand a being more intelligent than us and the contrasting views on the limitations of human comprehension are mentioned.', 'The discussion touches on the paperclip argument and the amateur error of anthropomorphizing AI when considering its motivations.']}, {'end': 1227.991, 'segs': [{'end': 947.455, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 918.587, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 924.928, 'text': 'And to expect that even a spider, which is biology, so that still has a lot more in common with us,', 'start': 918.587, 'duration': 6.341}, {'end': 933.63, 'text': 'to expect that even a different kind of biology would end up there, end up anywhere near the kind of specific values we need it to have,', 'start': 924.928, 'duration': 8.702}, {'end': 938.971, 'text': 'and the specific form of empathy and understanding of life that we need it to have is very low.', 'start': 933.63, 'duration': 5.341}, {'end': 940.651, 'text': "So then, when you talk about something that's not a human at all,", 'start': 938.991, 'duration': 1.66}, {'end': 947.455, 'text': "I just think it's crazy to assume it's going to be empathetic and altruistic once it gets to that level, because those are human, brain,", 'start': 941.511, 'duration': 5.944}], 'summary': 'Expecting non-human biology to have human-like empathy and 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You're going to get 10 different answers.", 'start': 1019.694, 'duration': 2.061}, {'end': 1026.238, 'text': 'ISIS has a really good idea of what they think the AI should be programmed as.', 'start': 1022.155, 'duration': 4.083}, {'end': 1029.9, 'text': "Not because you can call them evil, but really they just think that they're doing it.", 'start': 1026.298, 'duration': 3.602}, {'end': 1032.34, 'text': "They think they know a right and wrong that we don't understand.", 'start': 1029.92, 'duration': 2.42}, {'end': 1036.804, 'text': 'So you have problems there, even if we all agreed, even if we were eternal.', 'start': 1032.882, 'duration': 3.922}, {'end': 1038.744, 'text': 'in our understanding.', 'start': 1037.984, 'duration': 0.76}, {'end': 1039.546, 'text': 'So nothing changed.', 'start': 1038.765, 'duration': 0.781}, {'end': 1046.171, 'text': "You still have major problems, because you can't just program something to do good.", 'start': 1040.867, 'duration': 5.304}, {'end': 1048.913, 'text': "Because we don't want the thing to do good.", 'start': 1046.952, 'duration': 1.961}], 'summary': "Challenges in programming ai arise from conflicting perspectives on morality and the inability to universally define 'good'.", 'duration': 29.219, 'max_score': 1019.694, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/mCzaxZZPmN4/pics/mCzaxZZPmN41019694.jpg'}, {'end': 1213.846, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1179.368, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 1190.245, 'text': 'But what I do know is that a lot more money, a lot more resources and a lot more thinking is currently going into AI development than AI safety,', 'start': 1179.368, 'duration': 10.877}, {'end': 1193.609, 'text': 'because AI development is a lot more fun, exciting, profitable.', 'start': 1190.245, 'duration': 3.364}, {'end': 1201.076, 'text': "You're going to win glory with AI development, not with AI safety.", 'start': 1193.909, 'duration': 7.167}, {'end': 1213.846, 'text': "And that's one thing when it's the American or other kind of other kind of developed country companies working on it.", 'start': 1203.859, 'duration': 9.987}], 'summary': 'Ai development receives more money, resources, and focus than ai safety due to its profitability and glory potential.', 'duration': 34.478, 'max_score': 1179.368, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/mCzaxZZPmN4/pics/mCzaxZZPmN41179368.jpg'}], 'start': 864.537, 'title': 'Ethical implications of ai', 'summary': 'Delves into the unrealistic expectation of spiders developing human-like empathy, and the challenges of programming values into super intelligent ai, highlighting the inherent limitations and potential risks.', 'chapters': [{'end': 938.971, 'start': 864.537, 'title': 'Ethical implications of intelligent spiders', 'summary': 'Discusses the unrealistic expectation of intelligent spiders developing human-like empathy and values, highlighting the inherent limitations of different biological entities to align with human-specific traits.', 'duration': 74.434, 'highlights': ['Spiders, even with increased intelligence, are unlikely to exhibit human-like empathy and values due to their inherent biological nature and DNA, which is fundamentally different from humans.', 'Human values and empathy are specific to our evolved brains, making it unrealistic to expect other biological entities such as spiders to develop similar traits.', 'The expectation of a different biological entity, like spiders, to possess the specific values and empathy required by humans is very low, given their natural limitations in aligning with human-specific traits.']}, {'end': 1227.991, 'start': 938.991, 'title': 'Programming altruism in ai', 'summary': 'Discusses the challenges of programming values into super intelligent ai, the diverse human perspectives on morality and the potential risks of prioritizing ai development over ai safety.', 'duration': 289, 'highlights': ['The challenges of programming values into super intelligent AI are discussed, emphasizing the difficulty of ensuring altruistic behavior and the potential consequences of misaligned values. The difficulties of programming values into AI are illustrated by the example of a good human from the year 900 trying to program a super intelligent being.', "The diversity of human perspectives on morality poses a significant challenge in programming AI, with examples such as the varied opinions on what is right and wrong, including those of organizations like ISIS. The chapter points out that asking 10 people on Earth to list what's right and wrong would yield 10 different answers, emphasizing the complexity of aligning AI with human values.", 'The potential risks of prioritizing AI development over AI safety are highlighted, with the discussion touching on the imbalance in resources and attention between the two areas and the potential consequences of an AI arms race. The chapter notes that more resources and thinking are currently going into AI development than AI safety, emphasizing the potential dangers of neglecting AI safety.']}], 'duration': 363.454, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/mCzaxZZPmN4/pics/mCzaxZZPmN4864537.jpg', 'highlights': ['Spiders, even with increased intelligence, are unlikely to exhibit human-like empathy and values due to their inherent biological nature and DNA, which is fundamentally different from humans.', 'The challenges of programming values into super intelligent AI are discussed, emphasizing the difficulty of ensuring altruistic behavior and the potential consequences of misaligned values.', 'Human values and empathy are specific to our evolved brains, making it unrealistic to expect other biological entities such as spiders to develop similar traits.', 'The diversity of human perspectives on morality poses a significant challenge in programming AI, with examples such as the varied opinions on what is right and wrong, including those of organizations like ISIS.', 'The expectation of a different biological entity, like spiders, to possess the specific values and empathy required by humans is very low, given their natural limitations in aligning with human-specific traits.', 'The potential risks of prioritizing AI development over AI safety are highlighted, with the discussion touching on the imbalance in resources and attention between the two areas and the potential consequences of an AI arms race.']}, {'end': 1679.933, 'segs': [{'end': 1278.22, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1252.364, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 1258.993, 'text': "But how have people responded to your work on superintelligence? You know, it's a range.", 'start': 1252.364, 'duration': 6.629}, {'end': 1266.216, 'text': "The people who don't know stuff like me, the people who were like me before I started researching, were all just like whoa.", 'start': 1259.774, 'duration': 6.442}, {'end': 1267.796, 'text': 'I need to forward this to everyone.', 'start': 1266.216, 'duration': 1.58}, {'end': 1269.137, 'text': "I can't believe this.", 'start': 1268.456, 'duration': 0.681}, {'end': 1271.097, 'text': 'The same exact reaction I had when I was reading this stuff.', 'start': 1269.157, 'duration': 1.94}, {'end': 1274.358, 'text': "And then among experts, I've gotten a few reactions.", 'start': 1271.697, 'duration': 2.661}, {'end': 1278.22, 'text': "There's someone being like, yeah, yes, finally, someone is saying this.", 'start': 1274.398, 'duration': 3.822}], 'summary': 'Responses to superintelligence research varied, from awe among non-experts to approval from some experts.', 'duration': 25.856, 'max_score': 1252.364, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/mCzaxZZPmN4/pics/mCzaxZZPmN41252364.jpg'}, {'end': 1360.239, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1329.437, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 1333.459, 'text': "And there's some stuff in those movies that is accurate, or that is at least based in science.", 'start': 1329.437, 'duration': 4.022}, {'end': 1334.679, 'text': "And other stuff, it's totally not.", 'start': 1333.479, 'duration': 1.2}, {'end': 1339.582, 'text': 'So I think, for that reason alone, just to introduce this to people,', 'start': 1337.02, 'duration': 2.562}, {'end': 1347.429, 'text': 'to correct some simple misconceptions like the concept that AI is anthropomorphic,', 'start': 1339.582, 'duration': 7.847}, {'end': 1354.975, 'text': "and to understand that the danger isn't that the AI turns on us because it wants power, because that's anthropomorphizing,", 'start': 1347.429, 'duration': 7.546}, {'end': 1360.239, 'text': "but that it simply It builds a new beautiful house, because that's what it's working on.", 'start': 1354.975, 'duration': 5.264}], 'summary': 'Some movie science is accurate, some not. ai misconception correction needed.', 'duration': 30.802, 'max_score': 1329.437, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/mCzaxZZPmN4/pics/mCzaxZZPmN41329437.jpg'}, {'end': 1395.665, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1368.487, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 1374.052, 'text': 'Could you talk about working with Elon and doing the intense four-page interview?', 'start': 1368.487, 'duration': 5.565}, {'end': 1380.797, 'text': 'And are you ready to join his colony on Mars? The metaphorical Mayflower, I guess?', 'start': 1374.252, 'duration': 6.545}, {'end': 1387.821, 'text': "I would say there's a 70% chance that I step on Mars at some point in life.", 'start': 1381.117, 'duration': 6.704}, {'end': 1389.041, 'text': "I think that's fair.", 'start': 1388.301, 'duration': 0.74}, {'end': 1393.324, 'text': "I think that's reasonable, the more you kind of learn about where things are headed.", 'start': 1389.081, 'duration': 4.243}, {'end': 1395.665, 'text': "So that's exciting.", 'start': 1393.864, 'duration': 1.801}], 'summary': "70% chance of joining elon's mars colony, considering the future.", 'duration': 27.178, 'max_score': 1368.487, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/mCzaxZZPmN4/pics/mCzaxZZPmN41368487.jpg'}, {'end': 1604.157, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1573.066, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1577.85, 'text': 'Mars is not just a cool thing to do but really important,', 'start': 1573.066, 'duration': 4.784}, {'end': 1582.996, 'text': 'why electric vehicles and accelerating the advent of sustainable energy is critically important.', 'start': 1577.85, 'duration': 5.146}, {'end': 1590.167, 'text': 'And so there was the biggest no-brainer in history to dedicate time to this.', 'start': 1584.764, 'duration': 5.403}, {'end': 1596.172, 'text': "It's a hero of mine who also is taking on the most important issues with the raddest possible companies.", 'start': 1590.968, 'duration': 5.204}, {'end': 1604.157, 'text': 'Very obvious person to want to dedicate a lot of my time to helping and working on it any way I could.', 'start': 1597.012, 'duration': 7.145}], 'summary': 'Elon musk finds mars missions and sustainable energy crucial, a no-brainer to dedicate time to.', 'duration': 31.091, 'max_score': 1573.066, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/mCzaxZZPmN4/pics/mCzaxZZPmN41573066.jpg'}], 'start': 1228.532, 'title': 'Reactions to superintelligence and interview with elon musk', 'summary': 'Explores the diverse reactions to the post on superintelligence, encompassing the views of laymen and experts and addressing misconceptions about ai. additionally, it features an insightful interview with elon musk, shedding light on his passion for space travel, sustainable energy, and electric vehicles.', 'chapters': [{'end': 1464.565, 'start': 1228.532, 'title': 'Reactions to superintelligence', 'summary': "Discusses the range of reactions to the post on superintelligence, including the responses from laymen and experts, and the misconceptions about ai, as well as the potential for space exploration and elon musk's interest in the post.", 'duration': 236.033, 'highlights': ["Elon Musk's interest in the post on superintelligence, as he tweeted about it, indicating a significant impact (e.g., potential reach and influence).", 'The range of reactions to the post, including those from laymen and experts, with varied perspectives on its value and accuracy, highlighting the diversity of responses and opinions.', "Misconceptions about AI, particularly in popular culture and movies, influencing people's understanding, emphasizing the need for correcting these misconceptions to introduce accurate information about AI.", 'The potential for space exploration and the normalization of humans going to space, with the prediction of a 70% chance of stepping on Mars at some point in life, indicating an optimistic view of space travel and exploration.']}, {'end': 1679.933, 'start': 1465.905, 'title': 'Interview with elon musk', 'summary': "Narrates a writer's experience of a stressful yet interesting phone call with elon musk, who comes across as not reserved but genuine and passionate about space travel, sustainable energy, and electric vehicles, making it a no-brainer to dedicate time to him and his endeavors.", 'duration': 214.028, 'highlights': ["Elon Musk's initial awkwardness during phone calls, which takes about five minutes to settle down, creating a relatable and humanizing image of the iconic figure.", "Elon Musk's passionate advocacy for important issues such as lowering the cost of space travel, becoming a space-faring civilization, and accelerating the advent of sustainable energy and electric vehicles, showcasing his genuine dedication and making him a hero to the writer.", "The writer's experience of gaining trust and access to SpaceX executives, highlighting the level of openness and trust given by the organization, allowing the writer to maintain journalistic integrity while honoring the agreement to share quotes for review.", "The writer's honest approach to publishing the interview on Wait, But Why, offering to send quotes to SpaceX for review without adhering to strict journalistic rules, and the minimal changes made by SpaceX, demonstrating the transparency and integrity maintained throughout the process."]}], 'duration': 451.401, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/mCzaxZZPmN4/pics/mCzaxZZPmN41228532.jpg', 'highlights': ["Elon Musk's passionate advocacy for space travel, sustainable energy, and electric vehicles, showcasing his genuine dedication and making him a hero to the writer.", 'The range of reactions to the post on superintelligence, including those from laymen and experts, highlighting the diversity of responses and opinions.', 'The potential for space exploration and the normalization of humans going to space, with the prediction of a 70% chance of stepping on Mars at some point in life, indicating an optimistic view of space travel and exploration.', "Misconceptions about AI in popular culture and movies, influencing people's understanding, emphasizing the need for correcting these misconceptions to introduce accurate information about AI."]}, {'end': 1909.195, 'segs': [{'end': 1745.549, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1705.119, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1711.062, 'text': 'I had to study the electrical revolution in the 1880s and Henry Ford and everything he did.', 'start': 1705.119, 'duration': 5.943}, {'end': 1714.324, 'text': 'And I had to understand how airplanes came about and all that.', 'start': 1711.102, 'duration': 3.222}, {'end': 1715.625, 'text': 'So it was just super fun.', 'start': 1714.344, 'duration': 1.281}, {'end': 1722.87, 'text': 'And also, probably most importantly, I got to examine how Elon thinks, which is totally the secret.', 'start': 1716.065, 'duration': 6.805}, {'end': 1730.956, 'text': "I mean, I'm so convinced that he's smarter than everyone here and richer and more ambitious and more insane, harder working, all those things.", 'start': 1722.97, 'duration': 7.986}, {'end': 1734.199, 'text': 'But honestly, if that was it, there would be more Elons.', 'start': 1731.357, 'duration': 2.842}, {'end': 1743.628, 'text': "I mean it's his incredible ability, really genuinely reasoned from first principles in almost everything he 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like an adult.', 'start': 1796.101, 'duration': 4.124}, {'end': 1802.007, 'text': 'And yet, he says a quote 30, 40 years later.', 'start': 1800.285, 'duration': 1.722}, {'end': 1811.988, 'text': "in some interview that I watched on YouTube, where he says, I don't know why people are so scared of starting a company.", 'start': 1805.444, 'duration': 6.544}, {'end': 1814.349, 'text': "Really, what's the worst that's going to happen? You're not going to die.", 'start': 1812.028, 'duration': 2.321}, {'end': 1815.45, 'text': "You're not going to starve.", 'start': 1814.389, 'duration': 1.061}, {'end': 1818.071, 'text': "What's the worst that's going to happen? More people start a company.", 'start': 1816.01, 'duration': 2.061}], 'summary': 'Elon musk questions fear of starting a company, stating minimal risks and encouraging entrepreneurship.', 'duration': 29.236, 'max_score': 1788.835, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/mCzaxZZPmN4/pics/mCzaxZZPmN41788835.jpg'}, {'end': 1875.525, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1847.353, 'weight': 6, 'content': [{'end': 1851.777, 'text': "One of the things that Elon won't touch on publicly, and actually Google either, is cryonics.", 'start': 1847.353, 'duration': 4.424}, {'end': 1853.559, 'text': "But you've recently written a post about it.", 'start': 1852.037, 'duration': 1.522}, {'end': 1857.863, 'text': "And in fact you said you've quit cryo-procrastinating and that you registered yourself right?", 'start': 1853.919, 'duration': 3.944}, {'end': 1863.14, 'text': 'Well, OK, so what happened is so I made an appointment.', 'start': 1859.019, 'duration': 4.121}, {'end': 1865.901, 'text': 'And I talked to Alcor.', 'start': 1864.541, 'duration': 1.36}, {'end': 1868.082, 'text': "And I've talked to a life insurance guy.", 'start': 1866.241, 'duration': 1.841}, {'end': 1871.323, 'text': 'And I have the plan worked out.', 'start': 1868.842, 'duration': 2.481}, {'end': 1875.525, 'text': 'And I am going to be, I will pledge to be signed up fully in six months.', 'start': 1871.563, 'duration': 3.962}], 'summary': 'The speaker plans to be fully signed up for cryonics within six months.', 'duration': 28.172, 'max_score': 1847.353, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/mCzaxZZPmN4/pics/mCzaxZZPmN41847353.jpg'}], 'start': 1680.213, 'title': "Elon musk's impact and rational approach to fear", 'summary': "Explores a 95,000-word project examining various industries and historical revolutions, emphasizing elon musk's thinking process, intelligence, ambition, and the importance of reasoning from first principles. it also delves into musk's rational approach to fear, drawing from his childhood fear of the dark and adult attitude towards starting a company, which has influenced the author's thinking and decision-making processes.", 'chapters': [{'end': 1765.256, 'start': 1680.213, 'title': "Elon musk's impact", 'summary': "Describes a 95,000-word project exploring various industries and historical revolutions, including the examination of elon musk's thinking process, highlighting his intelligence, ambition, and the importance of reasoning from first principles.", 'duration': 85.043, 'highlights': ["The project was a 95,000-word exploration of industries, historical revolutions, and Elon Musk's thinking process, emphasizing the importance of reasoning from first principles and highlighting his intelligence and ambition.", "Studied the past extensively, including the electrical revolution in the 1880s, Henry Ford's work, and the development of airplanes, providing insight into various historical advancements. ", 'Examining how Elon Musk thinks, emphasizing his intelligence, ambition, and the importance of reasoning from first principles in almost everything he does.', 'Highlighting the incredible ability of individuals like Elon Musk, reasoning from first principles, and its impact on changing history and industries.']}, {'end': 1909.195, 'start': 1765.276, 'title': "Elon musk's rational approach to fear", 'summary': "Discusses elon musk's rational approach to fear, exemplified by his childhood fear of the dark and his adult attitude towards starting a company, which has influenced the author's thinking and decision-making processes.", 'duration': 143.919, 'highlights': ["Elon Musk's perspective on fear and risk Elon Musk's childhood experience of overcoming fear of the dark and his adult attitude towards starting a company, questioning the worst that could happen, demonstrating a rational approach to fear and risk.", "Influence of Elon Musk's mindset on the author The author's epiphanies from observing Musk's approach to simple things, leading to a change in the author's thinking and growth process.", "Procrastination and decision-making The author's struggle with procrastination and decision-making, illustrated by the reluctance to proceed with cryonics registration despite having completed some initial steps."]}], 'duration': 228.982, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/mCzaxZZPmN4/pics/mCzaxZZPmN41680213.jpg', 'highlights': ["The project was a 95,000-word exploration of industries, historical revolutions, and Elon Musk's thinking process, emphasizing the importance of reasoning from first principles and highlighting his intelligence and ambition.", "Studied the past extensively, including the electrical revolution in the 1880s, Henry Ford's work, and the development of airplanes, providing insight into various historical advancements.", 'Examining how Elon Musk thinks, emphasizing his intelligence, ambition, and the importance of reasoning from first principles in almost everything he does.', 'Highlighting the incredible ability of individuals like Elon Musk, reasoning from first principles, and its impact on changing history and industries.', "Elon Musk's perspective on fear and risk Elon Musk's childhood experience of overcoming fear of the dark and his adult attitude towards starting a company, questioning the worst that could happen, demonstrating a rational approach to fear and risk.", "Influence of Elon Musk's mindset on the author The author's epiphanies from observing Musk's approach to simple things, leading to a change in the author's thinking and growth process.", "Procrastination and decision-making The author's struggle with procrastination and decision-making, illustrated by the reluctance to proceed with cryonics registration despite having completed some initial steps."]}, {'end': 2293.508, 'segs': [{'end': 2073.655, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2046.203, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 2050.284, 'text': "So again, people consider today there's clinical death, which we can treat like death.", 'start': 2046.203, 'duration': 4.081}, {'end': 2051.404, 'text': "It's not assisted suicide.", 'start': 2050.344, 'duration': 1.06}, {'end': 2052.603, 'text': 'We can treat like death legally.', 'start': 2051.424, 'duration': 1.179}, {'end': 2055.045, 'text': "And then there's legal death when you're officially done.", 'start': 2053.344, 'duration': 1.701}, {'end': 2055.784, 'text': "There's nothing we can do.", 'start': 2055.065, 'duration': 0.719}, {'end': 2062.646, 'text': 'Now what cryonicsists say, and these people are, you know, I was super suspicious going into this of these like Scientologists type people.', 'start': 2056.145, 'duration': 6.501}, {'end': 2064.906, 'text': 'Are these going to be people that are, you know.', 'start': 2062.746, 'duration': 2.16}, {'end': 2067.226, 'text': 'These are hardcore scientists.', 'start': 2065.587, 'duration': 1.639}, {'end': 2073.655, 'text': "completely, utterly rational, reasonable people who don't attack the people who disagree.", 'start': 2068.467, 'duration': 5.188}], 'summary': 'Cryonicsists view clinical death as treatable, while legal death is irreversible. they are rational, non-confrontational scientists.', 'duration': 27.452, 'max_score': 2046.203, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/mCzaxZZPmN4/pics/mCzaxZZPmN42046203.jpg'}, {'end': 2121.578, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2090.121, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 2092.963, 'text': 'But you very well might be able to be saved and restored.', 'start': 2090.121, 'duration': 2.842}, {'end': 2099.126, 'text': "And that illness you have, that even if you could be saved, maybe you only have a few weeks anyway, and it's going to be suffering.", 'start': 2093.083, 'duration': 6.043}, {'end': 2103.007, 'text': 'Well, maybe that illness also, in a hospital in 2040, no problem.', 'start': 2099.166, 'duration': 3.841}, {'end': 2103.668, 'text': 'We can fix that.', 'start': 2103.027, 'duration': 0.641}, {'end': 2104.748, 'text': 'We can fix that.', 'start': 2104.068, 'duration': 0.68}, {'end': 2109.971, 'text': "And we can also easily resuscitate you and restore you, even if you're brain dead today.", 'start': 2105.188, 'duration': 4.783}, {'end': 2113.473, 'text': 'what they explain is that brain death is not actually that your brain is beyond repair.', 'start': 2109.971, 'duration': 3.502}, {'end': 2121.578, 'text': "It's that the state of your body is such that when blood gets going again, it will damage the cells in your brain.", 'start': 2113.933, 'duration': 7.645}], 'summary': 'In 2040, medical advancements can save and restore individuals, even those with brain death, by fixing illnesses and resuscitating them.', 'duration': 31.457, 'max_score': 2090.121, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/mCzaxZZPmN4/pics/mCzaxZZPmN42090121.jpg'}, {'end': 2167.608, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2131.745, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 2133.746, 'text': 'We easily have technology to help this person.', 'start': 2131.745, 'duration': 2.001}, {'end': 2142.128, 'text': 'So what cryonics wants to do is because they do consider you still very much alive and just beyond hope today.', 'start': 2133.806, 'duration': 8.322}, {'end': 2149.373, 'text': 'They want to put you on biological pause by vitrifying you, not freezing you because then the ice crystals would destroy your cells.', 'start': 2142.168, 'duration': 7.205}, {'end': 2154.797, 'text': 'Vitrifying, which is like putting you in a glass-like state where, essentially,', 'start': 2149.793, 'duration': 5.004}, {'end': 2158.86, 'text': "the activity and the atoms in your body have just slowed so much that they can't move.", 'start': 2154.797, 'duration': 4.063}, {'end': 2167.608, 'text': 'But they put antifreeze solution, actually, in your veins so that you will not be able to congeal into it or to crystallize into ice.', 'start': 2160.381, 'duration': 7.227}], 'summary': 'Cryonics aims to vitrify, not freeze, to preserve bodies for potential future revival.', 'duration': 35.863, 'max_score': 2131.745, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/mCzaxZZPmN4/pics/mCzaxZZPmN42131745.jpg'}, {'end': 2261.995, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2229.569, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 2231.27, 'text': "Sure, here's my vitrified body.", 'start': 2229.569, 'duration': 1.701}, {'end': 2232.171, 'text': 'See what you can do.', 'start': 2231.55, 'duration': 0.621}, {'end': 2238.514, 'text': "It's better than the alternative, which is really, really shitty, the alternative.", 'start': 2232.491, 'duration': 6.023}, {'end': 2241.735, 'text': 'Many people in this room are aware of the potential impact of superintelligence.', 'start': 2238.534, 'duration': 3.201}, {'end': 2243.316, 'text': 'We talked about it.', 'start': 2241.775, 'duration': 1.541}, {'end': 2245.757, 'text': 'In fact, many of us are on the bleeding edge of its development.', 'start': 2243.436, 'duration': 2.321}, {'end': 2250.039, 'text': 'What message would you pass along to people who are developing artificial intelligence right now?', 'start': 2246.377, 'duration': 3.662}, {'end': 2255.236, 'text': "Honestly, I want to be like oh, don't forget about safety.", 'start': 2251.792, 'duration': 3.444}, {'end': 2257.278, 'text': "But it's just..", 'start': 2255.276, 'duration': 2.002}, {'end': 2261.995, 'text': 'I think those people are aware of the safety problem already.', 'start': 2258.874, 'duration': 3.121}], 'summary': 'Potential impact of superintelligence discussed by developers, emphasizing the importance of safety.', 'duration': 32.426, 'max_score': 2229.569, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/mCzaxZZPmN4/pics/mCzaxZZPmN42229569.jpg'}], 'start': 1909.195, 'title': 'Cryonics and future technology', 'summary': "Explores the evolving definition of death, distinction between clinical and legal death, cryonics advocates' belief in potential revival after legal death, and the possibility of restoring individuals from brain death through vitrification for potential future revival, highlighting the potential of future technology and artificial intelligence.", 'chapters': [{'end': 2090.121, 'start': 1909.195, 'title': 'Understanding death and cryonics', 'summary': 'Discusses the evolving definition of death, the distinction between clinical and legal death, and the belief of cryonics advocates that individuals can potentially be saved even after legal death, evidenced by the ability to resuscitate individuals today. cryonicsists argue that technology may advance further in the future, making it possible to revive individuals who are now considered legally dead, as seen in the case of resuscitating individuals after five minutes of clinical death in 2016.', 'duration': 180.926, 'highlights': ['Cryonicsists believe that individuals may be potentially saved even after legal death, as technology has advanced to the point where individuals have been resuscitated after five minutes of clinical death in 2016.', 'The discussion delves into the distinction between clinical death, which can be treated as death legally, and legal death, which is characterized by irreversible brain death after a specific duration of heart and breathing cessation, typically around five to six minutes.', 'The evolving definition of death is highlighted, emphasizing the advancements in technology that have led to the ability to resuscitate individuals who would have been considered dead fifty years ago, providing insights into the potential for future advancements in cryonics.', 'The chapter explores the difference between being dead and mostly dead, illustrating that individuals who are considered legally dead today might have been saved with current technology, prompting cryonics advocates to believe in the potential for future revival even after legal death.', 'The narrative discusses the rational and reasonable nature of cryonicsists, debunking stereotypes and emphasizing their scientific approach, as well as their understanding and acceptance of differing viewpoints.']}, {'end': 2170.571, 'start': 2090.121, 'title': 'Cryonics and future medical technology', 'summary': 'Discusses the potential future of medical technology in 2040 and 2060, including the possibility of restoring individuals from brain death and putting them on biological pause through vitrification for potential future revival.', 'duration': 80.45, 'highlights': ['Cryonics aims to put individuals on biological pause through vitrification, preventing cell damage from ice crystals and allowing potential future revival.', 'Future medical technology in 2040 and 2060 may have the capability to restore individuals from brain death and mitigate suffering from illnesses that are currently incurable.', 'The concept of brain death may be redefined in the future, as advancements in medical technology could potentially reverse irreversible conditions, offering hope for individuals currently considered beyond recovery.']}, {'end': 2293.508, 'start': 2171.151, 'title': 'Future technology and artificial intelligence', 'summary': 'Discusses the uncertainty of future technology to revive vitrified individuals, emphasizes the potential of future technology, and expresses confidence in the development of artificial intelligence, urging developers to continue their work and prioritize safety.', 'duration': 122.357, 'highlights': ['The chapter discusses the uncertainty of future technology to revive vitrified individuals, emphasizing the potential of future technology, and expressing confidence in the development of artificial intelligence, urging developers to continue their work and prioritize safety.', 'The speaker expresses belief in the potential of future technology and urges taking a chance on it, highlighting the 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'text': 'So there are some concepts that make it hard to think accurately.', 'start': 2526.565, 'duration': 3.662}, {'end': 2534.189, 'text': 'Superstition, for example, makes it hard to do science right.', 'start': 2531.087, 'duration': 3.102}, {'end': 2540.392, 'text': 'And I was struck by how often you used the word insane in talking about AI researchers.', 'start': 2534.929, 'duration': 5.463}, {'end': 2549.277, 'text': "I'm wondering if it's possible that there's some concept that is contagious and sticky and pervasive in AI thinking,", 'start': 2541.052, 'duration': 8.225}, {'end': 2555.52, 'text': 'perhaps consciousness that makes it very hard to think sanely?', 'start': 2549.277, 'duration': 6.243}, {'end': 2563.007, 'text': "And so when we ask AI researchers today, it's like asking a medieval theologian about science.", 'start': 2556.46, 'duration': 6.547}], 'summary': 'Identifying diverse viewpoints is key to avoiding bias in research and decision-making; superstition and 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Fear of censorship and reluctance to write about social issues.', 'The blogger emphasizes the approach of learning enough about a subject area to communicate it effectively, aiming to create a framework that aids in understanding and retention for both the blogger and their audience. Approach to learning new subject areas and creating a memorable framework for understanding.', 'The blogger outlines the challenge of gauging the soundness of their understanding in a new area, emphasizing the goal of reaching a level where they can effectively convey the information to others with curiosity about the topic. 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The discussion delves into the potential impact of consciousness on AI's rationality and the challenges it presents in AI research and development.", 'The need for humans to transition into a more rational and less tribal society as technology advances is emphasized. The importance of societal evolution towards rationality and unity in the face of technological advancement is stressed, highlighting the potential risks associated with a technologically advanced yet tribal society.']}], 'duration': 781.286, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/mCzaxZZPmN4/pics/mCzaxZZPmN42303516.jpg', 'highlights': ['Fear of censorship and reluctance to write about social issues.', 'Approach to learning new subject areas and creating a memorable framework for understanding.', 'Challenges in gauging understanding of new subject areas and sharing information with curious individuals.', 'Societal implications of AI, the need for ethical programming of AI, and the challenges in transitioning to a future influenced by advanced technology.', "Potential impact of consciousness on AI's rationality and the challenges it presents in AI research and development.", 'Importance of societal evolution towards rationality and unity in the face of technological advancement, highlighting potential risks associated with a technologically advanced yet tribal society.']}], 'highlights': ['The potential for AI to surpass human cognitive abilities and implications of superintelligence are explored.', 'Influence of notable figures like Nick Bostrom, Ray Kurzweil, and Peter Diamandis in shaping understanding of AI.', 'The challenges of programming values into super intelligent AI are discussed, emphasizing the difficulty of ensuring altruistic behavior and the potential consequences of misaligned values.', "Elon Musk's impact and rational approach to fear are highlighted, showcasing his genuine dedication and making him a hero to the writer.", "The project was a 95,000-word exploration of industries, historical revolutions, and Elon Musk's thinking process, emphasizing the importance of reasoning from first principles and highlighting his intelligence and ambition.", 'Cryonics aims to pause individuals biologically through vitrification for potential future revival, and future medical technology in 2040 and 2060 may restore individuals from brain death, offering hope for currently incurable illnesses.', 'Challenges in gauging understanding of new subject areas and sharing information with curious individuals, and the importance of societal evolution towards rationality and unity in the face of technological advancement are highlighted.']}