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Aella joins MTS to discuss AI doom, transhumanism, and the economic illiteracy of young people. She walks through her approach to microdosing psychedelics, her views on wireheading and gene editing, and her new creator project Please Don't Kill Us.
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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(00:17) The AI Romantic Partner Market and Gendered Differences in Demand
(01:41) Evaluating Scenarios and Evidence That Could Lower Probability of AI Doom
(04:34) Biological Evolution vs AI Training and the Internalization of Values
(06:58) Predicting Takeoff Speeds and the Potential for a Superintelligent Singleton
(15:42) Philosophy of Consciousness and the Feasibility of Digital Brain Uploading
(17:58) Transhumanism and the Risks and Merits of Human Intelligence Augmentation
(23:40) Please Don't Kill Us and Improving Content Creation Around AI Safety
(30:23) Youth Economic Illiteracy and the Impact of Obscured Policy Feedback Loops
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