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Daniel Schmachtenberger: Why AI May Accelerate Civilizational Collapse May 17, 2023

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Daniel Schmachtenberger unpacks AI risks within the broader metacrisis threatening collective human survival. He unpacks concepts from Nash equilibrium to quantum mechanics and outlines pathways for collective resilience.
- 00:00:00 - Overview
- 00:05:13 - Nash Equilibrium
- 00:09:05 - Quasiprobability & Quantum
- 00:13:26 - Metacrisis
- 00:30:53 - Economic Unsustainability
- 00:54:44 - Synopsis
- 00:58:43 - Civilizational Risks
- 01:22:28 - Altruistic Religions
- 01:53:16 - AI Risk Space
- 02:32:59 - Paperclip Maximizer
- 02:37:31 - Alignment Problem
- 03:37:53 - McGilchrist & Vervaeke
- 03:42:27 - Bohm Connected Consciousness
- 03:44:22 - Phenomenal Consciousness
- 04:01:34 - Hinton, Choi, OpenAI on AI
- 04:11:33 - Closing Message
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Wolfgang Smith: Where Christianity and Vedic Tradition Diverge Apr 25, 2023

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Wolfgang Smith, a Cornell‑trained physicist, mathematician and philosopher, confronts the clash between Christianity and Vedic thought, exploring the Omega point, the nature of Satan, and the limits of God. The conversation also delves into eschatology, free will, and the pitfalls of modern science.
0:00 Introduction
5:12 What is the Omega point and Perennialism?
16:36 Can Satan tell the truth?
19:16 The infinity of Satan
24:18 God requires a negative force
25:59 This is what God cannot do
29:07 How to transcend the fear of death
37:02 Only God has Being, and we are stranded
49:20 The fall of Adam & The transcendent unity of religions
53:47 The Vedic escarton
1:01:30 The Christian escarton
1:09:42 What exists in eternity?
1:15:00 [Matt Segall] Does God evolve? The realness of real
1:22:30 The path to God is not without danger
1:27:00 Free will in the timeless realms
1:29:10 Why read the apocrypha?
1:37:00 Gnostic levels & Satanic gurus
1:40:00 Praising a disproven Einsteinian reality
1:45:00 The second coming of Christ separates eternity and "abeternity"
1:54:00 Excommunicating heretics
1:58:00 The cosmos is tripartite
2:01:00 Modern scientists are blind and ignorant
2:15:00 There are two ways of doing physics
2:25:00 Understanding religion from contemporary thought is failure a priori
2:40:30 How Wolfgang is preparing for death
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Passos, Montemayor, Mindt: Do Animals, Infants, and AI Have Consciousness? Apr 18, 2023

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Passos, Montemayor, and Mindt examine consciousness limits in infants, animals, and artificial intelligence systems. They explore how we can recognize consciousness, the moral implications of treating non‑human minds, and whether AI should receive the same ethical consideration as human children.
- 00:00:00 - Introduction
- 00:03:56 - How aware are infants?
- 00:08:36 - Correlates of consciousness
- 00:11:16 - Trauma in infants
- 00:17:00 - Traditional definitions of consciousness
- 00:22:05 - Animal consciousness
- 00:26:05 - Phenomenal consciousness
- 00:35:37 - “You can't be intelligent if you are not autonomous”
- 00:37:00 - Asymmetric moral considerations
- 00:41:00 - Agency needs vulnerability to work
- 00:43:20 - The borders between biology and machine
- 00:46:00 - Building "mini brains"!
- 00:58:40 - Behavioral markers of consciousness
- 01:00:10 - Should AI be given the same ethical consideration as our human children?
- 01:05:16 - Do infants lack moral standing?
- 01:08:14 - Is analogue consciousness relevant?
- 01:14:06 - What do we mean by “autonomy”?
- 01:19:00 - Outro
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Merel Kindt: How One Pill Rewrites Fear Memories Permanently Apr 06, 2023

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Merel Kindt (psychologist) reveals how memory extinction could permanently eliminate anxiety, PTSD, and phobias. She explores the neurobiological basis of fear, the potential to erase harmful memories, and the ethical challenges of such interventions.
- 00:00:00 - Introduction
- 00:02:35 - Extinguishing fear
- 00:09:30 - Destabilizing memory traces
- 00:13:50 - Locating where fear arises
- 00:16:43 - Protein synthesis & irrational fears
- 00:19:21 - Suppressing innate fears
- 00:28:12 - Imaginary exposure & Beta-blockers are key
- 00:34:34 - Can we remove happiness?
- 00:47:16 - Is trauma necessary to overcome phobias?
- 00:56:06 - This eliminates disgust
- 01:04:10 - Future challenges of fear extinction work
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Ben Goertzel: Why AGI Could Arrive Within Five Years Apr 04, 2023

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Ben Goertzel argues artificial general intelligence will arrive within five years via three distinct pathways. He explores definitions of intelligence, self‑transcendence, the three routes to AGI, future hardware, and the societal impact of super‑AGI.
- 00:00:00 - Introduction
- 00:02:37 - How to make machines that think like people
- 00:10:03 - GPT will make 95% of jobs obsolete
- 00:18:59 - The 5-year Turing test
- 00:21:37 - Definition of "intelligence" doesn't matter
- 00:26:15 - Mathematical definition of self-transcendence
- 00:30:10 - The 3 routes to AGI
- 00:44:19 - Unfolding AI with Galois connections
- 00:49:32 - Neuromorphic chips, hybrid architectures, and future hardware
- 00:54:05 - Super AGI will overshadow humanity
- 00:56:33 - Infinity groupoid
- 01:01:52 - There are no limitations to AI development
- 01:05:00 - Social intelligence is independent in OpenCog Hyperon systems
- 01:07:33 - Embodied collaboration is fundamental to human intelligence
- 01:08:49 - Algorithmic information theory and the Robot College Test
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Stephen Wolfram: Dark Matter and AI in the Computational Universe Mar 27, 2023

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Stephen Wolfram (Wolfram Research) reveals how physics emerges from computation and explains ChatGPT's mechanisms. He also connects these ideas to the Wolfram Physics Project and the broader quest for a Theory of Everything.
- 00:00:00 - Introduction
- 00:02:58 - Physics from computation
- 00:11:30 - Generalizing Turing machines
- 00:17:34 - Dark matter as atoms of space
- 00:22:13 - Energy as density of space
- 00:30:30 - Entanglement limit of computations
- 00:34:53 - Concepts persisting across universe
- 00:40:09 - How ChatGPT works
- 00:41:41 - Irreducible computation and AI
- 00:49:20 - Recovering GR from the ruliad
- 00:58:38 - Coming up: Chalmers, Goertzel, more Wolfram
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DemystifySci Hosts: How Scientific Thinking Reshapes Everyday Life Mar 22, 2023

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Curt Jaimungal sits down with Anastasia Michael to demystify science and the mind, examining how scientific ideas shape our everyday thinking. The conversation explores practical ways to apply scientific insight to personal growth and mental clarity.
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Wolfgang Smith: Beyond Non-Dualism and Materialism Mar 13, 2023

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Wolfgang Smith and Curt Jaimungal examine the limits of non‑dualism and materialist worldviews, arguing for a deeper metaphysical framework that integrates wisdom traditions with modern science. They trace the origins of wisdom, discuss the measurement problem as a clue to a greater reality, and explore vertical causation across physical and corporeal realms.
- 00:00:00 - Introduction
- 00:04:00 - The true origins of wisdom
- 00:05:06 - Enlightenment: To slaughter the Moral
- 00:10:00 - Disillusion is masked as education
- 00:14:20 - Measurement problem is the hint toward a greater reality
- 00:22:50 - Vertical causation (the Physical and Corporeal Realms)
- 00:33:34 - The cosmos is divided into three planes
- 00:44:28 - Geometry and Yogi ascension
- 00:53:12 - A Vedic Fakir and first-hand telepathy
- 01:15:00 - Heisenberg, Aristotle, and Plato
- 01:23:49 - "Science is unwholesome and blind"
- 01:41:29 - From atheism to taking religion seriously
- 01:48:45 - Vedic vs. Christian union with God
- 02:23:19 - Philos Sophia foundation and multiplicity within God
- 01:40:10 - All that matters is esoteric and exoteric
- 02:53:00 - Ascension has lost its societal support
- 03:05:09 - The sacred in man and woman
- 03:15:15 - Lunacy as misframed wisdom (debating Jung)
- 03:32:46 - "Evolution is the pseudo-religious credor of our civilization"
- 03:44:37 - Determinism cannot craft what we know to be life
- 03:52:07 - "Being has nothing to do with process ontology"
- 04:01:47 - Wolfgang and Curt bond
- 04:03:37 - Upcoming announcements with Wolfram, Chalmers, and Goertzel
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Kastrup, Hoffman, and Schneider: Can AI Be Conscious? Mar 10, 2023

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Bernardo Kastrup, Donald Hoffman, and Susan Schneider debate whether computers can be conscious, examining the philosophical and scientific arguments behind machine consciousness. The conversation explores the limits of artificial intelligence, the nature of subjective experience, and the implications for future technology.
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Frank Yang: What Ego Death Through Meditation Actually Feels Like Mar 02, 2023

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Frank Yang (multidisciplinary artist) explains ego death through Vipassana meditation and consciousness exploration. Frank shares insights from his background in bodybuilding, creative arts, and mindfulness, offering guidance on achieving inner peace and purposeful living.
- 00:00:00 - Who is Frank Yang?
- 00:01:41 - Fundamental nature
- 00:03:31 - Emptiness of consciousness
- 00:08:37 - Continuity and liberation
- 00:13:42 - No objective in consciousness
- 00:15:24 - Are we fragments of one consciousness?
- 00:18:59 - Immortality inevitable
- 00:20:27 - Esoteric value of science
- 00:32:52 - Ancient meditation protocols
- 00:41:38 - UFO question
- 00:43:40 - Depersonalization dangers
- 00:47:02 - Thoughts on Leo Gura
- 00:52:02 - Buddhism and Hinduism
- 00:56:15 - Body training = mind training
- 00:59:17 - Definition of Enlightenment
- 01:02:51 - Is Frank enlightened?
- 01:05:56 - Structure of reality
- 01:15:06 - Importance of a guru
- 01:19:34 - Everything as music
- 01:24:23 - Advice for wisdom seekers
- 01:29:36 - Fundamental aspect of consciousness
- 01:40:15 - Overcoming conditioning
- 01:49:30 - From stream entry to Arahant
- 02:00:20 - Knowing you are at the top
- 02:02:53 - Greatest teacher in Vipassana
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