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00:00 Introduction
01:17 Is OpenAI a sinking ship?
07:25 College Education
13:20 Asperger's
16:50 Elon Musk: Genius or Clown?
22:43 Double Crux
32:04 Why Call Doomers a Cult?
36:45 How I Prepare Episodes
40:29 Dealing with AI Unemployment
44:00 AI Safety Research Areas
46:09 Fighting a Losing Battle
53:03 Liron’s IQ
01:00:24 Final Thoughts
Explanation of Double Crux
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/exa5kmvopeRyfJgCy/double-crux-a-strategy-for-mutual-understanding
Best Doomer Arguments
The LessWrong sequences by Eliezer Yudkowsky: https://ReadTheSequences.com
LethalIntelligence.ai — Directory of people who are good at explaining doom
Rob Miles’ Explainer Videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/robertmilesai
For Humanity Podcast with John Sherman - https://www.youtube.com/@ForHumanityPodcast
PauseAI community — https://PauseAI.info — join the Discord!
AISafety.info — Great reference for various arguments
Best Non-Doomer Arguments
Carl Shulman — https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/carl-shulman
Quintin Pope and Nora Belrose — https://optimists.ai
Robin Hanson — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTQb6N3_zu8
How I prepared to debate Robin Hanson
Ideological Turing Test (me taking Robin’s side): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNnoJnuOXFA
Walkthrough of my outline of prepared topics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=darVPzEhh-I
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Q&A #1 Part 1: College, Asperger's, Elon Musk, Double Crux, Liron's IQ