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  • 144 - The Deutsch Files III

    Proving something about AGI is inherently impossible 0:00

    Creativity is not just mixing things together 3:05

    The superiority of explanatory knowledge 7:48

    Knowledge laden information is more resilient than any physical object 12:36

    The problems of cloning people 15:05

    Objections to Taking Children Seriously 19:23

    “Do what you like” is bad advice 38:17

    Creativity versus nature 41:57

    Deutsch’s “fanciful” conjectures 47:52

    We must give up on the idea of an ultimate explanation 53:06

    Transcript http://nav.al/deutsch-files-iii

     

    Sat, 17 Feb 2024 - 59min
  • 143 - The Deutsch Files II

    The universality of computation and explanation 0:00

    The growth of knowledge begins with problems 4:56

    Problems are clashes between ideas 9:57

    Evolution is not the survival of the fittest 14:50

    Bad philosophy in quantum theory 26:46

    Free will is intimately connected with knowledge-creation 33:41

    Wealth is not a number, it is a set of transformations 49:03

    The principle of optimism 53:27

    Constructor Theory 57:21

    How to make a better world 1:10:05

    Transcript http://nav.al/deutsch-files-ii

     

    Fri, 26 Jan 2024 - 1h 14min
  • 142 - The Deutsch Files I

    Good Science Fiction is Hard to Vary 2:08

    ChatGPT is Not a Step Towards AGI 5:36

    Creativity is Fundamentally Impossible to Define 13:35

    The Binary of Personhood and Non-Personhood 23:41

    David Deutsch’s Life Philosophy 32:06

    The Clash of Civilizations 44:03

    Transcript http://nav.al/deutsch-files-i

    Discuss on Airchat http://getairchat.com/arjun/deutschfilesdiscussion

    Thu, 11 Jan 2024 - 54min
  • 141 - David Deutsch: Knowledge Creation and The Human Race, Part 2

    Popper’s Impact 0:00

    Creative Guesses 2:18

    Experiments, Demonstrations, and Measurements 4:25

    Taking Theories Seriously 10:25

    New Paradigms 15:58

    Foundations of Science 23:30

    The Enlightenment 25:39

    Misinformation 29:45

    Transcript http://nav.al/david-deutsch-2

    Fri, 11 Aug 2023 - 34min
  • 140 - David Deutsch: Knowledge Creation and The Human Race, Part 1

    Introduction 0:00

    The Human Race 2:11

    Knowledge Creation 12:34

    AGI 15:50

    Taking Children Seriously 23:30

    Good Explanations 27:49

    Quantum Computers 36:35

    Transcript http://nav.al/david-deutsch

    Sat, 11 Feb 2023 - 43min
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