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    The Deutsch Files III

    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
     

    • 59 min
    The Deutsch Files II

    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
     

    • 1 hr 14 min
    The Deutsch Files I

    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
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    • 54 min
    David Deutsch: Knowledge Creation and The Human Race, Part 2

    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

    • 34 min
    David Deutsch: Knowledge Creation and The Human Race, Part 1

    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

    • 43 min
    Vitalik: Ethereum, Part 2

    Vitalik: Ethereum, Part 2

    The elder statesman of smart contract blockchains 0:00
    The Ethereum community 1:22
    The DAO hack 2:34
    Vitalik’s finest and worst moments in protocol politics 5:18
    Becoming a Twitter memelord 7:45
    Vitalik’s influence on Eth today 8:59
    It’s getting harder to do big things in Eth 10:38
    Goals outside Ethereum 12:17
    Crypto needs the good-natured 15:00
    Russia 18:06
    Vitalik’s lifestyle 19:51
    Closing thoughts 22:06

    Transcript http://nav.al/vitalik-2

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