Highly Recommended Watch: Jaron Lanier: Virtual Reality, Social Media & the Future of Humans and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #218 (youtube.com)
Jaron Lanier is a computer scientist, composer, artist, author, and founder of the field of virtual reality. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:39 - What is reality?
5:52 - Turing machines
7:10 - Simulating our universe
13:25 - Video games and other immersive experiences
17:12 - Death and consciousness
25:43 - Designing human-centric AI
27:17 - Empathy with robots
31:09 - Social media incentives
43:29 - Data dignity
51:01 - Jack Dorsey and Twitter
1:02:46 - Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies
1:07:26 - Government overreach and freedom
1:17:41 - GitHub and TikTok
1:19:51 - The Autodidactic Universe
1:24:42 - Humans and the mystery of music
1:30:53 - Defining moments
1:41:39 - Mortality
1:43:31 - The meaning of life

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    Francisco Gimeno - BC Analyst This should be a must watch and listen for this weekend. Both Lex Fridman and Jason Lanier spew about many of the things anyone involved in futurism and new techs, in what digital life means, in the weirdness which is being building around us. What is even reality, anyway? We loved there was no pontification and "this is the truth", but a wealthy discussion where Lanier was challenged time after time, stimulating answers which are incredibly various for many. We are living in a transition time, travelling to a new world.