Joscha Bach: Life, Intelligence, Consciousness, AI & the Future of Humans

Joscha Bach is a cognitive scientist, AI researcher, and philosopher. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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TRANSCRIPT:
https://lexfridman.com/joscha-bach-3-transcript.

EPISODE LINKS:
Joscha’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Plinz.
Joscha’s Website: http://bach.ai.
Joscha’s Substack: https://substack.com/@joscha.

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Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4
Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41

OUTLINE:
0:00 — Introduction.
1:15 — Stages of life.
13:37 — Identity.
20:12 — Enlightenment.
26:43 — Adaptive Resonance Theory.
33:31 — Panpsychism.
43:31 — How to think.
51:25 — Plants communication.
1:09:20 — Fame.
1:34:57 — Happiness.
1:42:15 — Artificial consciousness.
1:54:23 — Suffering.
1:59:08 — Eliezer Yudkowsky.
2:06:44 — e/acc (Effective Accelerationism)
2:12:21 — Mind uploading.
2:23:11 — Vision Pro.
2:27:25 — Open source AI
2:40:17 — Twitter.
2:47:33 — Advice for young people.
2:50:29 — Meaning of life.