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Sep 17, 2022

Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality | Lex Fridman Podcast #321

Posted by in categories: existential risks, life extension, nanotechnology, Ray Kurzweil, robotics/AI, singularity, virtual reality

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OUTLINE:
0:00 — Introduction.
1:06 — Turing test.
14:51 — Brain–computer interfaces.
26:31 — Singularity.
32:51 — Virtual reality.
35:31 — Evolution of information processing.
41:57 — Automation.
51:57 — Nanotechnology.
53:51 — Nuclear war.
55:57 — Uploading minds.
1:03:38 — How to think.
1:10:08 — Digital afterlife.
1:19:28 — Intelligent alien life.
1:22:18 — Simulation hypothesis.
1:26:31 — Mortality.
1:34:10 — Meaning of life.

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