Joscha Bach: Life, Intelligence, Consciousness, AI & the Future of Humans | Lex Fridman Podcast

Joscha Bach is a cognitive scientist, AI researcher, and philosopher. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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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
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