20 – Of Schools, Altruism, and Lockdowns
Nov 19, 202018m0
Original blog post: https://blog.dennishackethal.com/2020/11/12/the-true-purpose-of-schools.html Interview with Ayn Rand about altruism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RFlPmjUbRo
Hosted by Dennis Hackethal · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 23 episodes
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Podcast named after chapter 7 of David Deutsch's "The Beginning of Infinity". Trying to understand the mind using Popperian and Deutschian ideas! To build AGI, we need to reject neuroscience and narrow-AI research. We need to understand how knowledge is created and build a universal explainer instead. Listen to my podcast on artificial creativity and buy my book "A Window on Intelligence" to find out why.
Dennis Hackethal hosts Artificial Creativity, a technology show with 23 episodes published.
Original blog post: https://blog.dennishackethal.com/2020/11/12/the-true-purpose-of-schools.html Interview with Ayn Rand about altruism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RFlPmjUbRo
Important: Read medical disclaimer at the bottom before listening Today I’m speaking with Nick Hudson. He is the co-founder of the South African organization PANDA—Pandemics Data and Analytics—which, as stated on their w
Applying some of Karl Popper's and David Deutsch's ideas to analyze and evaluate Elon Musk's recent Neuralink presentation and the Q&A afterward. Throwing some of my own ideas into the mix as well. Errors mine. If you en
A commentary on a debate between Richard Dawkins and Bret Weinstein. The soundbites are from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYzU-DoEV6k The interview with Weinstein I later reference: https://www.youtube.com
A reading of my article of the same name (https://medium.com/conjecture-magazine/the-neo-darwinian-theory-of-the-mind-d84c0bcc6485?source=friends_link&sk=833a1ac51009d680ed948428dbabd460). References: - Dawkins, Richard.
Today I’m speaking with Ella Hoeppner. Ella is a software engineer and independent AGI researcher. We’ve been discussing all things AGI for a while now and I wanted to have her on the podcast to present her theory of AGI
Today I have my first guest on the podcast. His name is Logan Chipkin. Logan is a freelance writer and ghostwriter in Philadelphia, and he is an expert on what is called anarcho-capitalism, also known as voluntarism. We
My book "A Window on Intelligence: The Philosophy of People, Software, and Evolution – and Its Implications" is now available worldwide, anywhere you can buy books. Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Window-Intelligence-Phil
An impromptu episode about the question of how to ensure an AGI does "the right thing," known as "value alignment."
References: “Making Sense” podcast episode with Sam Harris and Judea Pearl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNDvhFbMD0s Popper, “Objective Knowledge” - Chapter 1 “Conjectural Knowledge: My Solution of the Problem of Indu
References: David Deutsch, “The Beginning of Infinity”: - Chapter 1, “The Reach of Explanations” - Chapter 2, “Closer to Reality” - Chapter 6, “The Jump to Universality” - Chapter 7, “Artificial Creativity” Facebook rese
References: - David Deutsch, “How Close Are We to Creating Artificial Intelligence”, https://aeon.co/essays/how-close-are-we-to-creating-artificial-intelligence - David Deutsch, “The Beginning of Infinity”, chapter 7, “A
References - David Deutsch, “The Beginning of Infinity”, chapter 1, “The Reach of Explanations” - Karl Popper, “The Unknown Xenophanes” (in “The World of Parmenides”) If you have any questions or comments, please leave t
Further reading: David Deutsch: “The Beginning of Infinity”, chapter 1, “The Reach of Explanations” Karl Popper: - On verisimilitude: “Conjectures and Refutations”, chapter “Truth, Rationality, and the Growth of Knowledg
This episode relies heavily on video components, so you’ll want to watch it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRaR3LOn1JQ References - David Deutsch, “The Beginning of Infinity”, chapter 16, “The Evolution of C
This episode relies heavily on video components, so you’ll want to watch it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHR6roiZjQ8 Apologies for the audio quality in this episode; it varies and cuts out sometimes. Refer
References: David Deutsch, “The Beginning of Infinity”, chapters: - 1 “The Reach of Explanations” - 4 “Creation” - 15 “The Evolution of Culture” - 16 “The Evolution of Creativity” Further reading: - Karl Popper, “Back to
Ayn Rand
1 appearance on this show
Nick Hudson
Executive Director · Entertainment to Effect Change
1 appearance on this show
Bret Weinstein
Evolutionary theorist, author of A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century
1 appearance on this show
Richard Dawkins
ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author · Federated Farmers
1 appearance on this show
Judea Pearl
professor
1 appearance on this show
Sam Harris
19th c. local Black history icon · Williamsburg, Virginia
1 appearance on this show
David Deutsch
visiting professor of physics at the Centre for Quantum Computation, Oxford University · University of Oxford
1 appearance on this show
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