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#407 – Guillaume Verdon: Beff Jezos, E/acc Movement, Physics, Computation & AGI

2023/12/29
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Lex Fridman介绍了Guillaume Verdon的双重身份以及有效加速主义运动(E/acc)的背景。他探讨了E/acc运动的核心观点，即快速推进技术进步，并与那些对人工智能技术持谨慎态度的“末日论者”进行了对比。他还讨论了E/acc运动的传播方式以及它与有效利他主义运动的关系。 Guillaume Verdon详细阐述了他对物理学、量子计算和人工智能的理解。他解释了他从理论物理转向量子计算和量子机器学习的原因，以及他如何将热力学原理应用于对社会和经济的理解。他还解释了他创建匿名账号的原因，以及这如何影响了他的思维方式。他认为，维持差异性对于确保系统的适应性至关重要，并解释了有效加速主义运动(E/acc) 的核心思想，即拥抱技术进步，并相信物理定律表明未来将会更好。他还讨论了人工智能安全风险，以及他如何看待市场力量与政府监管在促进人工智能安全发展中的作用。他认为，保持人工智能发展中的容错能力至关重要，并解释了开源人工智能在避免单一公司垄断市场中的作用。他还讨论了量子计算和量子机器学习的原理，以及他如何看待量子机器学习在理解量子力学系统中的作用。他还探讨了“人工通用智能(AGI)”的概念，以及他如何看待人类与人工智能共存的可能性。他还讨论了有效加速主义运动(E/acc) 的目标和原则，以及他如何看待该运动与有效利他主义运动的关系。他还描述了他理想中的一天，以及他如何看待死亡和生命的意义。 Lex Fridman对有效加速主义运动(E/acc)的性质、目标和原则提出了质疑，并探讨了该运动与有效利他主义运动的差异。他还讨论了人工智能安全风险，以及他如何看待市场力量与政府监管在促进人工智能安全发展中的作用。他还探讨了“人工通用智能(AGI)”的概念，以及他如何看待人类与人工智能共存的可能性，以及人工智能可能带来的风险。他还探讨了有效加速主义运动(E/acc)中幽默和模因的作用，以及这如何影响公众的认知。

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Guillaume Verdon, aka Beff Jezos, discusses his background in physics, quantum machine learning, and the origins of the Effective Accelerationism (e/acc) movement. He explains his motivation for creating the anonymous online persona and the movement's core belief in rapid technological progress as ethically optimal for humanity.
  • Beff Jezos is the online persona of Guillaume Verdon, a physicist and quantum machine learning researcher.
  • Verdon's work explores physics-based computing and AI.
  • The e/acc movement advocates for rapid technological progress.
  • E/acc is presented as a counterpoint to AI doomerism and emphasizes optimism about the future.
  • Verdon started the anonymous account to explore ideas freely and challenge prevailing pessimism in tech.

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Guillaume Verdon (aka Beff Jezos on Twitter) is a physicist, quantum computing researcher, and founder of e/acc (effective accelerationism) movement. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – LMNT: https://drinkLMNT.com/lex) to get free sample pack – Notion: https://notion.com/lex) – InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex) to get 20% off – AG1: https://drinkag1.com/lex) to get 1 month supply of fish oil

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EPISODE LINKS: Guillaume Verdon Twitter: https://twitter.com/GillVerd) Beff Jezos Twitter: https://twitter.com/BasedBeffJezos) Extropic: https://extropic.ai/) E/acc Blog: https://effectiveaccelerationism.substack.com/)

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OUTLINE: Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) – Introduction (09:18) – Beff Jezos (19:16) – Thermodynamics (25:31) – Doxxing (35:25) – Anonymous bots (42:53) – Power (45:24) – AI dangers (48:56) – Building AGI (57:09) – Merging with AI (1:04:51) – p(doom) (1:20:18) – Quantum machine learning (1:33:36) – Quantum computer (1:42:10) – Aliens (1:46:59) – Quantum gravity (1:52:20) – Kardashev scale (1:54:12) – Effective accelerationism (e/acc) (2:04:42) – Humor and memes (2:07:48) – Jeff Bezos (2:14:20) – Elon Musk (2:20:50) – Extropic (2:29:26) – Singularity and AGI (2:33:24) – AI doomers (2:34:49) – Effective altruism (2:41:18) – Day in the life (2:47:45) – Identity (2:50:35) – Advice for young people (2:52:37) – Mortality (2:56:20) – Meaning of life