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#167: AGI: Where Will it End? (Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying DarkHorse Livestream)

#167: AGI: Where Will it End? (Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying DarkHorse Livestream)

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#167: AGI: Where Will it End? (Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying DarkHorse Livestream)

FromDarkHorse Podcast

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Length:
124 minutes
Released:
Mar 25, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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In this 167th in a series of live discussions with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying (both PhDs in Biology), we discuss the state of the world through an evolutionary lens. It’s our three-year anniversary doing these livestreams!This week we revisit raccoon dogs and the origins of SARS-CoV2. Then: Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT—should we be worried? If so, how worried? Bret proposes three categories of AI: malevolent, misaligned, and deranging. Finally: trans ideology and activism: trans-women will not be allowed to compete against women in international sports. And men are allowed to shut down women on a #LetWomenSpeak tour, so long as they claim to be women, or to be speaking for men who claim to be women. This is not the next civil rights battle; this is a battle for reality.*****Our sponsors:Vivo Barefoot: Shoes for healthy feet—comfortable and regenerative, enhances stability and tactile feedback. Go to www.vivobarefoot.com/us/darkhorse15 to get 15% off, and a 100-day free trial.Helix: Excellent, sleep-enhancing, American-made mattresses. Go to www.HelixSleep.com/DarkHorse and use code DARKHORSE to get up to 20% of all mattress orders AND 2 free pillows.Sundays: Dog food so tasty and healthy, even husbands swear by it. Go to www.sundaysfordogs.com/DARKHORSE to receive 35% off your first order.*****Our book, A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century, is available everywhere books are sold, including from Amazon: https://a.co/d/dunx3atCheck out our store! Epic tabby, digital book burning, saddle up the dire wolves, and more: https://darkhorsestore.orgHeather’s newsletter, Natural Selections (subscribe to get free weekly essays in your inbox): https://naturalselections.substack.com*****Q&A Link: https://youtube.com/live/S1Ewes9nBx0?feature=shareMentioned in this episode:“Report” by Crits-Christoph et al, 2023, on “Genetic evidence of susceptible wildlife in SARS-CoV-2 positive samples at the Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market”: https://zenodo.org/record/7754299#.ZB8j1y-B35hBubeck et al 2023. Sparks of Artificial General Intelligence: Early experiments with GPT-4. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2303.12712.pdfBentley-Condit & Smith 2010. Animal tool use: current definitions and an updated comprehensive catalog. Behaviour, 147(2): 185-32A. http://eosmith.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Bentley-Condit-Smith-Animal-Tool-Use.pdfYudkowsky 2003: Who cares if humanity is doomed? http://extropians.weidai.com/extropians/0303/4140.htmlWorld Athletics Council March 23, 2023 press release: https://www.worldathletics.org/news/press-releases/council-meeting-march-2023-russia-belarus-female-eligibilityGuilt by association, in The Spectator, by Petra Bueskens, 3-22-23: https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/03/guilt-by-association-2/Livestream from Kellie-Jay Keen event in Auckland, New Zealand, 3-24-23: https://www.youtube.com/live/eDuy2Kx2HlITrans activists make women terrified for their safety at the Let Women Speak rally in New Zealand. By Katrina Biggs, 3-25-23: https://aboldwoman.substack.com/p/trans-activists-make-women-terrifiedThe Paradox Institute’s pamphlet on myths of gender-affirming care: https://www.theparadoxinstitute.com/print/pamphlets/myths-of-gender-affirming-carePSA to the Mama Bears: Do Not Affirm, Do Not Comply: https://open.substack.com/pub/naturalselections/p/psamamabearsSupport the show
Released:
Mar 25, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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On The DarkHorse Podcast, we will explore questions that matter, with tools that work. Weekly episodes of "The Evolutionary Lens" are co-hosted with Heather Heying, in which we use an evolutionary toolkit to reveal patterns in nature--including human nature. Other episodes will feature Bret hosting long form discussions. Some guests will be well known, others obscure, but all of them are chosen because they have demonstrated unusual insight. The state and future of civilization will be a recurring theme, so buckle up!