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Steve Hsu - Intelligence, Embryo Selection, & The Future of Humanity

Steve Hsu - Intelligence, Embryo Selection, & The Future of Humanity

FromDwarkesh Podcast


Steve Hsu - Intelligence, Embryo Selection, & The Future of Humanity

FromDwarkesh Podcast

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Length:
141 minutes
Released:
Aug 23, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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Steve Hsu is a Professor of Theoretical Physics at Michigan State University and cofounder of the company Genomic Prediction.We go deep into the weeds on how embryo selection can make babies healthier and smarter.Watch on YouTube. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast platform.Read the full transcript here.Follow Steve on Twitter. Follow me on Twitter for updates on future episodes.Timestamps(0:00:14) - Feynman’s advice on picking up women(0:11:46) - Embryo selection(0:24:19) - Why hasn't natural selection already optimized humans?(0:34:13) - Aging(0:43:18) - First Mover Advantage(0:53:38) - Genomics in dating(0:59:20) - Ancestral populations(1:07:07) - Is this eugenics?(1:15:08) - Tradeoffs to intelligence(1:24:25) - Consumer preferences(1:29:34) - Gwern(1:33:55) - Will parents matter?(1:44:45) - Wordcels and shape rotators(1:56:45) - Bezos and brilliant physicists(2:09:35) - Elite education Get full access to Dwarkesh Podcast at www.dwarkeshpatel.com/subscribe
Released:
Aug 23, 2022
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