Proving something about AGI is inherently impossible 0:00 Creativity is not just mixing things together 3:05 The superiority of explanatory knowledge 7:48 Knowledge laden information is more resilient than any physical object 12:36 The problems of cloning people 15:05 Objections to Taking Children Seriously 19:23 “Do what you like” is bad advice 38:17 Creativity versus nature 41:57 Deutsch’s “fanciful” conjectures 47:52 We must give up on the idea of an ultimate explanation 53:06 — Transcript <a href= "http://nav.al/deutsch-files-ii">http://nav.al/deutsch-files-iii</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Proving something about AGI is inherently impossible 0:00&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Creativity is not just mixing things together 3:05&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;The superiority of explanatory knowledge 7:48&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Knowledge laden information is more resilient than any physical object 12:36&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;The problems of cloning people 15:05&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Objections to Taking Children Seriously 19:23&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;“Do what you like” is bad advice 38:17&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Creativity versus nature 41:57&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Deutsch’s “fanciful” conjectures 47:52&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;We must give up on the idea of an ultimate explanation 53:06&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;—&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Transcript &lt;a href= "http://nav.al/deutsch-files-ii"&gt;http://nav.al/deutsch-files-iii&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Proving something about AGI is inherently impossible 0:00 Creativity is not just mixing things together 3:05 The superiority of explanatory knowledge 7:48 Knowledge laden information is more resilient than any physical object 12:36 The problems of...

The Deutsch Files III

The universality of computation and explanation 0:00 The growth of knowledge begins with problems 4:56 Problems are clashes between ideas 9:57 Evolution is not the survival of the fittest 14:50 Bad philosophy in quantum theory 26:46 Free will is intimately connected with knowledge-creation 33:41 Wealth is not a number, it is a set of transformations 49:03 The principle of optimism 53:27 Constructor Theory 57:21 How to make a better world 1:10:05 — Transcript <a href= "http://nav.al/deutsch-files-ii">http://nav.al/deutsch-files-ii</a>

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The universality of computation and explanation 0:00 The growth of knowledge begins with problems 4:56 Problems are clashes between ideas 9:57 Evolution is not the survival of the fittest 14:50 Bad philosophy in quantum theory 26:46 Free will is...

The Deutsch Files II

Good Science Fiction is Hard to Vary 2:08 ChatGPT is Not a Step Towards AGI 5:36 Creativity is Fundamentally Impossible to Define 13:35 The Binary of Personhood and Non-Personhood 23:41 David Deutsch’s Life Philosophy 32:06 The Clash of Civilizations 44:03 — Transcript <a href= "http://nav.al/deutsch-files-i">http://nav.al/deutsch-files-i</a> Discuss on Airchat <a href="https://getairchat.com/arjun/deutschfilesdiscussion">http://getairchat.com/arjun/deutschfilesdiscussion</a>

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Good Science Fiction is Hard to Vary 2:08 ChatGPT is Not a Step Towards AGI 5:36 Creativity is Fundamentally Impossible to Define 13:35 The Binary of Personhood and Non-Personhood 23:41 David Deutsch’s Life Philosophy 32:06 The Clash of...

The Deutsch Files I

Popper’s Impact 0:00 Creative Guesses 2:18 Experiments, Demonstrations, and Measurements 4:25 Taking Theories Seriously 10:25 New Paradigms 15:58 Foundations of Science 23:30 The Enlightenment 25:39 Misinformation 29:45 — Transcript http://nav.al/david-deutsch-2

<description>&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Popper’s Impact 0:00&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Creative Guesses 2:18&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Experiments, Demonstrations, and Measurements 4:25&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Taking Theories Seriously 10:25&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;New Paradigms 15:58&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Foundations of Science 23:30&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;The Enlightenment 25:39&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Misinformation 29:45&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;—&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Transcript http://nav.al/david-deutsch-2&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Brett Hall and I interview David Deutsch, physicist and author of The Beginning of Infinity. Also see Part 1

David Deutsch: Knowledge Creation and The Human Race, Part 2

Introduction 0:00 The Human Race 2:11 Knowledge Creation 12:34 AGI 15:50 Taking Children Seriously 23:30 Good Explanations 27:49 Quantum Computers 36:35 — Transcript http://nav.al/david-deutsch

<description>&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Introduction 0:00&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;The Human Race 2:11&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Knowledge Creation 12:34&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;AGI 15:50&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Taking Children Seriously 23:30&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Good Explanations 27:49&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Quantum Computers 36:35&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;—&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Transcript http://nav.al/david-deutsch&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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