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Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/guillaume-verdon-transcriptEPISODE 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/PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclipsSUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/ @lexfridmanOUTLINE: 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 (02:23) - Beff Jezos (12:21) - Thermodynamics (18:36) - Doxxing (28:30) - Anonymous bots (35:58) - Power (38:29) - AI dangers (42:01) - Building AGI (50:14) - Merging with AI (57:56) - p(doom) (1:13:23) - Quantum machine learning (1:26:41) - Quantum computer (1:35:15) - Aliens (1:40:04) - Quantum gravity (1:45:25) - Kardashev scale (1:47:17) - Effective accelerationism (e/acc) (1:57:47) - Humor and memes (2:00:53) - Jeff Bezos (2:07:25) - Elon Musk (2:13:55) - Extropic (2:22:31) - Singularity and AGI (2:26:29) - AI doomers (2:27:54) - Effective altruism (2:34:23) - Day in the life (2:40:50) - Identity (2:43:40) - Advice for young people (2:45:42) - Mortality (2:49:25) - Meaning of life