#407 – Guillaume Verdon: Beff Jezos, E/acc Movement, Physics, Computation & AGI
December 29, 2023
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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:
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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:
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() – Introduction
() – Beff Jezos
() – Thermodynamics
() – Doxxing
() – Anonymous bots
() – Power
() – AI dangers
() – Building AGI
() – Merging with AI
() – p(doom)
() – Quantum machine learning
() – Quantum computer
() – Aliens
() – Quantum gravity
() – Kardashev scale
() – Effective accelerationism (e/acc)
() – Humor and memes
() – Jeff Bezos
() – Elon Musk
() – Extropic
() – Singularity and AGI
() – AI doomers
() – Effective altruism
() – Day in the life
() – Identity
() – Advice for young people
() – Mortality
() – Meaning of life