5 months ago
“In the beginning was, I don't know a ton about the Bible. I do come from a religious family. Do you? Right, okay. When we grew up as Christians, I think I lost my faith at about 18 years old. Because, you know, my brothers are extremely good at maths.”
“And... That really made me prick up my ears, because I know enough about this book here, the Bible, to realize that the drive for humans towards self-deification is... Self-deification.”
“it's not your responsibility to do so, but where does that journey of believing begin for someone like me? Because, you know, people say the Bible and I go, well, it's kind of like what you said about the computers. It's like, if you're using something to justify the same thing is true, then that circular reasoning I find to be incomplete.”
“I think, yeah, so when I think about what I understand of the Bible, there's a particular part of the Bible that talks about the only way into heaven is through Jesus. And from that I inferred that the only way to get into this great place that everybody wants to go to is by believing in Christianity.”
“And that is hell. One of the things that I grew up believing because of the Bible was that if you repented. Yes. Which is, you know, to ask forgiveness, admit your sins, et cetera. Yes. Acknowledge God, believe, then your sins would be forgiven.”
“But also, this wonderful book. I mean, you wrote, if people are interested in the subject of AI, then they should read 2084. I'll link 2084 below as well. That's 2084, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity. And I highly recommend everybody goes and reads both books because you are a truly fascinating person with a very unique skill stack and experience stack and perspective.”
“Well, they're not overlooked by everybody. There is huge concern. There's been a very interesting book published not long ago by Karen Hao. Oh, she was here. She's fantastic. Well, there you are. And she has got some very interesting metaphors. The pursuit of the machine god, which I think is a brilliant summary of what's going on.”
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“So I find that to be a fascinating conversation, which I'm looking forward to have with you today. Interestingly, you wrote this book, and the word AI is on it. It says, God, AI, and the end of history. Why are you so concerned, dare I say, about artificial intelligence as a leading pioneer in maths and sort of philosophical...”
“is the Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari. And he's written a book called Homo Deus, The Man-God. And... That really made me prick up my ears, because I know enough about this book here, the Bible, to realize that the drive for humans towards self-deification is...”
“He didn't force his way into their lives. And it seems to me that the one example in the New Testament of a person who did not live a good life and neglected the poor around him and ended in that place, there is no evidence that he wanted out of it.”
“the author of this fascinating book called The Matter with Things. And he has studied the fact that this brain...”
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“A speech that made a deep impression on me was given by Alexander Solzhenitsyn when he was pushed out of the Soviet Union. Do not compromise the least with lies. Live not by lies.”