“put into perspective. It's a great book, Superintelligence. Have you read that book? It's so good. So basically, the way that we process time is based somehow on how fast the brain,”
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Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
by Nick Bostrom
Mentioned 3 times on 1 show. Most recently heard 13/08/2026.
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“AI isn't able to deliver on the threats that Nick was worried about when he wrote superintelligence. And then very quickly it comes back along and I'm like, right. Okay. Fuck it. It's happening. It's happening. It's happening.”
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“I had a really interesting conversation with Nick Bostrom. So he did his second book, which is kind of like a spiritual sequel to Superintelligence. What If things go wrong? And then the next one was, what if things go right? What are the problems of a solved world?”
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