Ep. 268 - Pascal's Mugging, Doomsday Clocks, and the AGI Debate
Mar 07, 2023•34 min
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Episode description
Max discovers Pascal's Mugging, the counterpoint to Pascal's Wager. He speculates about the category of errors (and sometimes scams) made by doomsayers in every field including most recently general artificial intellgence.
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