#392 – Joscha Bach: Life, Intelligence, Consciousness, AI & the Future of Humans

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<p>Joscha Bach is a cognitive scientist, AI researcher, and philosopher. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:<br /> &#8211; <b>Numerai</b>: <a href="https://numer.ai/lex">https://numer.ai/lex</a><br /> &#8211; <b>Eight Sleep</b>: <a href="https://www.eightsleep.com/lex">https://www.eightsleep.com/lex</a> to get special savings<br /> &#8211; <b>MasterClass</b>: <a href="https://masterclass.com/lex">https://masterclass.com/lex</a> to get 15% off<br /> &#8211; <b>AG1</b>: <a href="https://drinkag1.com/lex">https://drinkag1.com/lex</a> to get 1 month supply of fish oil</p> <p>Transcript: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/joscha-bach-3-transcript">https://lexfridman.com/joscha-bach-3-transcript</a></p> <p><b>EPISODE LINKS:</b><br /> Joscha&#8217;s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/Plinz">https://twitter.com/Plinz</a><br /> Joscha&#8217;s Website: <a href="http://bach.ai">http://bach.ai</a><br /> Joscha&#8217;s Substack: <a href="https://substack.com/@joscha">https://substack.com/@joscha</a></p> <p><b>PODCAST INFO:</b><br /> Podcast website: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/podcast">https://lexfridman.com/podcast</a><br /> Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://apple.co/2lwqZIr">https://apple.co/2lwqZIr</a><br /> Spotify: <a href="https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8">https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8</a><br /> RSS: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/">https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/</a><br /> YouTube Full Episodes: <a href="https://youtube.com/lexfridman">https://youtube.com/lexfridman</a><br /> YouTube Clips: <a href="https://youtube.com/lexclips">https://youtube.com/lexclips</a></p> <p><b>SUPPORT &#38; CONNECT:</b><br /> &#8211; Check out the sponsors above, it&#8217;s the best way to support this podcast<br /> &#8211; Support on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman">https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/lexfridman">https://twitter.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman">https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman">https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman">https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Medium: <a href="https://medium.com/@lexfridman">https://medium.com/@lexfridman</a></p> <p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br /> Here&#8217;s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.<br /> (00:00) &#8211; Introduction<br /> (06:26) &#8211; Stages of life<br /> (18:48) &#8211; Identity<br /> (25:24) &#8211; Enlightenment<br /> (31:55) &#8211; Adaptive Resonance Theory<br /> (38:42) &#8211; Panpsychism<br /> (48:42) &#8211; How to think<br /> (56:36) &#8211; Plants communication<br /> (1:14:31) &#8211; Fame<br /> (1:40:09) &#8211; Happiness<br /> (1:47:26) &#8211; Artificial consciousness<br /> (1:59:35) &#8211; Suffering<br /> (2:04:19) &#8211; Eliezer Yudkowsky<br /> (2:11:55) &#8211; e/acc (Effective Accelerationism)<br /> (2:17:33) &#8211; Mind uploading<br /> (2:28:22) &#8211; Vision Pro<br /> (2:32:36) &#8211; Open source AI<br /> (2:45:29) &#8211; Twitter<br /> (2:52:44) &#8211; Advice for young people<br /> (2:55:40) &#8211; Meaning of life</p>