#407 – Guillaume Verdon: Beff Jezos, E/acc Movement, Physics, Computation & AGI

About this episode

<p>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:<br /> &#8211; <b>LMNT</b>: <a href="https://drinkLMNT.com/lex">https://drinkLMNT.com/lex</a> to get free sample pack<br /> &#8211; <b>Notion</b>: <a href="https://notion.com/lex">https://notion.com/lex</a><br /> &#8211; <b>InsideTracker</b>: <a href="https://insidetracker.com/lex">https://insidetracker.com/lex</a> to get 20% 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/guillaume-verdon-transcript">https://lexfridman.com/guillaume-verdon-transcript</a></p> <p><b>EPISODE LINKS:</b><br /> Guillaume Verdon Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/GillVerd">https://twitter.com/GillVerd</a><br /> Beff Jezos Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/BasedBeffJezos">https://twitter.com/BasedBeffJezos</a><br /> Extropic: <a href="https://extropic.ai/">https://extropic.ai/</a><br /> E/acc Blog: <a href="https://effectiveaccelerationism.substack.com/">https://effectiveaccelerationism.substack.com/</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 /> (09:18) &#8211; Beff Jezos<br /> (19:16) &#8211; Thermodynamics<br /> (25:31) &#8211; Doxxing<br /> (35:25) &#8211; Anonymous bots<br /> (42:53) &#8211; Power<br /> (45:24) &#8211; AI dangers<br /> (48:56) &#8211; Building AGI<br /> (57:09) &#8211; Merging with AI<br /> (1:04:51) &#8211; p(doom)<br /> (1:20:18) &#8211; Quantum machine learning<br /> (1:33:36) &#8211; Quantum computer<br /> (1:42:10) &#8211; Aliens<br /> (1:46:59) &#8211; Quantum gravity<br /> (1:52:20) &#8211; Kardashev scale<br /> (1:54:12) &#8211; Effective accelerationism (e/acc)<br /> (2:04:42) &#8211; Humor and memes<br /> (2:07:48) &#8211; Jeff Bezos<br /> (2:14:20) &#8211; Elon Musk<br /> (2:20:50) &#8211; Extropic<br /> (2:29:26) &#8211; Singularity and AGI<br /> (2:33:24) &#8211; AI doomers<br /> (2:34:49) &#8211; Effective altruism<br /> (2:41:18) &#8211; Day in the life<br /> (2:47:45) &#8211; Identity<br /> (2:50:35) &#8211; Advice for young people<br /> (2:52:37) &#8211; Mortality<br /> (2:56:20) &#8211; Meaning of life</p>