Michael Stevens: Vsauce

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<p>Michael Stevens is the creator of Vsauce, one of the most popular educational YouTube channel in the world, with over 15 million subscribers and over 1.7 billion views. His videos often ask and answer questions that are both profound and entertaining, spanning topics from physics to psychology. As part of his channel he created 3 seasons of Mind Field, a series that explored human behavior.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast.</span>&#160;If you would like to get more information about this podcast go to <a href="https://lexfridman.com/ai">https://lexfridman.com/ai</a> or connect with @lexfridman on <a href="https://twitter.com/lexfridman">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman/">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/@lexfridman">Medium</a>, or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/lexfridman">YouTube</a> where you can watch the video versions of these conversations. If you enjoy the podcast, please rate it 5 stars on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/artificial-intelligence/id1434243584">Apple Podcasts</a> or support it on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman">Patreon</a>.</p> <p>This episode is presented by Cash App. Download it (<a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cash-app/id711923939">App Store</a>, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.squareup.cash&#38;hl=en_US">Google Play</a>), use code &#8220;LexPodcast&#8221;.&#160;</p> <p>Episode links:<br /> Vsauce YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/Vsauce">https://www.youtube.com/Vsauce</a><br /> Vsauce Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/tweetsauce">https://twitter.com/tweetsauce</a><br /> Vsauce Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/electricpants/">https://www.instagram.com/electricpants/</a></p> <p>Here&#8217;s the outline of the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.</p> <p>00:00 &#8211; Introduction<br /> 02:26 &#8211; Psychology<br /> 03:59 &#8211; Consciousness<br /> 06:55 &#8211; Free will<br /> 07:55 &#8211; Perception vs reality<br /> 09:59 &#8211; Simulation<br /> 11:32 &#8211; Science<br /> 16:24 &#8211; Flat earth<br /> 27:04 &#8211; Artificial Intelligence<br /> 30:14 &#8211; Existential threats<br /> 38:03 &#8211; Elon Musk and the responsibility of having a large following<br /> 43:05 &#8211; YouTube algorithm<br /> 52:41 &#8211; Mortality and the meaning of life</p>