Michael Stevens: Vsauce | Artificial Intelligence (AI) Podcast

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. This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast.

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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
2:26 - Psychology
3:59 - Consciousness
6:55 - Free will
7:55 - Perception vs reality
9:59 - Simulation
11:32 - Science
16:24 - Flat earth
27:04 - Artificial Intelligence
30:14 - Existential threats
38:03 - Elon Musk and the responsibility of having a large following
43:05 - YouTube algorithm
52:41 - Mortality and the meaning of life

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