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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(07:43) – Robot and Frank

(10:02) – Music

(13:13) – Starring in a TurboTax commercial

(23:26) – Existential risks of AI

(41:48) – Reinforcement learning

(1:07:36) – AlphaGo and David Silver

(1:17:15) – Will neural networks achieve AGI?

(1:29:42) – Bitter Lesson

(1:42:32) – Does driving require a theory of mind?

(1:51:58) – Book Recommendations

(1:57:20) – Meaning of life