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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(08:15) – AI and physics

(21:32) – Can AI discover new laws of physics?

(30:22) – AI safety

(47:59) – Extinction of human species

(58:57) – How to fix fake news and misinformation

(1:20:30) – Autonomous weapons

(1:35:54) – The man who prevented nuclear war

(1:46:02) – Elon Musk and AI

(1:59:39) – AI alignment

(2:05:42) – Consciousness

(2:14:45) – Richard Feynman

(2:18:56) – Machine learning and computational physics

(2:29:53) – AI and creativity

(2:41:08) – Aliens

(2:56:51) – Mortality