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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(07:06) – Turing test

(20:52) – Brain–computer interfaces

(32:32) – Singularity

(38:51) – Virtual reality

(41:31) – Evolution of information processing

(47:57) – Automation

(57:58) – Nanotechnology

(59:52) – Nuclear war

(1:01:57) – Uploading minds

(1:09:39) – How to think

(1:16:09) – Digital afterlife

(1:25:29) – Intelligent alien life

(1:28:19) – Simulation hypothesis

(1:32:31) – Mortality

(1:40:11) – Meaning of life