Episode · Dwarkesh Podcast · 2022-01-31

Books mentioned on David Deutsch - AI, America, Fun, & Bayes

2 books · With David Deutsch · Listen · Watch on YouTube

David Deutsch is the founder of the field of quantum computing and the author The Beginning of Infinity and The Fabric of Reality. Read me contra David on AI.

Dwarkesh Patel discussed The beginning of infinity and The Fabric of Reality by David Deutsch.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   The beginning of infinity

   Deutsch, David · at 36:55

   The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch is a wide-ranging work of non-fiction that explores scientific progress, human knowledge, and the concept that problems are inherently solvable without limit.

   Discussed

   “So in the fabric of reality um you discuss the possibility that virtual reality generators could plug in directly into our nervous system and give us sense data that way.”

   Dwarkesh Patel David Deutsch - AI, America, Fun, & Bayes 2022-01-31 Listen at 36:55

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible
2. 

   The Fabric of Reality

   David Deutsch · at 36:55

   The Fabric of Reality by David Deutsch is a seminal work of popular science and philosophy that explores four foundational strands of thought: quantum physics, epistemology, computation, and evolution.

   Discussed

   “So in the fabric of reality um you discuss the possibility that virtual reality generators could plug in directly into our nervous system and give us sense data that way.”

   Dwarkesh Patel David Deutsch - AI, America, Fun, & Bayes 2022-01-31 Listen at 36:55

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible