Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2023-08-01
Books mentioned on #392 – Joscha Bach: Life, Intelligence, Consciousness, AI & the Future of Humans
Joscha Bach is a cognitive scientist, AI researcher, and philosopher. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Numerai: https://numer.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman is a dark fantasy novel following a man who returns to his childhood home and remembers supernatural events from his past.
Discussed“Neil Gaiman describes it in "The Ocean at the End of the Lane".”
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Disco Elysium :
Discussed“I really liked playing "Disco Elysium". It was one of the most beautiful computer games I played in recent years. And it's a noir novel that is a philosophical perspective on Western society from the perspective of an Estonian.”
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Man's Search for Meaning
“This external source of coherence and inspiration of how to take the leap into the unknown that we humans do. Man search for meaning. LLMs search for meaning.”