Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2023-08-01
Lex Fridman & Joscha Bach: books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #392
#392 – Joscha Bach: Life, Intelligence, Consciousness, AI & the Future of Humans
Joscha Bach is a cognitive scientist, AI researcher, and philosopher.
Joscha Bach discussed The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman and Disco Elysium : by Robert .V. Johnson.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Discussed“Neil Gaiman describes it in "The Ocean at the End of the Lane".”
Where to get it
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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.”
Where to get it
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.”