#212 – Joscha Bach: Nature of Reality, Dreams, and Consciousness

Joscha Bach is a cognitive scientist, AI researcher, and philosopher. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Coinbase: https://coinbase.com/lex to get $5 in free Bitcoin – Codecademy: https://codecademy.com and use code LEX to get 15% off – Linode: https://linode.com/lex to get $100 free credit – NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/lex to get free product tour – ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod and use code LexPod to get 3 months free EPISODE LINKS: Joscha’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Plinz Joscha’s Website: http://bach.ai PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast – Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman – Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman – Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) – Introduction (07:15) – Life is hard (09:38) – Consciousness (16:24) – What is life? (26:33) – Free will (40:38) – Simulation (42:49) – Base layer of reality (58:24) – Boston Dynamics (1:06:43) – Engineering consciousness (1:17:12) – Suffering (1:26:06) – Postmodernism (1:30:25) – Psychedelics (1:43:40) – GPT-3 (1:52:22) – GPT-4 (1:58:47) – OpenAI Codex (2:01:02) – Humans vs AI: Who is more dangerous? (2:17:47) – Hitler (2:22:44) – Autonomous weapon systems (2:30:11) – Mark Zuckerberg (2:35:47) – Love (2:50:00) – Michael Malice and anarchism (3:06:57) – Love (3:11:05) – Advice for young people (3:15:42) – Meaning of life