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Feb 26, 2024 1 hr 10 min

Sarah Constantin

from Undertone Hosted by Dan Schulz

Sarah and I talk about ultrasound neuromodluation, AI, and cancer research. -- Timestamps (0:00:00) Intro (0:00:22) Ultrasound neuromodulation (0:02:33) Where is it in the tech lifecycle? (0:03:48) Why should it be possible? (0:07:44) How impactful will neuromodulation be? (0:12:08) Startups working on neuromodulation (0:16:33) Could we read minds? (0:18:54) Public acceptance of neuromodulation (0:27:36) Neuromodulation vs AI (0:31:55) AI and drug discovery (0:35:53) AI x-risk (0:43:34) What would make Sarah worried about AI? (0:47:00) Is human intelligence simple? (0:51:01) Probability of solving aging (0:56:28) Is cancer research doing something avoidably wrong? (1:05:48) Are aesthetic judgements a kind of moral judgement? (1:09:44) What should a 14 year old do to understand Sarah’s view of the world? -- Links - Sarah’s blog - Follow Sarah on X - Sarah's post on ultrasound neuromodulation - Sarah's post "Why I am not an AI Doomer" - Sarah's post "Aesthetic judgements are moral judgements" - ⁠⁠Follow Dan on X⁠⁠ - Subscribe to Undertone on ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠ - Watch or listen to previous episodes of Undertone with ⁠Tyler Cowen⁠, ⁠Vitalik Buterin⁠, ⁠Scott Sumner⁠, ⁠Samo Burja⁠, ⁠Steve Hsu⁠, and ⁠more⁠ - I love hearing from listeners. Email me any time at [email protected] - Share anonymous feedback on the podcast: ⁠⁠https://forms.gle/w7LXMCXhdJ5Q2eB9A

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