Lex Fridman Podcast
#218 – Jaron Lanier: Virtual Reality, Social Media & the Future of Humans and AI
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Jaron Lanier is a computer scientist, composer, artist, author, and founder of the field of virtual reality. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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() – Introduction
() – What is reality?
() – Turing machines
() – Simulating our universe
() – Video games and other immersive experiences
() – Death and consciousness
() – Designing human-centric AI
() – Empathy with robots
() – Social media incentives
() – Data dignity
() – Jack Dorsey and Twitter
() – Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies
() – Government overreach and freedom
() – GitHub and TikTok
() – The Autodidactic Universe
() – Humans and the mystery of music
() – Defining moments
() – Mortality
() – The meaning of life
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