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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) - Introduction
(09:12) - Existential risk of AGI
(15:25) - Ikigai risk
(23:37) - Suffering risk
(27:12) - Timeline to AGI
(31:44) - AGI turing test
(37:06) - Yann LeCun and open source AI
(49:58) - AI control
(52:26) - Social engineering
(54:59) - Fearmongering
(1:04:49) - AI deception
(1:11:23) - Verification
(1:18:22) - Self-improving AI
(1:30:34) - Pausing AI development
(1:36:51) - AI Safety
(1:46:35) - Current AI
(1:51:58) - Simulation
(1:59:16) - Aliens
(2:00:50) - Human mind
(2:07:10) - Neuralink
(2:16:15) - Hope for the future
(2:20:11) - Meaning of life