Guillaume Verdon: Beff Jezos, E/acc Movement, Physics, Computation & AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #407

Guillaume Verdon (aka Beff Jezos on Twitter) is a physicist, quantum computing researcher, and founder of e/acc (effective accelerationism) movement. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - LMNT: to get free sample pack - Notion: - InsideTracker: to get 20% off - AG1: to get 1 month supply of fish oil EPISODE LINKS: Guillaume Verdon Twitter: Beff Jezos Twitter: Extropic: E/acc Blog: PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: Apple Podcasts: Spotify: RSS: Full episodes playlist: Clips playlist: OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 2:23 - Beff Jezos 12:21 - Thermodynamics 18:36 - Doxxing 28:30 - Anonymous bots 35:58 - Power 38:29 - AI dangers 42:01 - Building AGI 50:14 - Merging with AI 57:56 - p(doom) 1:13:23 - Quantum machine learning 1:26:41 - Quantum computer 1:35:15 - Aliens 1:40:04 - Quantum gravity 1:45:25 - Kardashev scale 1:47:17 - Effective accelerationism (e/acc) 1:57:47 - Humor and memes 2:00:53 - Jeff Bezos 2:07:25 - Elon Musk 2:13:55 - Extropic 2:22:31 - Singularity and AGI 2:26:29 - AI doomers 2:27:54 - Effective altruism 2:34:23 - Day in the life 2:40:50 - Identity 2:43:40 - Advice for young people 2:45:42 - Mortality 2:49:25 - Meaning of life SOCIAL: - Twitter: - LinkedIn: - Facebook: - Instagram: - Medium: @lexfridman - Reddit: - Support on Patreon: