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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(06:45) – WolframAlpha and ChatGPT

(26:26) – Computation and nature of reality

(53:18) – How ChatGPT works

(1:53:01) – Human and animal cognition

(2:06:20) – Dangers of AI

(2:14:39) – Nature of truth

(2:36:01) – Future of education

(3:12:03) – Consciousness

(3:21:02) – Second Law of Thermodynamics

(3:44:36) – Entropy

(3:57:36) – Observers in physics

(4:14:27) – Mortality