Joscha Bach: Nature of Reality, Dreams, and Consciousness | Lex Fridman Podcast #212

Joscha Bach is a cognitive scientist, AI researcher, and philosopher. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Coinbase: https://coinbase.com/lex to get $5 in free Bitcoin - Codecademy: https://codecademy.com and use code LEX to get 15% off - Linode: https://linode.com/lex to get $100 free credit - NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/lex to get free product tour - ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod and use code LexPod to get 3 months free EPISODE LINKS: Joscha's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Plinz Joscha's Website: http://bach.ai PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 0:33 - Life is hard 2:56 - Consciousness 9:42 - What is life? 19:51 - Free will 33:56 - Simulation 36:06 - Base layer of reality 51:42 - Boston Dynamics 1:00:01 - Engineering consciousness 1:10:30 - Suffering 1:19:24 - Postmodernism 1:23:43 - Psychedelics 1:36:57 - GPT-3 1:45:40 - GPT-4 1:52:05 - OpenAI Codex 1:54:20 - Humans vs AI: Who is more dangerous? 2:11:04 - Hitler 2:16:01 - Autonomous weapon systems 2:23:29 - Mark Zuckerberg 2:29:04 - Love 2:43:18 - Michael Malice and anarchism 3:00:15 - Love 3:04:23 - Advice for young people 3:09:00 - Meaning of life SOCIAL: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman - Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/lexfridman - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman