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: https://drinkLMNT.com/lex to get free sample pack Notion: https://notion.com/lex InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off AG1: https://drinkag1.com/lex to get 1 month supply of fish oil TRANSCRIPT: https://lexfridman.com/guillaume-verd... EPISODE LINKS: Guillaume Verdon Twitter: / gillverd Beff Jezos Twitter: / basedbeffjezos Extropic: https://extropic.ai/ E/acc Blog: https://effectiveaccelerationism.subs... 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: • Lex Fridman Podcast Clips playlist: • Lex Fridman Podcast Clips 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: / lexfridman LinkedIn: / lexfridman Facebook: / lexfridman Instagram: / lexfridman Medium: / lexfridman Reddit: / lexfridman Support on Patreon: / lexfridman