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Max Tegmark is a physicist and AI researcher at MIT. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  OUTLINE:
  Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
  (00:00) - Introduction
  (08:15) - AI and physics
  (21:32) - Can AI discover new laws of physics?
  (30:22) - AI safety
  (47:59) - Extinction of human species
  (58:57) - How to fix fake news and misinformation
  (1:20:30) - Autonomous weapons
  (1:35:54) - The man who prevented nuclear war
  (1:46:02) - Elon Musk and AI
  (1:59:39) - AI alignment
  (2:05:42) - Consciousness
  (2:14:45) - Richard Feynman
  (2:18:56) - Machine learning and computational physics
  (2:29:53) - AI and creativity
  (2:41:08) - Aliens
  (2:56:51) - Mortality

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