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Podcast

209 - Why e/acc Is Right with Beff Jezos (Guillaume Verdon)

Is e/acc good or bad?
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Feb 9, 20241 min read

One guest, two identities. Beff Jezos (Guillaume Verdon) is a founding father of the e/acc movement, a physicist, a quantum researcher, and the founder of an AI startup called Extropic. Beff thinks AI doomers are not only wrong, but they’re taking humanity in the worst possible direction. Growth. Acceleration. Progress. These are the core pillars of the e/acc movement. Instead of slowing down on AI progress, Beff explains why we should be speeding up.


TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

7:15 Why Pseudonym

15:01 The e/acc Pil

31:54 Fume

36:25 Beff’s Beliefs

39:39 Defining e/acc

40:52 The Dangers of AI?

52:05 Why We’re Here & The e/acc Religion?

58:19 Thermodynamics & Life

1:06:16 Maximizing Human Happiness?

1:16:25 Forgetting Society’s Bottom Half

1:23:00 Cancer Also Grows?

1:29:01 AI Regulation

1:33:09 Social Media’s Mistake

1:36:30 AI Bill of Rights

1:38:26 Domesticating AI

1:41:00 Biggest Threats Against e/acc

1:43:43 AI Humans vs. Humans

1:46:09 e/acc vs. Decels…Violence?

1:49:09 Beff’s Thoughts on Crypto

1:54:36 Beff’s Company - Extropic

1:58:18 Closing & Disclaimers


RESOURCES

Beff Jezos

https://twitter.com/BasedBeffJezos

Guillaume Verdon

https://twitter.com/GillVerd

Extropic

https://twitter.com/Extropic_AI

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