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Female Infanticide and the Limits of Natural Selection
2:35:58 - 2:43:16 (07:18)
This podcast explores the limits of natural selection and how our perceptions of it do not necessarily align with reality. The concept of group selection, when applied in extreme conditions, can lead to unexpected and brutal consequences such as female infanticide.
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The idea of natural selection producing harmonic and beautiful ecosystems is a hopeful and idealistic view of the process.
2:35:58 - 2:39:13 (03:15)
Summary
The idea of natural selection producing harmonic and beautiful ecosystems is a hopeful and idealistic view of the process. However, in reality, natural selection can result in unexpected and sometimes horrific outcomes, demonstrating the simplicity and stupidity of the process.
ChapterFemale Infanticide and the Limits of Natural Selection
Episode#368 – Eliezer Yudkowsky: Dangers of AI and the End of Human Civilization
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The usefulness of something seems to have a correlation with our perception of it being beautiful.
2:39:13 - 2:41:53 (02:39)
Summary
The usefulness of something seems to have a correlation with our perception of it being beautiful. The concept of natural selection also follows a similar ideology, with different problems requiring different solutions for inclusogenic fitness.
ChapterFemale Infanticide and the Limits of Natural Selection
Episode#368 – Eliezer Yudkowsky: Dangers of AI and the End of Human Civilization
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Eliezer Idkowski discusses the importance of consciousness in AGI systems and how it relates to intelligence and restraint of reproduction in organisms.
2:41:53 - 2:43:16 (01:22)
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Eliezer Idkowski discusses the importance of consciousness in AGI systems and how it relates to intelligence and restraint of reproduction in organisms.