Chapter
The Stability of Nuclear and Bioweapons
1:34:00 - 1:41:33 (07:32)
While bioweapons and nuclear weapons remain a source of danger, creating social stigma and rules around them has allowed for a stability in their use. Looking forward, it is important to locate and regulate such weapons to prevent future destruction of humanity.
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The social rules and stigmas we hold over bioweapons and nuclear weapons creates a game theoretically stable environment, and we need to find a similar solution for AI.
1:34:00 - 1:36:39 (02:39)
Summary
The social rules and stigmas we hold over bioweapons and nuclear weapons creates a game theoretically stable environment, and we need to find a similar solution for AI.
ChapterThe Stability of Nuclear and Bioweapons
Episode#155 – Max Tegmark: AI and Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
A Soviet naval officer, Vasili Arkhipov, prevented a potential all-out nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis by vetoing the launch of a nuclear torpedo from a Soviet submarine.
1:36:41 - 1:38:42 (02:01)
Summary
A Soviet naval officer, Vasili Arkhipov, prevented a potential all-out nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis by vetoing the launch of a nuclear torpedo from a Soviet submarine. If he had not been there, the world could have been destroyed.
ChapterThe Stability of Nuclear and Bioweapons
Episode#155 – Max Tegmark: AI and Physics
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The transcript talks about how the disease Smallpox was eliminated with the efforts of Zhdanov, who convinced the US and Soviet Union to team up, and Bill Foege who came up with a successful strategy for vaccinating everyone against smallpox without funding.
1:38:43 - 1:41:33 (02:49)
Summary
The transcript talks about how the disease Smallpox was eliminated with the efforts of Zhdanov, who convinced the US and Soviet Union to team up, and Bill Foege who came up with a successful strategy for vaccinating everyone against smallpox without funding.