Chapter
Using close calls to minimize the probability of accidents
29:57 - 39:24 (09:27)
The speaker discusses using close calls as a mechanism for minimizing the probability of accidents, and the importance of developing robots that can learn to do the same. He believes that deep developmental work will need to be done to achieve this, similar to the development of the internal combustion engine for vehicles.
Clips
The theory of close calls suggests that humans often miscategorize events where something almost went wrong, but didn't.
29:57 - 32:05 (02:08)
Summary
The theory of close calls suggests that humans often miscategorize events where something almost went wrong, but didn't. This concept can inform the development of robots and machine learning.
ChapterUsing close calls to minimize the probability of accidents
Episode#194 – Bret Weinstein: Truth, Science, and Censorship in the Time of a Pandemic
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Author and journalist Charles C. Mann discusses the tendency of discovering industrial processes only when they go wrong and wonders about the processes we haven't named yet.
32:06 - 35:28 (03:21)
Summary
Author and journalist Charles C. Mann discusses the tendency of discovering industrial processes only when they go wrong and wonders about the processes we haven't named yet.
ChapterUsing close calls to minimize the probability of accidents
Episode#194 – Bret Weinstein: Truth, Science, and Censorship in the Time of a Pandemic
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The difficulty in deploying a protective algorithm lies in overcoming the important economic consequences that would likely result in its implementation.
35:29 - 37:12 (01:43)
Summary
The difficulty in deploying a protective algorithm lies in overcoming the important economic consequences that would likely result in its implementation. While humans have avoided disasters in the past, we must be honest with ourselves about all potential risks and use that information to minimize the probability of future close calls to protect ourselves from self-destruction.
ChapterUsing close calls to minimize the probability of accidents
Episode#194 – Bret Weinstein: Truth, Science, and Censorship in the Time of a Pandemic
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The need for reversibility in processes becomes crucial when the impact is hard to predict, the same is applied to lab-made viruses.
37:13 - 39:24 (02:11)
Summary
The need for reversibility in processes becomes crucial when the impact is hard to predict, the same is applied to lab-made viruses. There is more evidence for the lab leak theory than a natural origin of COVID-19.