In this podcast episode, the host discusses the potential for AI to replicate a person's voice and behavior, allowing them to potentially live on forever through recordings. However, he also acknowledges that his personal goal is to make the most of his 85 years of life and then step off the stage.
This episode discusses the idea of building AI systems that mimic human behavior without the survival and mortality piece, by focusing just on relevance and flexible goal-setting.
The guest discusses the idea of longevity escape velocity and the practical things like health and exercise that can help advance human life expectancy.
The speaker shares how routine practices of being more present and aware of the current state can help in developing appreciation, which plays a vital role in achieving future success. By exposing oneself to simulated poverty and experiencing personal growth, one can shift their view from future-focused to being more appreciative of current achievements.
The human mind may be more complex than our ability to understand, while the potential for engineering super intelligent beings is possible sooner. The influence of psychedelics and other books or movies on the speaker's life are discussed.
Sky Hopinka discusses how the knowledge of his mortality is like a dance partner and how he tries to live beautifully.