Jaron Lanier is a living legend. One of the earliest pioneers in virtual reality and I vividly remember reading about him in Wired magazine while I was still in college (and Wired was still relevant).
Here he is speaking with Lex Fridman about VR, social media, AI, and humanity’s future.
OUTLINE:
- 0:00 – Introduction
- 1:39 – What is reality?
- 5:52 – Turing machines
- 7:10 – Simulating our universe
- 13:25 – Video games and other immersive experiences
- 17:12 – Death and consciousness
- 25:43 – Designing human-centric AI
- 27:17 – Empathy with robots
- 31:09 – Social media incentives
- 43:29 – Data dignity
- 51:01 – Jack Dorsey and Twitter
- 1:02:46 – Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies
- 1:07:26 – Government overreach and freedom
- 1:17:41 – GitHub and TikTok
- 1:19:51 – The Autodidactic Universe
- 1:24:42 – Humans and the mystery of music
- 1:30:53 – Defining moments
- 1:41:39 – Mortality
- 1:43:31 – The meaning of life
