02:24

If there is a power out in the universe that is greater than us, it's just people. ​#aliens #science

01:28

We live in a world that is completely comprehensible, yet mostly uncomprehended.

05:30

A viewer of art has to create a new understanding in order to appreciate that art.

02:38

There's no such thing as the probability we'll be wiped out by an asteroid. @DavidDeutschPhysicist

02:03

The theory of computation is the theory of quantum computation, and that is the theory of physics.

04:58

No two people speak the same English.

03:04

Humans are disobedient. ChatGPT is obedient. @DavidDeutschPhysicist

02:19

The only possible defense against that, against the unforeseen, is a general purpose knowledge.

06:06

There are ways in which both emergent properties such as minds and life and so on have an effect.

02:59

Error correction is an extremely simple concept, although very profound,

02:58

Our home, our spaceship, our life-support system is entirely provided by our own knowledge.

03:51

It's creating knowledge that's effort. Applying knowledge is what we call automatism. It's automatic

04:31

It's not the case that the observer, by creating knowledge about reality, creates reality.

03:11

I do think that every human mind isn't only different but more different than we can readily imagine

02:05

There is such a thing as a universal computer. @DavidDeutschPhysicist @ColemanHughesOfficial

02:01

What's the ontological status of ideas?

01:15

Knowledge consists of a great slew of not very consistent ideas. @DavidDeutschPhysicist

04:58

The authoritarian systems always collapse eventually because they are less able to solve problems

03:01

Knowledge is information that has a causal power. @DavidDeutschPhysicist @TED

04:49

The set of all transformations that you are capable of bringing about, that is your wealth.

02:05

The doctrine that the truth is manifest is the root of all tyranny.

06:46

I don't think Turing was aiming to set up a test of whether something's an AGI or not.

02:14

Error is the natural and ubiquitous state of human minds. @DavidDeutschPhysicist

03:13

Exploring the Dynamics of Ideological Indoctrination: Wokeness, Cults, and Psychological Coercion.

03:55

That AGIs are people has been implicit in the very concept from the outset. @DavidDeutschPhysicist

03:08

There is such a thing as a tradition of criticism, and it's the most valuable thing in the world.

02:53

If you only have one theory or if you have zero theories, then the evidence is meaningless.

01:37

There's no such thing as a guarantee that a project to create something new will succeed

04:26

I think existing approaches to AI, Artificial General Intelligence, are all philosophically flawed.

02:07

It is self-deception to think that the status quo is going to be satisfactory for everyone forever.

01:36

Criticism is what helps to correct the errors. @DavidDeutschPhysicist @visakanv

01:33

Many people think that the concept of information is somehow prior to physics.

02:18

The art of making a good AI is to limit its possibilities tremendously. @DavidDeutschPhysicist

01:14

Some people think that creativity is just extracting knowledge out of data.

03:56

Everything is behind a structure of explanation. @DavidDeutschPhysicist

02:50

We have the power to make mistakes as well as to get things right. @DavidDeutschPhysicist

03:07

Authority about ideas leads inevitably to Authority in the political sense and vice versa.

04:32

I think what's standing between us and making an AGI is an explanatory theory. ​⁠#ai

03:21

No precautions and no precautionary principle can avoid problems that we do not yet foresee.#science

02:25

We perceive nothing as what it really is. Our connection to reality is never just perception.

02:59

There is no such thing as an abstract computer; only a physical object can compute things. #science

05:33

A present-day AI is not a mentally disabled AGI. @DavidDeutschPhysicist

07:22

AGI cannot possibly be defined purely behaviourally. @DavidDeutschPhysicist

02:32

Are we living in a simulation? @DavidDeutschPhysicist

00:42

Standardized tests, that's a terrible idea. Any kind of standardization is the opposite of diversity

00:39

If there’s anything worse than having to reinvent the wheel, it’s having no improvement. ​#science

02:25

At the moment, the only computers that we know that are running creative programs are human brains.

01:19

For the bad guys, destroying the tradition of criticism is their main objective.

02:45

New knowledge is typically unifying, not fragmenting. @DavidDeutschPhysicist

02:55

Wealth can’t be quantified as a number. Wealth is a set. A set of transformations.

02:42

What actually are inexplicit ideas? @DavidDeutschOxf

04:35

Is there anything that we should do on a societal level to encourage more creativity & knowledge?

02:10

Idea of working for months or years on a boring thing in order to get a reward is terribly dangerous

01:07

It’s impossible to learn sophisticated knowledge without conjecture and criticism.

02:42

We really have no choice but to embark on an open-ended pursuit of knowledge and good explanations.

02:13

There is no such thing as direct experience. @DavidDeutschPhysicist

01:21

One cannot predict the growth of knowledge. @DavidDeutschPhysicist

05:20

The idea that AIs are somehow more dangerous than humans is racist. @DavidDeutschPhysicist

02:46

For very fundamental reasons, there can’t be anything beyond explanation.

03:41

Biological evolution is inherently limited in its range. @DavidDeutschPhysicist