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Hands down this Lex's interview with Joscha Bach. Very inspiring and a lot of interesting viewpoints. https://lexfridman.com/joscha-bach-2/

EDIT For German Speakers i'd also recommend these two episodes: - http://www.jungundnaiv-podcast.de/2021/09/535-aladin-el-mafa... - https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/2021-03/maja-goepel-intervi...

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Is Bach well-regarded in the AI community? I found this podcast a very interesting listen and checked out many of his others. He is a compelling speaker, but I am in not any way qualified to verify his claims. He also seems somewhat categorical in his statements about things that perhaps don't warrant such confidence: e.g. his view of the nature of mind, consciousness, the self, dreams, etc.

The impression I get is he specialises more around the philsophy of AI and cybernetics.

Same for me. His first interview with him was also my favorite podcast episode of 2020.

Also, you can watch it in video form. I'd argue it's better that way, especially with the way he emotes during certain parts of the discussion.

Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-2P3MSZrBM

Episode 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIpUf-Vy2JA

I may also recommend his appearance on 'Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal' and

> For German Speakers

Also https://alternativlos.org/42/

I actually prefere the Talk on Alternativlos because it was easier for me to grasp the complex ideas. I was listening it again just last week. But for the mostly English speaking community here the talk with LeX is equally good.

This one for me as well. I found myself having to pause and contemplate some of the ideas in that one several times. It's fascinating to hear Joscha describe how he models everything around us. Definitely worth a (patient, attentive) listen.

Wow - absolutely the same here. That was an amazing discussion.

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