Here's my conversation with Guillaume Verdon (
@GillVerd) aka Beff Jezos (
@beffjezos), a physicist, quantum computing researcher, and founder of e/acc (effective accelerationism) movement that advocates for rapid technological progress, physics-based reasoning, and memes.
Guillaume & Beff are two fascinating identities co-existing inside one human mind, recently merged.
And yes, I did talk to Jeff Bezos and Beff Jezos back-to-back on the podcast, because the most entertaining outcome is the most likely. Happy holidays! ❤
It's here on X in full, and is up on YouTube, Spotify, and everywhere else. Links in comment.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
2:23 - Beff Jezos
12:21 - Thermodynamics
18:36 - Doxxing
28:30 - Anonymous bots
35:58 - Power
38:29 - AI dangers
42:01 - Building AGI
50:14 - Merging with AI
57:56 - p(doom)
1:13:23 - Quantum machine learning
1:26:41 - Quantum computer
1:35:15 - Aliens
1:40:04 - Quantum gravity
1:45:25 - Kardashev scale
1:47:17 - Effective accelerationism (e/acc)
1:57:47 - Humor and memes
2:00:53 - Jeff Bezos
2:07:25 - Elon Musk
2:13:55 - Extropic
2:22:31 - Singularity and AGI
2:26:29 - AI doomers
2:27:54 - Effective altruism
2:34:23 - Day in the life
2:40:50 - Identity
2:43:40 - Advice for young people
2:45:42 - Mortality
2:49:25 - Meaning of life