Life 3.0

This book by Max Tegmark was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Lex Fridman. The people who vouched for it on air: Lex Fridman. It comes up in conversations about consciousness, productivity & performance. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

"How will artificial intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology--and there's nobody better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark, an MIT professor who's helped mainstream research on how to keep AI beneficial. How can we grow our prosperity through automation without leaving people lacking income or purpose? What career advice should we give today's kids? How can we make future AI systems more robust, so that they do what we want without crashing, malfunctioning or getting hacked?

• “author of two books both of which I highly recommend first our Mathematical Universe second is life 3.0”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “both of which I highly recommend”
  Lex Fridman · Lex Fridman Podcast · Apr 201800:00:00

  Said during "Max Tegmark: Life 3.0 | Lex Fridman Podcast #1". The episode features Max Tegmark: MIT physicist, cosmologist, co-founder of the Future of Life Institute, and author of Life 3.0 and Our Mathematical Universe. MIT physicist Max Tegmark explores intelligence, consciousness, AGI safety, and the value alignment problem with Lex Fridman.