Jaron Lanier

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Personal website - jaronlanier.com

twitter.com/notreallylanier

Jaron Lanier on Wikipedia

 

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Jaron Lanier: Virtual Reality, Social Media & the Future of Humans and AI

Sep 6, 2021

Jaron Lanier is a computer scientist, composer, artist, author, and founder of the field of virtual reality.

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

 

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"The Metaverse: Expectations vs. reality"

November 11, 2021

 

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Jaron Lanier - Is consciousness an illusion?

Mar 21, 2023

Is consciousness something special in the universe, its own category, irreducible to physical laws, a carrier of meaning and purpose? Or is consciousness a mere artifact of the brain, a by-product of evolution, a superstition exaggerated by human misperception? If you think or hope consciousness is special, then you should surely be a skeptic.

 

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Article "There Is No A.I."
There are ways of controlling the new technology—but first we have to stop mythologizing it.

by Jaron Lanier
April 20, 2023

 

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Jaron Lanier Looks into AI's Future | AI IRL

Nov 15, 2023

Jaron Lanier is among the original Silicon Valley utopians. This ultimate insider gives an unfiltered look into what lessons tech booms past can provide us about artificial intelligence's future.