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Ep. 268 - Pascal's Mugging, Doomsday Clocks, and the AGI Debate
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Ep. 268 - Pascal's Mugging, Doomsday Clocks, and the AGI Debate

Max Sklar
Mar 07, 2023
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Max discovers Pascal's Mugging, the counterpoint to Pascal's Wager. He speculates about the category of errors (and sometimes scams) made by doomsayers in every field including most recently general artificial intellgence. Probability Distribution of the Week: Gamma Distribution

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