THE DISCOURSE // A SNIPPET OF SAM HARRIS AND LEX FRIDMAN ON ETHICAL AI, SUFFERING, AND BEAUTY

Two Guys Talk About Robots

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Sam Harris is a neuroscientist and meditation advocate. Lex Fridman is a Russian-American computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher. Among other things, both are popular podcasters and prognosticators.

Fridman: You talked negatively about robots, as you often do—you’ll probably die first when they take over—

Harris: I’m looking forward to a certain kind of robots! If we can get this right, this would be amazing.

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