About this episode

The episode discusses insights gained from a bike trip across America, focusing on street interviews about AI futures and philosophy.

A ~month ago I left from Chicago to bike (and amtrak) to plzdontkillus in Berkeley. I've been street interviewing/conversing with a wide variety of people I ran into about AI futures and philosophy. I also have been live streaming since I got to PDKU, leaning more talking to young founders but a variety overall. I'll try to share what I've learned about the American public, persuasion, social media and the EA movement. 1. Almost no one in "Normal America" has any idea what is going ...

People in this episode

Host: cguth7

Topics covered

• bike trip
• street interviews
• AI futures
• philosophy
• social media
• persuasion

Keywords

• bike trip
• street interviews
• AI
• philosophy
• social media
• persuasion
• American public

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Organizations: EA movement

Places: Chicago, Berkeley, America

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