Can We Still Trust Reality? How AI Is Changing Truth Forever | John Vervaeke - PT 2

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🗓️ 27 November 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Tom Bilyeu raises intriguing questions about the socio-political landscape, leadership, and the role of narrative and skepticism in creating meaningful connections. We also touch on the alarming rise in youth suicide, the risky interaction between young minds and AI, and the potential for AI to exploit our quest for meaning. John’s reflections on ancient Greek philosophy and the importance of rational dialogue offer valuable lessons for our modern age, providing a hopeful outlook on how we might navigate and overcome today’s crises. So sit back, tune in, and let's explore the frontiers of human cognition and the pathways to deeper, more meaningful lives. This is going to be an episode you won’t want to miss! SHOWNOTES 00:00 Bullshit jeopardizes meaning by disregarding truth. 09:09 Beliefs depend on trusted, credible influences. 12:27 Developing minds misusing A.I. like dangerous tools. 17:50 Concerns about bias in AI's influence. 24:42 Misframing blocks solutions; insight reveals deceptions. 29:46 Balancing bias, variance: avoiding overfitting in ML. 36:39 Evaluating context and bias in problem-solving. 41:29 Evolution hardwires cultural response mechanisms algorithmically. 47:15 AI understands patterns contextually, hypothesizes author. 52:56 Align machines with truth, beauty, meaning, God. 54:55 Creating autonomous machines requires significant energy resources. CHECK OUT OUR SPONSORS: Range Rover: Explore the Range Rover Sport at https://landroverUSA.com Miro: Bring your teams to Miro’s revolutionary Innovation Workspace and be faster from idea to outcome at https://miro.com. Legal Zoom: Launch, run, and protect your business at https://www.legalzoom.com/ – use promo code 'IMPACT' for 10% off! Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/impact What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business: join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER SCALING a business: see if you qualify here. Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox: sign up here. If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast, Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. Join me live on my Twitch stream. I'm live daily from 6:30 to 8:30 am PT at www.twitch.tv/tombilyeu LISTEN TO IMPACT THEORY AD FREE + BONUS EPISODES on APPLE PODCASTS: apple.co/impacttheory FOLLOW TOM: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/tombilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:56.3	Let's dive right back in to part two with John Verveki.
1:00.2	What do you think about the following truth?
1:04.6	So you've laid out the idea that we want to be connected to what's real.
1:08.3	I talk a lot about this is about building a better prediction engine.
1:12.0	When I think about any, certainly from an entrepreneurial standpoint, you're always trying
1:16.0	to figure out what's true.
1:17.3	I think we're terrible at it.
1:18.3	But anyway, it's a useful aim because it increases your ability to predict the outcome of
1:21.8	your actions.
1:23.3	Then I met somebody who had a brother who was schizophrenic and he believed that he was being pursued by the French government.
1:33.4	Yes.
1:33.9	And every day for him was like a spy novel.
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