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Lex Fridman: preference

2 Aug 2024 Lex Fridman Podcast #438 – Elon Musk: Neuralink and the Future of Humanity

“Yeah, so Black Mirror always considers the worst case, which is important. I think people don’t consider the best case or the average case enough.”

— Lex Fridman

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Lex Fridman
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preference
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2 Aug 2024
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Lex Fridman Podcast

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…Yeah. I saw an episode of Black Mirror about that once, so I don’t think I want it. Yeah, so Black Mirror always considers the worst case, which is important. I think people don’t consider the best case or the average case enough. I don’t know what it is about us humans. We want to think about the worst possible thing. We love drama. It’s like how is this new technology going to kill everybody? We just love that. Again like, “Yes, let’s watch.” Hopefully people don’t think about that too much with me. It’ll ruin a lot of my plans.…

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