Amjad Masad on AGI as religion for nerds, conspiracies & religion as foundation for raising kids

0:00 Antonio’s circumcision
1:20 The future of Replit
6:30 The future of coding
9:46 The Steve Jobs Blackpill
12:00 Will AGI lead to the death of humans?
18:13 AGM thinks AGI dystopia is bullshit, religion for nerds
21:12 Why is there a human need for “end of times” theory?
23:20 Climate science is unsettled
25:55 AGM swears he has no idea who Curtis Yarvin is (Who is Curtis Yarvin? - editor)
26:25 Dan wrestles with the guilt of bringing another human into this cold, ugly world
27:00 Amjad’s counter-narrative to the AGI dystopia narrative
29:30 How can AI become consciousness if we don’t know what consciousness is?
32:15 “AGM do you want to share your story with an AI girlfriend?”
32:58 Amjad’s Palestinian background and his identity crisis
37:00 Redpill moments
39:17 The media never lies
40:35 Russel Conjugation
41:50 Comparing Islam and Judaism
43:44 Judaism isn’t about faith, it’s about practice
51:00 Transhumanism vs Ludditism
51:50 Was The Unabomber a left-wing or right-wing nut?
55:15 Ludditism never works, you can’t roll technology back
57:00 Antonio’s redpilling
58:30 Raising a family with or without religion
1:04:40 Dismissing religion is the classic midwit meme
1:07:20 History is a series of conspiracies
1:15:00 Modern day true conspiracies
1:21:05 “Are the frogs gay?”
1:22:50 Why does truth matter?
1:30:40 Prediction Markets
1:36:30 The only places where truth matters: wars, elections, and markets

Thanks to Secureframe for sponsoring, and Rob Perla and Molly Mielke for edits/production