209 - Why e/acc Is Right with Beff Jezos (Guillaume Verdon)
✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan and David unpacking the episode: https://bankless.com/debrief-e-acc-beff-jezos One guest, two identities. Beff Jezos (Guillaume Verdon) is a founding father of the e/acc movement, a physicist, a quantum researcher, and the founder of an AI startup called Extropic. Beff thinks AI doomers are not only wrong, but they’re taking humanity in the worst possible direction. Growth. Acceleration. Progress. These are the core pillars of the e/acc movement. Instead of slowing down on AI progress, Beff explains why we should be speeding up. ------ 🎧Listen On Your Favorite Podcast Player https://bankless.cc/Podcast ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON https://bankless.cc/Celo 🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION https://bankless.cc/toku 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 💸 CRYPTO TAX CALCULATOR | USE CODE BANK30 https://bankless.cc/CTC 🦄UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE https://bankless.cc/uniswap ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 7:15 Why Pseudonym 15:01 The e/acc Pil 31:54 Fume 36:25 Beff’s Beliefs 39:39 Defining e/acc 40:52 The Dangers of AI? 52:05 Why We’re Here & The e/acc Religion? 58:19 Thermodynamics & Life 1:06:16 Maximizing Human Happiness? 1:16:25 Forgetting Society’s Bottom Half 1:23:00 Cancer Also Grows? 1:29:01 AI Regulation 1:33:09 Social Media’s Mistake 1:36:30 AI Bill of Rights 1:38:26 Domesticating AI 1:41:00 Biggest Threats Against e/acc 1:43:43 AI Humans vs. Humans 1:46:09 e/acc vs. Decels…Violence? 1:49:09 Beff’s Thoughts on Crypto 1:54:36 Beff’s Company - Extropic 1:58:18 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES Beff Jezos https://twitter.com/BasedBeffJezos Guillaume Verdon https://twitter.com/GillVerd Extropic https://twitter.com/Extropic_AI AI Safety Podcasts - The Decels Eliezer Yudkowsky https://youtu.be/gA1sNLL6yg4 Connor Leahy https://youtu.be/pMoVsM1EWR0 Paul Christiano https://youtu.be/GyFkWb903aU Nate Sores https://youtu.be/Ymjb3SkElco ------ Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures