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Bryan Johnson

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1440 total appearances

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Honestly with Bari Weiss
How Not to Die in 2025

Yeah, I mean, in the same way that, you know, if you were to travel somewhere right now, you would probably enter an address in a navigation app and you would probably follow the streets it tells you to follow. Even if you know how to get there, because the algorithm may know where there's construction, it may know where there's traffic, it has a greater awareness than you do.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
How Not to Die in 2025

And so in some ways, that system is better than you at knowing what route to take. And so we see it through this general principle that when enough data can be gathered, when an algorithm can be run, it surpasses human ability at achieving an endpoint that the person wants. Like the person wants the shortest possible route to the destination or, you know, the most scenic route.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
How Not to Die in 2025

And so in some ways, that system is better than you at knowing what route to take. And so we see it through this general principle that when enough data can be gathered, when an algorithm can be run, it surpasses human ability at achieving an endpoint that the person wants. Like the person wants the shortest possible route to the destination or, you know, the most scenic route.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
How Not to Die in 2025

And so in some ways, that system is better than you at knowing what route to take. And so we see it through this general principle that when enough data can be gathered, when an algorithm can be run, it surpasses human ability at achieving an endpoint that the person wants. Like the person wants the shortest possible route to the destination or, you know, the most scenic route.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
How Not to Die in 2025

Like take your algorithm, your choice. And so I was making, and we've done this throughout society. Like when you pick up your phone and you're scrolling through social media, you're saying, hey, algorithm, entertain me. But you're not looking through all the posts and you're selecting, like you're just being fed with the algorithm, right?

Honestly with Bari Weiss
How Not to Die in 2025

Like take your algorithm, your choice. And so I was making, and we've done this throughout society. Like when you pick up your phone and you're scrolling through social media, you're saying, hey, algorithm, entertain me. But you're not looking through all the posts and you're selecting, like you're just being fed with the algorithm, right?

Honestly with Bari Weiss
How Not to Die in 2025

Like take your algorithm, your choice. And so I was making, and we've done this throughout society. Like when you pick up your phone and you're scrolling through social media, you're saying, hey, algorithm, entertain me. But you're not looking through all the posts and you're selecting, like you're just being fed with the algorithm, right?

Honestly with Bari Weiss
How Not to Die in 2025

And so like, whether that's good or not, like, so we, we defer to algorithms to do things on our behalf because they are better, faster, stronger in many ways. And so I was making the observation that given that I'm generating all this data from my body, wouldn't I want to give this to an algorithm? and the algorithm determines better than me what to eat, how to exercise, when to go to sleep.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
How Not to Die in 2025

And so like, whether that's good or not, like, so we, we defer to algorithms to do things on our behalf because they are better, faster, stronger in many ways. And so I was making the observation that given that I'm generating all this data from my body, wouldn't I want to give this to an algorithm? and the algorithm determines better than me what to eat, how to exercise, when to go to sleep.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
How Not to Die in 2025

And so like, whether that's good or not, like, so we, we defer to algorithms to do things on our behalf because they are better, faster, stronger in many ways. And so I was making the observation that given that I'm generating all this data from my body, wouldn't I want to give this to an algorithm? and the algorithm determines better than me what to eat, how to exercise, when to go to sleep.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
How Not to Die in 2025

I want the power of an AI system taking care of my health because I know as an individual, if I wake up in the morning and say, I'm not going to eat the croissant for breakfast, and then I do, I'm not going to eat the brownie for lunch, and then I do, I'm not going to stay up late and drink, and then I do.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
How Not to Die in 2025

I want the power of an AI system taking care of my health because I know as an individual, if I wake up in the morning and say, I'm not going to eat the croissant for breakfast, and then I do, I'm not going to eat the brownie for lunch, and then I do, I'm not going to stay up late and drink, and then I do.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
How Not to Die in 2025

I want the power of an AI system taking care of my health because I know as an individual, if I wake up in the morning and say, I'm not going to eat the croissant for breakfast, and then I do, I'm not going to eat the brownie for lunch, and then I do, I'm not going to stay up late and drink, and then I do.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
How Not to Die in 2025

Every day, humans make these decisions that accelerate their speed of aging, and humans can't stop their self-destructive behaviors. They can't. They're just pinned down by it. And what I'm saying is the mind is this uncontrollable self-destruction machine. We've normalized it to make ourselves feel better, but it is what it is.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
How Not to Die in 2025

Every day, humans make these decisions that accelerate their speed of aging, and humans can't stop their self-destructive behaviors. They can't. They're just pinned down by it. And what I'm saying is the mind is this uncontrollable self-destruction machine. We've normalized it to make ourselves feel better, but it is what it is.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
How Not to Die in 2025

Every day, humans make these decisions that accelerate their speed of aging, and humans can't stop their self-destructive behaviors. They can't. They're just pinned down by it. And what I'm saying is the mind is this uncontrollable self-destruction machine. We've normalized it to make ourselves feel better, but it is what it is.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
How Not to Die in 2025

And what I was trying to say is if you take this situation, give the algorithm my health data, it's going to do a substantially better job. Now, This is like on the bleeding edge. But inevitably over time, AI will become better at you, at being you in every way. It'll be better at you at giving interviews. It'll be better at you at writing posts.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
How Not to Die in 2025

And what I was trying to say is if you take this situation, give the algorithm my health data, it's going to do a substantially better job. Now, This is like on the bleeding edge. But inevitably over time, AI will become better at you, at being you in every way. It'll be better at you at giving interviews. It'll be better at you at writing posts.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
How Not to Die in 2025

And what I was trying to say is if you take this situation, give the algorithm my health data, it's going to do a substantially better job. Now, This is like on the bleeding edge. But inevitably over time, AI will become better at you, at being you in every way. It'll be better at you at giving interviews. It'll be better at you at writing posts.

Honestly with Bari Weiss
How Not to Die in 2025

It'll be better at you in having a conversation with your partner on how to resolve a dispute. It will be better than us in every way imaginable. And so it's just a matter of time. And so I'm trying to suggest on the cutting edge here, I'm trying to view this time and place from the perspective of the 20th century, what is obvious from the perspective of a few hundred years from now?