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Josh Waitzkin

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Huberman Lab
The Art of Learning & Living Life | Josh Waitzkin

And experimental design and experimental execution and then study of experimental results and study of the entire scientific literature. And imagine all of that happening with robotics, with 3,800 ELO-rated scientists, AI scientists, and then millions of them networked. And now if you have this, from my perspective, the most important thing is the safety.

Huberman Lab
The Art of Learning & Living Life | Josh Waitzkin

And experimental design and experimental execution and then study of experimental results and study of the entire scientific literature. And imagine all of that happening with robotics, with 3,800 ELO-rated scientists, AI scientists, and then millions of them networked. And now if you have this, from my perspective, the most important thing is the safety.

Huberman Lab
The Art of Learning & Living Life | Josh Waitzkin

And I think that a lot of these AI companies aren't prioritizing safety first, we are. And I think for me, it's been a really important thing thinking about this, because I've been sitting with this question for a lot of years. In order to do something like this, you have to trust that the people who are driving it, if they have max temptation,

Huberman Lab
The Art of Learning & Living Life | Josh Waitzkin

And I think that a lot of these AI companies aren't prioritizing safety first, we are. And I think for me, it's been a really important thing thinking about this, because I've been sitting with this question for a lot of years. In order to do something like this, you have to trust that the people who are driving it, if they have max temptation,

Huberman Lab
The Art of Learning & Living Life | Josh Waitzkin

And I think that a lot of these AI companies aren't prioritizing safety first, we are. And I think for me, it's been a really important thing thinking about this, because I've been sitting with this question for a lot of years. In order to do something like this, you have to trust that the people who are driving it, if they have max temptation,

Huberman Lab
The Art of Learning & Living Life | Josh Waitzkin

But something could be, like the Manhattan Project, could be potentially negative for humanity. That they would not push the button. They would lead to the satisfaction of all their dreams if it would be taking an existential risk for humanity. And this team, I really believe in that way. And so what's most exciting to me about this is the material science side.

Huberman Lab
The Art of Learning & Living Life | Josh Waitzkin

But something could be, like the Manhattan Project, could be potentially negative for humanity. That they would not push the button. They would lead to the satisfaction of all their dreams if it would be taking an existential risk for humanity. And this team, I really believe in that way. And so what's most exciting to me about this is the material science side.

Huberman Lab
The Art of Learning & Living Life | Josh Waitzkin

But something could be, like the Manhattan Project, could be potentially negative for humanity. That they would not push the button. They would lead to the satisfaction of all their dreams if it would be taking an existential risk for humanity. And this team, I really believe in that way. And so what's most exciting to me about this is the material science side.

Huberman Lab
The Art of Learning & Living Life | Josh Waitzkin

I mean, the life sciences, the eradication of disease, it's unbelievable what could happen. I think we'll be blown away by what happens in the coming years. But the material science part of it, for me personally, is what matters most because I really don't think it matters if humans are all living for 150, 200 years if we have no climate to live on. Right.

Huberman Lab
The Art of Learning & Living Life | Josh Waitzkin

I mean, the life sciences, the eradication of disease, it's unbelievable what could happen. I think we'll be blown away by what happens in the coming years. But the material science part of it, for me personally, is what matters most because I really don't think it matters if humans are all living for 150, 200 years if we have no climate to live on. Right.

Huberman Lab
The Art of Learning & Living Life | Josh Waitzkin

I mean, the life sciences, the eradication of disease, it's unbelievable what could happen. I think we'll be blown away by what happens in the coming years. But the material science part of it, for me personally, is what matters most because I really don't think it matters if humans are all living for 150, 200 years if we have no climate to live on. Right.

Huberman Lab
The Art of Learning & Living Life | Josh Waitzkin

And the material innovations that could be emerging in the coming years to take on the climate crisis are โ€“ are breathtaking. So it's a project I'm deeply involved in and it has nothing to do with competition. I mean, I guess everything is competitive from one perspective, but this is about driving discovery, driving innovation.

Huberman Lab
The Art of Learning & Living Life | Josh Waitzkin

And the material innovations that could be emerging in the coming years to take on the climate crisis are โ€“ are breathtaking. So it's a project I'm deeply involved in and it has nothing to do with competition. I mean, I guess everything is competitive from one perspective, but this is about driving discovery, driving innovation.

Huberman Lab
The Art of Learning & Living Life | Josh Waitzkin

And the material innovations that could be emerging in the coming years to take on the climate crisis are โ€“ are breathtaking. So it's a project I'm deeply involved in and it has nothing to do with competition. I mean, I guess everything is competitive from one perspective, but this is about driving discovery, driving innovation.

Huberman Lab
The Art of Learning & Living Life | Josh Waitzkin

To me, what you just said really hits home. Like, But I think while one is taking on all these different things for me personally, it's important to always be in the fire. Like I need to be training myself, like what I'm doing on the ocean every day in my own training. Like the thing that drives me crazy are armchair quarterbacks or what Robert Persig used to call philosophologists, right?

Huberman Lab
The Art of Learning & Living Life | Josh Waitzkin

To me, what you just said really hits home. Like, But I think while one is taking on all these different things for me personally, it's important to always be in the fire. Like I need to be training myself, like what I'm doing on the ocean every day in my own training. Like the thing that drives me crazy are armchair quarterbacks or what Robert Persig used to call philosophologists, right?

Huberman Lab
The Art of Learning & Living Life | Josh Waitzkin

To me, what you just said really hits home. Like, But I think while one is taking on all these different things for me personally, it's important to always be in the fire. Like I need to be training myself, like what I'm doing on the ocean every day in my own training. Like the thing that drives me crazy are armchair quarterbacks or what Robert Persig used to call philosophologists, right?

Huberman Lab
The Art of Learning & Living Life | Josh Waitzkin

which are like, or like the literary critics versus the writer or the philosophologist versus the philosopher or the armchair quarterback versus the quarterback. So for me, like my way of life, like I just don't know, it's hard for me to believe in anybody in these things who isn't putting themselves on the line as a way of life.

Huberman Lab
The Art of Learning & Living Life | Josh Waitzkin

which are like, or like the literary critics versus the writer or the philosophologist versus the philosopher or the armchair quarterback versus the quarterback. So for me, like my way of life, like I just don't know, it's hard for me to believe in anybody in these things who isn't putting themselves on the line as a way of life.

Huberman Lab
The Art of Learning & Living Life | Josh Waitzkin

which are like, or like the literary critics versus the writer or the philosophologist versus the philosopher or the armchair quarterback versus the quarterback. So for me, like my way of life, like I just don't know, it's hard for me to believe in anybody in these things who isn't putting themselves on the line as a way of life.