Max Tegmark

As if we are just some sort of pathetic, passive bystanders waiting for the future to happen to us.

Hey, we're the ones creating this future.

So we should be proactive about it and ask ourselves what sort of future we would like to have happen.

That's right.

Trying to make it like that.

Well, what I prefer is just some sort of incredibly boring, zombie-like future where there's all these mechanical things happening and there's no passion, no emotion, no experience maybe even.

No, I would, of course, much rather prefer if all the things that we find that we value the most about humanity

our subjective experience, passion, inspiration, love.

If we can create a future where those things do exist, I think ultimately it's not our universe giving meaning to us.

It's us giving meaning to our universe.

And if we build more advanced intelligence, let's make sure we build it in such a way that meaning is...

No, I don't think panicking is going to help in any way.

It's not going to increase chances of things going well either.

Even if you are in a situation where there is a real threat, does it help if everybody just freaks out?

No, of course not.

I think, yeah, there are, of course, ways in which things can go horribly wrong.

First of all, it's important when we think about this thing, about the problems and risks, to also remember how huge the upsides can be if we get it right.

Everything we love about society and civilization is a product of intelligence.

So if we can amplify our intelligence with machine intelligence and not anymore lose our loved ones to what we're told is an uncurable disease and things like this, of course,

we should aspire to that.