God vs. AI Doom: Debate with Bentham's Bulldog

Matthew Adelstein, better known as Bentham’s Bulldog on Substack, is a philosophy major at the University of Michigan and an up & coming public intellectual.He’s a rare combination: Effective Altruist, Bayesian, non-reductionist, theist.Our debate covers reductionism, evidence for god, the implications of a fine-tuned universe, moral realism, and AI doom.00:00 Introduction02:56 Matthew’s Research11:29 Animal Welfare16:04 Reductionism vs. Non-Reductionism Debate39:53 The Decline of God in Modern Discourse46:23 Religious Credences50:24 Pascal's Wager and Christianity56:13 Are Miracles Real?01:10:37 Fine-Tuning Argument for God01:28:36 Cellular Automata01:34:25 Anthropic Principle01:51:40 Mathematical Structures and Probability02:09:35 Defining God02:18:20 Moral Realism02:21:40 Orthogonality Thesis02:32:02 Moral Philosophy vs. Science02:45:51 Moral Intuitions02:53:18 AI and Moral Philosophy03:08:50 Debate Recap03:12:20 Show UpdatesShow NotesMatthew’s Substack: https://benthams.substack.comMatthew's Twitter: https://x.com/BenthamsBulldogMatthew's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@deliberationunderidealcond5105Lethal Intelligence Guide, the ultimate animated video introduction to AI x-risk – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CUFbqh16FgPauseAI, the volunteer organization I’m part of — https://pauseai.info/Join the PauseAI Discord — https://discord.gg/2XXWXvErfA — and say hi to me in the #doom-debates-podcast channel!Doom Debates’ Mission is to raise mainstream awareness of imminent extinction from AGI and build the social infrastructure for high-quality debate.Support the mission by subscribing to my Substack at DoomDebates.com and to youtube.com/@DoomDebates Get full access to Doom Debates at lironshapira.substack.com/subscribe

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