E3 w/ Amjad Masad on AGI as religion for nerds, history as a series of conspiracies, and religion as a foundation for raising your kids

0:00 - Antonio’s circumcision

1:20 - The future of Replit

6:30 - The future of coding

9:46 - The Steve Jobs Blackpill

12:00 - Will AGI lead to the death of humans?

18:13 - AGM thinks AGI dystopia is bullshit, religion for nerds

21:12 - Why is there a human need for “end of times” theory?

23:20 - Climate science is unsettled

25:55 - AGM swears he has no idea who Curtis Yarvin is (Who is Curtis Yarvin? - editor)

26:25 - Dan wrestles with the guilt of bringing another human into this cold, ugly world

27:00 - Amjad’s counter-narrative to the AGI dystopia narrative

29:30 - How can AI become consciousness if we don’t know what consciousness is?

32:15 - “AGM do you want to share your story with an AI girlfriend?”

32:58 - Amjad’s Palestinian background and his identity crisis

37:00 - Redpill moments

39:17 - The media never lies

40:35 - Russel Conjugation

41:50 - Comparing Islam and Judaism

43:44 - Judaism isn’t about faith, it’s about practice

51:00 - Transhumanism vs Ludditism

51:50 - Was The Unabomber a left-wing or right-wing nut?

55:15 - Ludditism never works, you can’t roll technology back

57:00 - Antonio’s redpilling

58:30 - Raising a family with or without religion

1:04:40 - Dismissing religion is the classic midwit meme

1:07;20 - History is a series of conspiracies

1:15:00 - Modern day true conspiracies

1:21:05 - “Are the frogs gay?”

1:22:50 - Why does truth matter?

1:30:40 - Prediction Markets

1:36:30 - The only places where truth matters: wars, elections, and markets