Interesting Conversations with Mislav Jurić #1 – Interview with Roko Jelavić

In this podcast episode I recorded before having an actual name for this podcast, I interview Roko Jelavić. He is a former MIRIx event organizer in Zagreb, Croatia and a software developer who worked in areas of “regular” software development, machine learning and blockchain. We talk about blockchain, Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and the theory of everything, among other things.

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Things mentioned in this podcast episode:

• Superintelligence by Nick Bostorm
• There is no fire alarm for AGI by Eliezer Yudkowsky
• Human Compatible by Stuart Russell
• Meditations on Moloch
• Kolmogorov complexity
• Solomonoff induction
• Cellular automata
• Hello World (now Source) – Roko’s project

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 – 00:02:04 – Introduction
• 00:02:04 – 00:02:50 – Roko’s experience in machine learning
• 00:02:50 – 00:07:45 – Roko’s thoughts on Blockchain
• 00:07:45 – 00:12:32 – Will blockchains replace networks?
• 00:12:32 – 00:19:03 – What’s a smart contract?
• 00:19:03 – 00:29:50 – Roko’s AGI backstory
• 00:29:50 – 00:36:03 – Philosophy vs technical research in AGI
• 00:36:03 – 00:44:39 – Roko’s thoughts on the future of AGI
• 00:44:39 – 00:57:20 – The theory of everything introduction
• 00:57:20 – 01:02:17 – Why can’t we go back in time?
• 01:02:17 – 01:11:46 – On consciousness
• 01:11:46 – 01:17:26 – Parting thoughts