Suzy Shepherd on Imagining Superintelligence and "Writing Doom"

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Here's Writing Doom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfMQ7hzyFW4

Timestamps:

00:00 Writing Doom

08:23 Humor in Writing Doom

13:31 Concise writing

18:37 Getting feedback

27:02 Alternative characters

36:31 Popular video formats

46:53 AI in filmmaking

49:52 Meaning in the future

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#Future Trends #Future Of Life Institute #Tech #Climate Change

Suzy Shepherd on Imagining Superintelligence and "Writing Doom"

Future of Life Institute Podcast

900 subscribers

published منذ عام واحد

MP4•منزل الحلقة

Here's Writing Doom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfMQ7hzyFW4

Timestamps:

00:00 Writing Doom

08:23 Humor in Writing Doom

13:31 Concise writing

18:37 Getting feedback

27:02 Alternative characters

36:31 Popular video formats

46:53 AI in filmmaking

49:52 Meaning in the future

224 حلقات

#Future Trends #Future Of Life Institute #Tech #Climate Change

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