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Peter Singer: Suffering in Humans, Animals, and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #107

Peter Singer is a professor of bioethics at Princeton, best known for his 1975 book Animal Liberation, that makes an ethical case against eating meat. He has written brilliantly from an ethical perspective on extreme poverty, euthanasia, human genetic selection, sports doping, the sale of kidneys, and happiness including in his books Ethics in the Real World and The Life You Can Save. He was a key popularizer of the effective altruism movement and is generally considered one of the most influential philosophers in the world. Support this podcast by signing up with these sponsors: - MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex - Cash App - use code "LexPodcast" and download: - Cash App (App Store): https://apple.co/2sPrUHe - Cash App (Google Play): https://bit.ly/2MlvP5w EPISODE LINKS: Peter's Website: https://petersinger.info/ Peter's Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeterSinger Books: - The Life You Can Save: https://www.thelifeyoucansave.org/the-book/ - Ethics in the Real World: https://amzn.to/2BPje8x - Animal Liberation: https://amzn.to/2VSZLuv - The Most Good You Can Do: https://amzn.to/2CjDheZ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 5:25 - World War II 9:53 - Suffering 16:06 - Is everyone capable of evil? 21:52 - Can robots suffer? 37:22 - Animal liberation 40:31 - Question for AI about suffering 43:32 - Neuralink 45:11 - Control problem of AI 51:08 - Utilitarianism 59:43 - Helping people in poverty 1:05:15 - Mortality CONNECT: - Subscribe to this YouTube channel - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LexFridmanPage - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman

Lex FridmanhostPeter Singerguest
Jul 8, 20201h 9mWatch on YouTube ↗

CHAPTERS

  1. 0:00 – 5:25

    Introduction

  2. 5:25 – 9:53

    World War II

  3. 9:53 – 16:06

    Suffering

  4. 16:06 – 21:52

    Is everyone capable of evil?

  5. 21:52 – 37:22

    Can robots suffer?

  6. 37:22 – 40:31

    Animal liberation

  7. 40:31 – 43:32

    Question for AI about suffering

  8. 43:32 – 45:11

    Neuralink

  9. 45:11 – 51:08

    Control problem of AI

  10. 51:08 – 59:43

    Utilitarianism

  11. 59:43 – 1:05:15

    Helping people in poverty

  12. 1:05:15 – 1:09:13

    Mortality

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