#130 – Scott Aaronson: Computational Complexity and Consciousness
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
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00:00 – Introduction<br />
07:46 – Simulation<br />
12:38 – Theories of everything<br />
18:18 – Consciousness<br />
40:32 – Roger Penrose on consciousness<br />
50:44 – Turing test<br />
54:31 – GPT-3<br />
1:03:02 – Universality of computation<br />
1:09:33 – Complexity<br />
1:15:38 – P vs NP<br />
1:27:57 – Complexity of quantum computation<br />
1:40:03 – Pandemic<br />
1:53:49 – Love</p>