#314 – Liv Boeree: Poker, Game Theory, AI, Simulation, Aliens & Existential Risk

Liv Boeree is a poker champion and science educator on topics of game theory, physics, complexity, and life. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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Meditations on Moloch: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(06:23) – Poker and game theory

(13:26) – Dating optimally

(18:18) – Learning

(26:30) – Daniel Negreanu

(31:38) – Phil Hellmuth

(34:11) – Greatest poker player ever

(38:29) – Bluffing

(48:50) – Losing

(58:05) – Mutually assured destruction

(1:03:00) – Simulation hypothesis

(1:19:38) – Moloch

(1:48:50) – Beauty

(2:00:58) – Quantifying life

(2:21:08) – Existential risks

(2:39:31) – AI

(2:49:22) – Energy healing

(2:56:32) – Astrophysics

(2:59:26) – Aliens

(3:25:08) – Advice for young people

(3:27:13) – Music

(3:35:02) – Meaning of life