Back to episode — Episode 2750 CWSA 02/14/25
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e I'm bragging about what I got right but remember I make predictions. So if I don't tell you I got one right you're losing half of the value. You should know when I get one right and what domain it is because maybe that's a domain I can guess better than other domains. There are some domains I can't guess. For example I can never predict who anybody's going to pick for a vice president. I have no…
← Previous segment →like yep sure enough the rational part of your brain is a rationalizer. It rationalizes the decision. It doesn't make the decision. What makes the decision is some combination of irrational impulses. But then after it's made your little rationalizer says oh it's because I could see the greater opportunity in that direction. And maybe sometimes it's true too but it's usually not why you made the decision.
So we're going to have a big problem with believing in free will once AI can tell you what you're going to do before you do it. That will be the end of the free will argument. And that's coming. You know I've long predicted, if you like my other predictions you'll like this one too, I've long predicted that the belief in free will will be destroyed. It's just a matter of time because there's just like an obvious path
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until it happens. And AI is probably the last leg of the trip. So that's ahead of you. Now what all of you want to say is but how can you say that unless you have free will? And then I say no you had to. But how did this other thing? No you had to. But how did I choose this? You had to. But I thought I had choice. Yeah you had to think it. It's always the same answer. You had to. You didn't have…
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