The difference is that Dwarkesh genuinely tries to understand the world while Jensen tries to serve Nvidia's interests. ("How do you think you can [physically] double compute over multiple years?" – "All supply problems are always solved in 2-3 years" etc)
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Nvidia sales to China as American economic advantage
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"Let's agree that Nvidia is an American company, therefore every sale that Nvidia makes to China is a win for America"
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ChatGPT Outperforms Median Non-Technical AI Writing
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ChatGPT is better than the median non technical writing about AI
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AI Philosophy Quality Decline with Mainstream Participation Growth
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When philosophy of AI was a niche field, intellectual quality was pretty high. Now that AI consciousness is a hot topic, the quantity of texts increases, while the average quality of contributions is dropping. Painful, but the inevitable price of wider participation?
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Nvidia CEO Unprepared for AI Hardware Scaling Constraints Discussion
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In fairness to the Nvidia CEO, he obviously does not listen to the podcast, and his team did not prep him for recent context (bottleneck of lithography machines is greater than for energy, hard scaling constraints, consequences of near term AGI, China vs US). Jensen expected to
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Jensen’s Physics-Breaking Promises: A Critical Interview Analysis
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The Dwarkesh interview with Jensen is a testament to Dwarkesh's journalistic skill and dedication, while Jensen comes across as a coked up hustler who is promising to break the laws of physics and willing to sell his grandmother to China if it helps Nvidia's bottom line
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MC0001 Conference on Machine Consciousness Philosophy May 2026
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If you are interested in the philosophy of consciousness and machine consciousness research, you should come! MC0001 Conference (May 29-31, Lighthaven, Berkeley)
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Moral Patients: Consciousness and Harm Experience in AI
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Yes, to be a moral patient, you must be able to care about harm done to yourself, and caring requires an experience of what it's like
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Harm to Others vs Self-Harm in AI Ethics Distinction
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This obfuscates the important difference between creating harm to someone vs. creating harm to yourself (by making the performance of the thing you are mutilating worse)