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Jaron Lanier: Virtual Reality, Social Media & the Future of Humans and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #218

Jaron Lanier: Virtual Reality, Social Media & the Future of Humans and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #218

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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Bethesda (inferred)

“i really like the elder scrolls series”
“i really like the elder scrolls series it's a role-playing game uh skyrim for example why do i enjoy so deeply just walking around that world”— Lex Fridman

The guest's own work

BookBy the guestISBN verified

Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

Jaron Lanier

“it was actually the title of the book was just the arguments to delete your account yeah and 10 arguments”— guest
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Who Owns the Future?

Jaron Lanier

“i wrote a book about an earlier version of it called who owns the future um and the the basic idea of it”— guest

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

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The Denial of Death

Ernest Becker

“the great book on the subject the denial of death by ernest becker deserves a reconsideration”— Lex Fridman
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HoloLens

Microsoft (inferred)

“with something like a hololens even then like one of my favorite things is to augment a forest”— guest
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GPT-3

OpenAI (inferred)

“our office is funding gpt3 and all these things that are that are you know at the at the edge of what's possible”— guest
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Doctor Sax

Jack Kerouac

“there's a there's a passage in kerouac's book dr sachs where somebody tries to just explain the whole situation with reality”— guest