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Dr. Stuart McGill: Back Mechanic!

Guest: Dr. Stuart McGill • 2023-04-24 • 3.8M views

Spine biomechanics professor

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📝 Episode Summary

World's top spine expert on fixing back pain.

🎯 Top Takeaways

  1. AI alignment is the most important technical problem of our time
  2. AI doesn't need consciousness to be dangerous—optimization is sufficient
  3. We must solve value alignment before building systems smarter than ourselves
  4. International cooperation on AI governance is as critical as nuclear non-proliferation
  5. Provably beneficial AI: design systems that defer to humans on uncertainty

💬 Key Quotes

"Sit-ups are destroying your spine. Everything you've been told about core training is wrong."

— Dr. Stuart McGill (00:42:15)

🎬 Must-Watch Moments

Sit-Ups Are Destroying Your Spine

World's top spine expert drops bomb

00:41:00 - 00:43:30

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