Tim Urban

4 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 14, 2025 by Tim Urban · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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Feb 14, 2025 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Dec 2039
Tim Urban predicts humans will land on Mars around 2035
“I would, if I had to guess now, I'd say, you know, 20, 35, something around there.”
Tim Urban Feb 14, 2025 ▶ 52:42 How AI Might Solve the Alien Mystery: Thought Leader's Paradox · Joe Lonsdale
Feb 14, 2025 negative
Insight
Urban: Social algorithms incentivize tribal rhetoric and unearned confidence
“The algorithms specifically, specifically incentivize what I would call like low rung thinking and low rung rhetoric you know, really tribal and also just really confident.”
Tim Urban Feb 14, 2025 ▶ 32:15 How AI Might Solve the Alien Mystery: Thought Leader's Paradox · Joe Lonsdale
Feb 14, 2025 bearish
Opinion
Urban: Multi-planetary colonization in our solar system will not protect humanity from rogue AI
“No, if it's something like really bad AI, it doesn't seem like AI would have, and they wanted to wipe us out. It doesn't seem like being on multiple planets in the solar system would really help.”
Tim Urban Feb 14, 2025 ▶ 9:02 How AI Might Solve the Alien Mystery: Thought Leader's Paradox · Joe Lonsdale
Feb 14, 2025 positive
Insight
Urban: A-level content stands out because most online writing is mediocre
“There's actually not very much high quality, like really high quality stuff. There's a lot of like B minus content, C plus content out there. And if you can just work really hard and really put out, you know, a level content that people will notice.”
Tim Urban Feb 14, 2025 ▶ 3:07 How AI Might Solve the Alien Mystery: Thought Leader's Paradox · Joe Lonsdale
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