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Here’s the outline of the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.

OUTLINE:

00:00 – Introduction

06:18 – Loneliness

13:54 – Can AI alleviate loneliness?

18:13 – Love

20:49 – Russia in the 1990’s

31:47 – Chernobyl

41:35 – Communism

49:21 – Losing a friend

57:55 – Mortality

1:10:41 – Replika origin story

1:59:37 – Bringing people back to life with AI

2:05:37 – Relationship with Replika

2:18:27 – Can you form a connection with text alone?

2:27:45 – Does an AI companion need a body?

2:30:20 – Her

2:37:24 – GPT-3 for conversation

2:43:48 – We should be nice to AI

2:46:52 – Book recommendations

2:53:45 – Russian language

2:58:41 – Meaning of life