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Rational Optimist PodcastThis NEW AI Chip Will Conquer Disease Faster Than You ThinkThis NEW type of AI chip could revolutionize medicine, enabling us to conquer diseases faster than we ever imagined. Guillaume Verdon, founder of Extropic, unveils thermodynamic computing – a breakthrough that promises up to 100,000,000X gains in energy efficiency for AI. Discover how this "future of computing" could allow AI to simulate entire human cells, accelerate drug discovery, and unlock a new era of personalized health. Plus: Gill’s insights on the AI race between tech giants, the future of robotics, and why optimism is crucial for technological progress.2025-06-0951 min
The Atlas Society Presents - Objectively SpeakingHow to Fight AI Doomers with Gill VerdonJoin Atlas Society CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 255th episode of Objectively Speaking (formerly The Atlas Society Asks), where she interviews Extropic founder Guillaume Verdon.
Guillaume Verdon, or Gill Verdon, is the founder of Extropic, a startup AI hardware company to meet the demanding power and computation requirements of generative AI. A physicist, applied mathematician, and researcher in quantum machine learning, Gill is also known under his online persona, @BasedBeffJezos, and for his creation of effective accelerationism (e/acc), which advocates for rapid technological progress as an ethically preferred path for human progress, emphasizing optimism and proactive...2025-05-2959 min
Core MemoryHe Comes Promising AI Freedom For AllBack when I first began covering technology in the early 2000s, my favorite thing to write about was open source software. I was young and idealistic, and the hardcore free software and open source zealots spoke to me. Code was meant to be by the people, for the people. Richard Stallman and Eben Moglen seemed like heroes. Microsoft and its proprietary code-fueled desktop monopoly seemed clearly evil. I enjoyed the energy and vitriol on both sides during the peak of these debates. Linux 4EVA!!, I would write on my all-too hard to use Debian machine.The software...2025-05-161h 18
Just Asking QuestionsKelsey Piper: A Reasonable Approach to AIWhere's artificial intelligence headed in Trump's America? Just asking questions.
In February 2025, Vice President J.D. Vance delivered a keynote speech at the AI Action Summit in Paris. He advocated for "AI opportunity" rather than "AI safety," promoting a deregulatory vision for AI that emphasized U.S. leadership and free speech while criticizing Europe's "excessive" regulations like the Digital Markets Act. In contrast, then-Vice President Kamala Harris, speaking at the AI Safety Summit in London in November 2023, advocated for pretty much the exact opposite. Where Harris sought guardrails, Vance's speech marked a sharp pivot toward deregulation and...2025-03-201h 19
WeltanschauungWeltanschauung #12 - Die Große Beschleunigung: Das e/acc Rabbit Hole„Den gesellschaftlichen Turbo einlegen“ – Das fordern die Verfechter von e/acc (Effective Accelerationism). Mehr Energie, mehr KI, mehr Fortschritt. Doch was steckt hinter diesem viralen Meme aus dem Silicon Valley?
In dieser Episode diskutieren Sven Gerst und Philipp Mattheis:
Die Ursprünge des Accelerationism: Von Karl Marx bis Nick Land
Was ist e/acc? Eine Mischung aus: Techno-Optimismus, KI-Fetischismus und memetischer Rebellion
Warum sich e/acc gegen Doomerism und Degrowth stellt
Ist das wirklich Accelerationism – oder wieder nur eine Silicon-Valley-Subkultur?
Ist e/acc mehr Reddit-Philosophie oder doch eine durchdachte Zukunftsstrategie?
Links:
Lex Friedman P...2025-03-1257 min
The Reason Roundtable2024's Most Undercovered StoriesIn the last episode of The Reason Roundtable in 2024, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman select undercovered stories from the past year across three categories: politics, global affairs, and private industry. Au revoir, 2024!
00:14—Undercovered stories in politics
18:07—Undercovered stories in global affairs
33:14—Undercovered stories in private industry/commerce
48:24—2024 under the radar cultural recommendations
Mentioned in this podcast:
"No, California's $20 Minimum Wage for Fast-Food Workers Did Not Create Jobs," by Aaron Brown
"We Have Already Passed Peak Public School," by Matt...2024-12-3058 minJust Asking QuestionsGuillaume Verdon: Should We Have a 'Second Amendment for AI'?Must we accelerate AI innovation?
You've probably heard of "effective altruism," but how about "effective accelerationism," or e/acc? "You claim to be building an artificial god in the human image. We're building the conduit for the thermodynamic god that created us. We are not the same."
Those are the words of Based Beff Jezos, a pseudonymous X account devoted to spreading the e/acc message far and wide, once described by venture capitalist Marc Andreessen as a "patron saint of techno-optimism" and by its detractors as "unhinged" and "absolutely toxic for the AI discourse." ...2024-12-201h 27
Omega Point PodcastEpisode 2 — Many Singularities, Many MastersIn this episode, we’ll go over the many visions of what a Singularity might be. That includes the psychedelic mystic Terrence McKenna, the quasi-Orthodox inventor Ray Kurzweil, the inverted Gnostic roboticist David Hanson, and the e/acc founder Guillaume Verdon—a.k.a., BasedBeffJezos. For kick, we’ll add a taste of Ted Kaczynski, and to finish it off, the sci-fi writer Vernor Vinge. Oh yeah, and a guest appearance by our boy, Tay-arr Day-shar-dohh.All their Hockey Sticks of Doom soar off in different directions. Yet all of them converge on the rise of a M...2024-07-1934 min
Generative Now | AI Builders on Creating the FutureGuillaume Verdon: Exploring the Intersection of Quantum Deep Learning and AIAt some point, we’ve all asked ourselves the core questions to the meanings of life and the universe. It should come as no surprise that tech’s most dynamic players have too, and see generative AI-powered technologies as a way to start answering those questions. This week on Generative Now, Lightspeed Partner and host Michael Mignano speaks with Guillaume Verdon, the founder of Extropic, about the fascinating intersections of physics, AI, and computing. Guillaume discusses how his interest in understanding the universe led him to explore theoretical physics, only to transition into AI and deep learning due to the...2024-07-1148 min
Moonshots with Peter DiamandisForget Everything You Believed About Computing w/ Gill Verdon | EP #102In this episode, Peter and Gill discuss Extropic, the science behind his startup, and his vision for the future.
03:16 | The Power of Brain-Scale Processors
18:56 | The Debate Over Accelerationist Movement
28:46 | AI and the Kardashev Scale
Gill Verdon, whose full name is Guillaume Verdon, is the founder of Extropic, a stealth AI startup, and a former quantum computing engineer at Google known for his work in artificial intelligence and quantum computing. He is a physicist, applied mathematician, and researcher in quantum machine learning, who has raised $14.1M for his startup, which enhances LLMs t...2024-05-231h 18
The DynamistLIVE: Beff Jezos, Andrew Côté, & Sam Hammond on the Future of AIShould we accelerate into the AI future or proceed with caution? Do we even have a choice?From deep-tech disruptors to policymaking under time pressure, a battle over the fate of human civilization is now being waged on multiple fronts: Closed vs. Open, Hardware vs. Software, Safety vs. Ethics: in sum, Order vs. Chaos.Foundation for American Innovation and 8VC hosted a live recording of a conversation with Andrew Côté (Hyperstition founder, a16z scout) and Guillaume Verdon (Extropic founder, effective accelerationism creator), moderated by FAI Senior Economist Samuel Hammond. Andrew, Gil, and Sam disc...2024-05-1059 min
S3S3-41 Extropic CEO Guillaume Verdon: Why AccelerateInterview with quantum maxer, e/acc founder, thermodynamic pioneer, CEO & Cofounder of Extropic Guillaume Verdon for Episode 41 of S³
0:00 What’s behind you?
1:29 What is Extropic?
4:08 Young Gill
7:12 Why Extropic?
11:25 Secret quantum lab experience
13:05 How does Extropic work?
16:20 Hardest technical challenge
17:50 Quantum & silicon strapping
20:56 Why decentralize AI
24:00 Doomerism
25:48 E/acc vitality
28:13 Regulatory capture
30:32 Founder learnings
31:36 How do you think?
33:23 What does deep tech get wrong?
35:53 How do we inspire people?
37:22 Current life philosophy2024-04-2840 min
Moonshots with Peter DiamandisAI Panel Discussion Pt. 2 w/ Emad Mostaque, Salim Ismail, Benjamin Plummer, Francis Pedraza, Steve Brown, Guillaume Verdon, David Blundin, Ramin Hasani, and Alexander Amini | EP #97In this episode, recorded during the 2024 Abundance360 Summit, A360 AI faculty discuss the future of AI, when it will take over Hollywood, and the job market. Present in this panel: Emad Mostaque (Founder, Stability AI), Salim Ismail (OpenExO), Benjamin Plummer (CEO, Invisible), Francis Pedraza (Founder, Invisible), Steve Brown (Chief AI Officer, PHD Ventures), Guillaume Verdon (Founder, Extropic), David Blundin (Founder, DataStage), Ramin Hasani (Founder, Liquid AI), and Alexander Amini (Founder, Liquid AI)Learn more about Abundance360: https://www.abundance360.com/summit ____________I only endorse products an...2024-04-1936 min
AI Named This ShowAccelerating AI with superconductors 🔴 AINTS 030This week, Tristan and Tasia discuss a potential Google-Apple AI courtship, Microsoft’s Surface AI event, NVIDIA’s GTC 2024 event, a mind-blowing OpenAI robot mashup, and more. Then we explore Extropic’s revolutionary new chip designs that claim to be “many orders of magnitude faster and more energy efficient than digital processors.” Join us as we defy Moore’s Law to power the future of AI.FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X (Twitter)Tristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastAI NEWSGoogle DeepMind co-founder joins Microsoft as CEO of its new AI...2024-03-2247 min
First Principles with Christian Keil#3: Extropic - Why Thermodynamic Computing is the Future of AI (PUBLIC DEBUT)Episode 3: Extropic is building a new kind of computer – not classical bits, nor quantum qubits, but a secret, more complex third thing. They call it a Thermodynamic Computer, and it might be many orders of magnitude more powerful than even the most powerful supercomputers today. Check out their “litepaper” to learn more: https://www.extropic.ai/future.======(00:00) - Intro(00:41) - Guillaume's Background(02:40) - Trevor's Background(04:02) - What is Extropic Building? High-Level Explanation(07:07) - Frustrations with Quantum Computi...2024-03-121h 12
Compliance That Makes Sense166 - Excessively Regulating New Technologies is Bad for ComplianceWelcome back to the Compliance That Makes Sense podcast! In the coming episodes, we’re going to be delving into topics related to the technological developments that are changing our world. --- Are you a techno-skeptic or part of the effective accelerationism movement? In this episode, I explore the beliefs held by these opposing camps and share my thoughts about technological development, capitalism versus socialism, and why too much regulation is a bad thing for the compliance profession. If you found value in this episode, I would really appreciate it if you could leav...2024-03-0722 min
For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast"AI Risk Super Bowl I: Conner vs. Beff" For Humanity, An AI Safety Podcast Episode #15In Episode #15, AI Risk Superbowl I: Conner vs. Beff, Highlights and Post-Game Analysis, John takes a look at the recent debate on the Machine Learning Street Talk Podcast between AI safety hero Connor Leahy and Acceleration cult leader Beff Jezos, aka Guillaume Vendun. The epic three hour debate took place on 2/2/24.
With a mix of highlights and analysis, John, with Beff’s help, reveals the truth about the e/acc movement: it’s anti-human at its core.
This podcast is not journalism. But it’s not opinion either. This show simply strings together the existing facts and underscores the unthin...2024-02-191h 00
Bankless209 - Why e/acc Is Right with Beff Jezos (Guillaume Verdon)✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan and David unpacking the episode: https://bankless.com/debrief-e-acc-beff-jezos One guest, two identities. Beff Jezos (Guillaume Verdon) is a founding father of the e/acc movement, a physicist, a quantum researcher, and the founder of an AI startup called Extropic. Beff thinks AI doomers are not only wrong, but they’re taking humanity in the worst possible direction. Growth. Acceleration. Progress. These are the core pillars of the e/acc movement. Instead of slowing down on AI progress, Beff explains why we should be speeding up. ------ 🎧Listen On Your Favorite Podcast Pl...2024-02-121h 47
Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)Showdown Between e/acc Leader And Doomer - Connor Leahy + Beff JezosThe world's second-most famous AI doomer Connor Leahy sits down with Beff Jezos, the founder of the e/acc movement debating technology, AI policy, and human values. As the two discuss technology, AI safety, civilization advancement, and the future of institutions, they clash on their opposing perspectives on how we steer humanity towards a more optimal path.
Watch behind the scenes, get early access and join the private Discord by supporting us on Patreon. We have some amazing content going up there with Max Bennett and Kenneth Stanley this week!
https://patreon.com/mlst...2024-02-033h 00
Generativet#46 - e/accFredrik har nördat ner sig i e/acc och vi tar en kort avstämning kring detta och annat kul som hänt i vår sfär.
Fredrik har nördat ner sig i e/acc och vi tar en kort avstämning kring detta och annat kul som hänt i vår sfär.
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Teknik i Akademi" är en pod som drivs av Johan Leitet, Fredrik Ahlgren och Anders Bjarby.
Johan Leitet är Universitet...2024-01-1246 min
第三浪 SurgeLong#10 E/acc 运动发起人 Guillaume Verdon 谈有效加速主义 | From Lex #407
引言
Beff Jezos讨论
探讨热力学
身份揭露事件
关于匿名机器人
权力的话题
讨论AI的潜在危险
构建高级通用智能（AGI）
人类与AI的融合
灾难发生的概率
量子机器学习的深入探讨
量子计算机的话题
外星生命的可能性
量子引力理论
卡尔达肖夫等级尺度
探讨有效加速主义（e/acc）
幽默与网络模因
讨论杰夫·贝索斯
聊到埃隆·马斯克
Extropic公司的介绍
讨论技术奇点与高级通用智能
对AI持悲观态度的人的讨论
有效利他主义的探讨
日常生活的描绘
身份的话题
给年轻人的建议
关于死亡的思考
对生命意义的探索
2024-01-102h 11
Lex Fridman Podcast#407 – Guillaume Verdon: Beff Jezos, E/acc Movement, Physics, Computation & AGIGuillaume Verdon (aka Beff Jezos on Twitter) is a physicist, quantum computing researcher, and founder of e/acc (effective accelerationism) movement. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Beff Jez...2023-12-2900 min
Et si on parlait de sportEmission N°2800:00 - Générique d’introduction 02:30 - Avant Match Les principaux résultats sportifs de la semaine07:54 - Première Mi-Temps Vous avez rendez-vous avec Guillaume ABELFO, athlète de Haut Niveau au palmarès impressionnant. Plusieurs fois champion du Monde en catégories jeunes et en Senior. Titré tout récemment Champion du monde de relais mixte avec Floriane Amar et recordmen du monde à la clé. On retrouve Luc BELLIO, et Michel VERGNE tous deux membres du comité bouliste de Haute-Garonne et aussi ardents pratiquants qui nous parlent de cette discipline en plein développem...2023-12-201h 09
Pirate WiresBalaji & Beff Jezos Respond To Forbes Doxxing The e/acc Leader | Pirate Wires Podcast #26 🏴☠️EPISODE #26: This week on the Pirate Wires Podcast, Solana is joined by Balaji Srinivasan, and Beff Jezos. We're breaking down Beff's recent doxxing by Forbes and expose the evil ethics behind the media. We also discuss the media losing its power from tech companies, the vibe shift of CEOs, the future of e/acc, and AI concerns.
Featuring Mike Solana, Balaji, & Beff Jezos (Guillaume Verdon)
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Mike...2023-12-081h 29
18/19 en Région Sud (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)Père Jean-Michel Bardet, curé de Briançon sur la crise migratoireAu sommaire de cette édition :- utiliser la famine comme arme de guerre : c’est une réalité dans le Haut Karabagh et ça sera le sujet de l’édito de ce soir, vous l’entendrez… - une crise migratoire qui dure du côté de Briançon : un hébergement de jour a dû fermé ses portes ces jours-ci : le curé de Briançon, responsable de l’accueil des migrants sera notre invité dans le 18-19 de ce soir- à 18.30 : le journal régional avec Guillaume Genet - En seconde partie d’émission : direction le Parc naturel régional du V...2023-09-0749 min
Parcs naturels régionaux de Provence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurLes Lingots d’Or du VerdonGuillaume Durand, Moniteur-Guide de Pêche professionnel, nous entraîne dans les torrents et gorges du Verdon. Loin de la foule, dans l'intimité et le respect de la biodiversité des rivières, Guillaume nous dévoile l'amour, l'art et l'éthique de la pêche à la mouche.Réalisation Chloé Sanchez avec la complicité de Guillemette Klépal - Production Corps Sonore 2022/2023 Avec le soutien financier de la Région Sud Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.2023-06-1406 min
Le Moyen-Âge dans tes OreillesLe sexe au Moyen-Âge - partie 3Salut à tous, et bienvenue dans ce cinquième épisode du Moyen-Âge dans tes Oreilles, le podcast qui vous invite à revivre cette période fascinante de notre histoire. Guerres, épidémies, meurtres et trahisons, mais aussi arts, avancées scientifiques, foi et philosophie, laissez-moi vous raconter le Moyen-Âge comme si vous y étiez vraiment.
Jusqu’ici, on a parlé de guerre, d’assassinat, de voyages, de grands princes, mais il y a un sujet qu’on a pas encore abordé : la vie quotidienne des gens du Moyen-Âge. C’est pourtant un thème de recherche très en vogue, qui peut...2022-04-1717 min
meet the meQuanics - Quantum Computing DiscussionsmeQuanics - QSI@UTS Seminar Series - S08 - Guillaume Verdon (X)During this time of lockdown, the centre for quantum software and information (QSI) at the University of Technology Sydney has launched an online seminar series. With talks once or twice a week from leading researchers in the field, meQuanics is supporting this series by mirroring the audio from each talk. I would encourage if you listen to this episode, to visit and subscribe to the UTS:QSI YouTube page to see each of these talks with the associated slides to help it make more sense.
Building better deep learning representations for quantum mixed states by adding quantum lay...2021-10-311h 11
Quelle Histoire PrésenteLa Reine MargotMarguerite de Valois, plus connue sous le surnom de « reine Margot », a défrayé la chronique à son époque. La vie de cette jeune femme est marquée par les guerres de religion. Intelligente et comploteuse, elle devient reine de Navarre puis reine de France !L'application Quelle Histoire est disponible dès maintenant sur les téléphones Android et Apple !Tu peux retrouver l'application ici : https://onelink.to/pnfzmkhttps://quellehistoire.com/application-audio/Crédits :Voix : KernSound design : Sylvain HellioTexte : Clémentine V.Ba...2021-10-0107 min
Le Nez DehorsLe Nez Dehors #16 - Festival de ciné La Première Fois / Des nouvelles du Verdon et de la BelgiqueEmission enregistrée en direct le mercredi 10 mars 2021, à midi.
- Vincent du festival La Première Fois, festival de premiers films documentaires. A voir chez vous. Plus d’infos --> ici.
Avec des extraits de deux films:
'La métaphysique du berger', réalisé par Michaël Bernadat
'Wadi Jhannam (la vallée de l’enfer)' par Zoé Filloux
- Au téléphone, Nelly Flecher de la Grenouille, qui avec le réalisateur Pascal Messaoudi est en résidence...2021-03-101h 09
meet the meQuanics - Quantum Computing DiscussionsMeet the meQuanics - E39 - IBM #ThinkQ Field report Guillaume Verdon (U. Waterloo)In this episode we speak to Guillaume Verdon of the University of Waterloo and the Perimeter institute to discuss his research into quantum machine learning and get a field report from the recent ThinkQ conference hosted by IBM in New York state. We discuss quantum algorithms and the current research effort to find interesting and or practical applications for quantum computing that are small enough to not require resource intensive error correction protocols
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Follow Guillaume...2017-12-1347 min