Nobel Minds 2024

The 2024 laureates in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine and economic sciences talk to Zeinab Badawi and students in the audience at the Royal Palace in Stockholm about their discoveries and achievements, and how these might find a practical application.

[frankjohnson]

I love how much they disagree and are comfortable with it. It lets them get to much deeper discussions than if they were afraid to say something contrarian.

[bipinbhatta]

The fact that people miss out on so much knowledge and intelligence is mind-blogging. YouTube please make algorithms such that younger people see more things like this than random videos. I love that despite all disagreements, they agreed that it's our fault that we are going to end our civilization.

[ConspiracyCraftersStudio]

at 39:28 after that deep and valid point by the speaker the lady laughed it and moved to some video. Why on Earth would you stop that conversation at such a significant point ?

[ayush]

I love how Hinton just sits quietly and drops in such valid points on the table whenever given a chance to speak. I hope they took him seriously.

[manofsteal]

Please Nobel prize team, Extend the Time for this Show, Most of Us will not see them again together, discussing their thoughts without context of a lectures.

[FRESH-SHAMLAN]

This is the first time IN SO MANY YEARS - that I see Nobel Laureates speak in these sessions without any FILTERS!! Incredible point of views

[NathanAckerman-kzrs]

@Nobel Prize please make these longer than 50 minutes! They could easily be many hours long and I would still listen

[siddharthbandawane]

Greatly admire how wonderful, lively and engaging this conversation is! So much to learn and to work for!

[prodrectifies]

This discussion became quite deep but unfortunately was getting cut off constantly. The truth is, these notable people want to really share their opinion but they are stopped due to external factors, like fear from intelligence agencies, things like whistleblowers getting silenced and etc. This is what makes me quite sad that we will never get to understand the full truth and just have to ponder on what will happen ourselves.

[Rossthedude]

I'm so happy to see that half a million people watch these type of discussions. Kudos

[efortune]

38:25 It's mind blowing that after this profound statement by Hinton they just move on to the next topic. We're talking about A.I. and post-capitalism here. Either towards Star Trek or Mad Max. Abundance and Freedom, or Scarcity and Collapse.

Host: Geoffrey Hinton, do you think that this increase in productivity essentially that will come with automation and so on, and so forth is a good thing for society?


38:38 Geoffrey Hinton, Nobel Laureate in Physics: Well, it ought to be right? I mean, it’s crazy. We’re talking about having a huge increase in productivity so there’s going to be more goods and services for everybody. So everybody ought to be better off. But actually, it’s going to be the other way around. It’s because we live in a capitalist society. So what’s going to happen is this huge increase in productivity is going to make much more money for the big companies and the rich. And it’s going to increase the gap between the rich and the people who lose their jobs. As soon as you increase that gap you get fertile ground for fascism.

So it’s very scary that we may be at a point where we’re just making things worse and worse. It’s crazy because we’re doing something that should help everybody, and obviously will help in healthcare and help in education. But if the profits just go to the rich that’s going to make society worse.

[ignacioanchorena]

Excellent video. This is the best example of how argumentations should be done. Confortable with disagreeing, just using knowledge and ideas.

[Jan-hmsp]

Always amazing to watch smart guys thinking about smart things! Keep changing the world <3

[ThatOneVerse-un]

15:08 Let it be known that one of the inventors of television, Philo T Fransworth was also not optimistic about the advances of television. He once warned his child about tv: "There's nothing on it worthwhile, and we're not going to watch it in this household, and I don't want it in your intellectual diet."

[dhimanroy]

Those gems with such smartness whenever zero points of Egos. Congratulations Laureates ❤🎉

[nafran]

These talks are amazing because they really drive the point that people need to have strong opinions about what they're experts on, and mostly shut their pipeholes about what they don't know.

[georgecherian]

Excellent discussions with scholars of various areas. Very useful.

[alieuksowe]

After watching the 2019 Nobel laureates discussion with Zainab Badawi, I got addicted to science and economics and here we are 2024 fascinated by scientist and economist for their groundbreaking discoveries in their various disciplines.

[rodzalez]

I love these discussions. They should make these discussions mandatory in schools

[MdRakib-qyjs]

It is fascinating to observe that even Nobel laureates are not immune to the influence of their beliefs, biases, and political inclinations.

When contemplating the unknown or envisioning the future, we humans often rely on preconceived notions to construct meaning and prepare for uncertainties and I think this capacity for imagination, combined with other critical traits, has undoubtedly played a pivotal role in our evolutionary trajectory, establishing us as one of the most manipulative species on Earth.