I think some of his worst takes are that he fetishises death, believes that AIs/robots need to be programmed to 'feel' and to 'fear death' as a way to truly capture the essence of living and is the breakthrough that is needed for true AGI

I honestly don't want AIs with a 'survive at any cost' drive to them, or for that matter the ability to feel pain.
This gets back to the Westworld season 1 problem (I don't care about any other seasons) Why would you want to encourage and imbue the automatons who are there for humanity to live out their most wildest fantasies with sentience when a simulacrum would be more than good enough.
Or as Preston Jacobs so eloquently put it, if you are designing a toilet why would you give it the ability to taste.