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When AI Enters the Quantum World (Robert Wright & Scott Aaronson)
When AI Enters the Quantum World (Robert Wright & Scott Aaronson)

Teaser ... Scott’s diverse portfolio of expertise ... Is AI hastening the quantum computing revolution? ... Interpreting the many-worlds interpre…

18 hours ago

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Is an AI Bubble Bursting? (Robert Wright & Liron Shapira)
Is an AI Bubble Bursting? (Robert Wright & Liron Shapira)

Teaser ... Nonzero Doom returns ... A foom in slow motion ... Will Google’s Genie 4 lure us into the Matrix? ... Liron’s bull case for Google sto…

4 days, 17 hours ago

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Is Nathan Fielder a Creep? (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
Is Nathan Fielder a Creep? (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)

Teaser ... Paul attains potato hegemony ... Bob’s book: Gateway drug to AI doomerism? ... Nathan Fielder’s view of Elizabeth Holmes (via Paul) ..…

5 days, 16 hours ago

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Netanyahu Fails to Provoke Iranian Attack Pre-Election (Netanyahu Fails to Provoke Iranian Attack Pre-Election)
Netanyahu Fails to Provoke Iranian Attack Pre-Election (Netanyahu Fails to Provoke Iranian Attack Pre-Election)

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1 week ago

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Humanity: An Earth’s-Eye View (Robert Wright & Boris Shoshitaishvili)
Humanity: An Earth’s-Eye View (Robert Wright & Boris Shoshitaishvili)

Overtime teaser ... Boris’s background and new book, Our Planetary Mirror ... The AI vibe shift in Washington ... Three ways of seeing the planet—…

1 week, 3 days ago

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Can Dario and Sam Be Governed? (Robert Wright & Connor Leahy)
Can Dario and Sam Be Governed? (Robert Wright & Connor Leahy)

Teaser ... Connor’s role with ControlAI ... The AI vibe shift in Washington ... How does ControlAI want to control AI? ... Dario decoded ... Are…

2 weeks ago

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The AI Companion Question (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
The AI Companion Question (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)

Teaser ... Is Paul pro-gooey-pod? ... Steven Pinker vs Scott Alexander on AI ... A review of AI peer reviewers ... Tipping tips ... The promise …

2 weeks, 5 days ago

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The Race to Control AI (Robert Wright & Jeremie Harris)
The Race to Control AI (Robert Wright & Jeremie Harris)

Teaser ... Jeremie’s podcast and prescient AI report ... Is scale still (mostly) all you need? ... Jeremie: We’re way past “stochastic parrots” .…

3 weeks ago

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Inside Elon's Mind (Robert Wright & Alex Gibney)
Inside Elon's Mind (Robert Wright & Alex Gibney)

Teaser ... Alex’s new documentary about Elon ... How Alex’s film turned epic ... Simulation theory + social Darwinism = Elon? ... Inside the mind…

3 weeks, 5 days ago

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Will AI Make Humans Obsolete? (Robert Wright & Garrison Lovely)
Will AI Make Humans Obsolete? (Robert Wright & Garrison Lovely)

Teaser ... Garrison’s background and his new book, Obsolete ... Is the left dangerously downplaying AI? ... What is the “obsoleting project”? ...…

4 weeks ago

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