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Beff Jezos and Effective Accelerationism: Machine God of Loving Grace
Season 2
Beff Jezos (Guillaume Verdon) is a Canadian physicist, quantum computing researcher, and tech entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder of the Ef…
2 hours ago
Razib Khan at Manifest 2026: Genetic Discoveries, AI, and Academia – #114
Season 2
This episode was recorded live at Manifest 2026. Razib Khan is a prominent writer, population geneticist, and podcaster. He is best known for his ext…
2 weeks ago
Letter from Beijing 2: Tsinghua University – #113
Season 2
This special episode was recorded at Tsinghua University in Beijing, generally regarded as the top university in China. Our guests are 3 Americans st…
4 weeks ago
AI Billionaire on Existential Risk: Jaan Tallinn
Season 2
Jaan Tallinn is a tech billionaire and founding engineer of Skype who leverages his wealth to mitigate existential risks from artificial general inte…
1 month, 1 week ago
Embryo Selection and Frontier Genomics with Dr. Alex Young – #111
Season 2
Dr. Alex Young, a statistical geneticist and assistant professor in the Human Genetics department at UCLA, joins Steve Hsu to discuss the cutting edg…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Iran War is the First Missile War (crossover with Seeking Truth From Facts podcast) – #110
Season 2
Steve and Alf discuss the Iran War, emphasizing what it
reveals about modern missile and anti-missile technology, drones, and
the implications for a US…
2 months, 1 week ago
Dreamers and Doomers: Our AI future, with Richard Ngo – #109
Season 2
Richard Ngo is an independent AI researcher and philosopher known for
his work on AGI safety and alignment. He recently resigned from
OpenAI, where he …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
China, Acceleration, and Nick Land - with Matt Southey – #108
Season 2
Matt Southey is an editor for an AI safety organization. He wrote his PhD dissertation on the philosophy of Nick Land. Matt's "A Brief History of Acc…
3 months ago
Shenzhen is the Technology Capital of the World, with Taylor Ogan – #107
Season 2
Recorded live in Shenzhen with Taylor Ogan, the founder and CEO of
Snowbull Capital, which invests in Chinese technology companies.
Taylor on X:
https:/…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
AI DOOM: Jesse Hoogland of Timaeus
Season 2
This is the second episode of our series based on interviews for the documentary film, Dreamers and Doomers, about the SF Bay Area in the last days b…
4 months ago