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Sex workers — empowered, or victims? (with Melissa Broudo)
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Content warning: Please be aware that rape and sexual abuse are discussed in this episode. If you are particular…
3 years, 5 months ago
What, if anything, do AIs understand? (with ChatGPT Co-Creator Ilya Sutskever)
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Can machines actually be intelligent? What sorts of tasks are narrower or broader than we usually believe? GPT-3 …
3 years, 5 months ago
Forecasting the things that matter (with Peter Wildeford)
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How can we change the way we think about expertise (or the trustworthiness of any information source) using forec…
3 years, 5 months ago
Is the universe a computer? (with Joscha Bach)
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What is intelligence? What exactly does an IQ test measure? What are the similarities and differences between the…
3 years, 6 months ago
Inventions, stories, and ideas that don't matter (with Pablos Holman)
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How does 3D-printed food work? How do hackers and inventors think? What are some ideas that don't matter? Why are…
3 years, 6 months ago
Humble-bragging, counter-signalling, and impression management (with Övül Sezer)
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What should we do (or not do) to make a good first impression on others? Is "humble-bragging" better or worse tha…
3 years, 6 months ago
Ambition and expected value at extremes (with Habiba Islam)
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Are ambition and altruism compatible? How ambitious should we be if we want to do as much good in the world as po…
3 years, 6 months ago
Career science, open science, and inspired science (with Alexa Tullett)
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How much should we actually trust science? Are registered reports more trustworthy than meta-analyses? How does "…
3 years, 7 months ago
Estimating the long-term impact of our actions today (with Will MacAskill)
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What is longtermism? Is the long-term future of humanity (or life more generally) the most important thing, or ju…
3 years, 7 months ago
The differences between analytic and continental philosophy (with Alexander Prescott-Couch)
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What is the genetic fallacy? How do the analytic and continental philosophical traditions differ? What is the rol…
3 years, 7 months ago