Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMantic Monday 4/24/23
Episode 821
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/mantic-monday-42423
Can AIs Predict The Future? By Which We Mean The Past?
If we asked GPT-4 to play a predicti…
3 years, 4 months ago
Links For April 2023
Episode 820
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/links-for-april-2023
[Remember, I haven’t independently verified each link. On average, commenters will e…
3 years, 4 months ago
Contra Kriss On Nerds And Hipsters
Episode 819
Sam Kriss has a post on nerds and hipsters. I think he gets the hipsters right, but bungles the nerds.
Hipsters, he says, are an information sorting …
3 years, 4 months ago
[CLASSIC POST] Book Review: The Hungry Brain
Episode 818
[Content note: food, dieting, obesity]
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The Hungry Brain gives off a bit of a Malcolm Gladwell vibe, with its cutesy name and pop-neuroscience sty…
3 years, 4 months ago
Highlights From The Comments On IRBs
Episode 817
Table of Contents
1: Comments From The Author Of The Book
2: Stories From People In The Trenches
3: Stories From People In Other Industries
4: Storie…
3 years, 4 months ago
Book Review: From Oversight To Overkill
Episode 816
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-from-oversight-to-overkill
I. Risks May Include AIDS, Smallpox, And Death
Dr. Rob Knight studies h…
3 years, 4 months ago
Spring Meetups Everywhere 2023
Episode 815
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/spring-meetups-everywhere-2023
Many cities have regular Astral Codex Ten meetup groups. Twice a year, I try to…
3 years, 4 months ago
Book Review: The Arctic Hysterias
Episode 814
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-the-arctic-hysterias
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Strange things are done in the midnight sun, say the poets who wrote of ol…
3 years, 4 months ago
Most Technologies Aren't Races
Episode 813
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/most-technologies-arent-races
[Disclaimer: I’m not an AI policy person, the people who are have thought about …
3 years, 4 months ago
Highlights From The Comments On Telemedicine Regulations
Episode 812
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/highlights-from-the-comments-on-telemedicine
[Original post: The Government Is Making Telemedicine Hard And In…
3 years, 4 months ago