Podcast Episodes

How Trustworthy Are Supplements?

Episode 730

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/how-trustworthy-are-supplements

[EDIT: LabDoor responds here]

[Epistemic status: not totally sure of any of th…

3 years, 10 months ago

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CHAI, Assistance Games, And Fully-Updated Deference

Episode 729

Machine Alignment Monday 10/3/22

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/chai-assistance-games-and-fully-updated

     

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This Machine Alignm…

3 years, 10 months ago

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Universe-Hopping Through Substack

Episode 728

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/universe-hopping-through-substack

RandomTweet is a service that will show you exactly that - a randomly sel…

3 years, 11 months ago

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Highlights From The Comments On Unpredictable Reward

Episode 729

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/highlights-from-the-comments-on-unpredictable

[Original post: Unpredictable Reward, Predictable Happiness]

1: …

3 years, 11 months ago

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From Nostradamus To Fukuyama

Episode 727

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/from-nostradamus-to-fukuyama

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Nostradamus was a 16th century French physician who claimed to be able to see …

3 years, 11 months ago

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Highlights From The Comments On Billionaire Replaceability

Episode 726

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/highlights-from-the-comments-on-billionaire

[original post: Billionaires, Surplus, and Replaceability]

1: La…

3 years, 11 months ago

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Why Is The Central Valley So Bad?

Episode 725

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/why-is-the-central-valley-so-bad

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Here’s a topographic map of California (source):

You might notice it has a…

3 years, 11 months ago

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Janus' GPT Wrangling

Episode 724

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/janus-gpt-wrangling

Janus (pseudonym by request) works at AI alignment startup Conjecture. Their hobby, whic…

3 years, 11 months ago

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Bay Area Meetups This Weekend (September 17-18 2022)

Episode 723

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/bay-area-meetups-this-weekend

We have three Bay Area meetups this weekend:

Berkeley, at 1 PM on Sunday 9/1…

3 years, 11 months ago

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Unpredictable Reward, Predictable Happiness

Episode 722

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/unpredictable-reward-predictable

[Epistemic status: very conjectural. I am not a neuroscientist and they shoul…

3 years, 11 months ago

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