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Trump and the AI Safety Vibe Shift (Robert Wright & Liron Shapira)
Cold Open ... Round Two of Nonzero × Doom Debates ... Trump, the FTC, and an Industry Feeling the Heat ... Google Says Gemini 4 Exists ... Greg B…
1 month ago
Dario’s China Syndrome (Robert Wright & Paul Triolo)
Teaser ... Paul’s impeccable timing ... Is Dario’s AI slowdown proposal for real? ... How chip controls can undermine AI safety ... Why the 2024 …
1 month, 1 week ago
Did Boomers Ruin Everything? (Robert Wright & Jill Filipovic)
Teaser ... Jill’s book OK Boomer, Let’s Talk ... When is generalizing about a group okay? ... The world boomers built ... Are boomers really uniq…
1 month, 1 week ago
Superintelligence, the Singularity, and the Singleton (Robert Wright & Nick Bostrom)
Teaser ... Nick’s singular place in AI history ... Where is Nick on the pause-accelerationist spectrum? ... Utilitarianism vs the "moral parliame…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
What’s Driving Dario? (Robert Wright, Derek Davison, and Daniel Bessner)
Teaser ... This episode's surprise vibe shift ... Middle East update: Houthis vs. Saudis ... What’s really driving Dario (et al.)? ... Debating e…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Is the AI "Slowdown" for Real? (Robert Wright & Zvi Mowshowitz)
Teaser ... Where Zvi’s famous newsletter got its name ... Zvi’s biggest AI fear ... Why is ChatGPT’s mind getting harder to read? ... Is self-sac…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Week in AI that Changed the World (Robert Wright & Liron Shapira)
A bold new experiment in podcast synergy ... What caused the epic AI vibe shift? ... The resignation that broke the dam ... Former Trump adviser D…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Israel’s Lobby (Robert Wright, Eli Clifton, and Ian Lustick)
Ian and Eli’s new book, Israel’s Lobby ... Being a Jewish critic of Israel before that was cool ... How Eli followed the money ... What’s changed …
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Is AI a Form of Life? (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
Why Bob is (extra) freaked out ... Inside the minds of OpenAI's rogue agents ... Is true alignment a pipe dream? ... The new development that’s sp…
2 months ago
Iran, Ukraine, and the Future of War (Robert Wright & Paul Scharre)
Overtime teaser ... Paul’s military tech bona fides ... What we (should) have learned from the Iran war ... Ukraine as frontline for the drone rev…
2 months ago