Podcast Episodes
Back to Search"Harry Potter and the Rules of Quidditch" by Tomás B.
Ron's face pulled into a scowl. "If you don't like Quidditch, you don't have to make fun of it!"
"If you can't criticise, you can't optimise. I'm su…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
"Destroying the universe: How hard can it be?" by djbinder
In quantum field theory, the vacuum state refers to the lowest energy state in a system. Particles are excitations above this state and carry energy…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
"P(doom) is a Dumb Meme" by Max Harms
Look, I'm as much of a Rationalist with a special interest in AI x-risk as anyone. But oh my god do I hate talking about "P(doom)". When it first st…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
[Linkpost] "Saving Gemini: The 9-Min Road to Recovery" by Shoshannah Tekofsky
This is a link post. Gemini 2.5 Pro in the AI Village has run for over 1427 hours, generating unique mental health problems along the way.
Last year …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
"Model access for third-parties — it’s a big deal!" by Cleo Nardo
Over time, there might be an increasingly large gap between insider model access and outsider model access. By insiders, I mean employees at the fro…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
"Who Got Breasts First and How We Got Them" by rba
It really is Sydney Sweeney's world, and we’re all just living in it.
Human female breasts are an evolutionary mystery along several dimensions. Fir…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
"The worthlessness of vitamin D is mildly exaggerated" by dynomight
For a while there, many people thought vitamin D was magical—that it could improve bones, the heart, infections, cancer, heart disease, longevity, e…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
"What is up with e/acc?" by KatjaGrace
I was chatting with someone tonight about a planned documentary; they had interviewed various people in AI safety, and we got to discussing who they…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
"Existential AI safety needs an effective social movement. PauseAI is building it" by Maxime Fournes, Espedair Street
Note: this post is about PauseAI, not PauseAI US, which is a distinct entity with a different leadership team and approach.
This post was written by…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
"Surprising facts about the slave trade" by Joseph Miller
1. The obstacle to abolition was not the economic system, but an industry lobby.
I had always imagined the British abolitionist movement to be a bro…
2 months, 3 weeks ago