Podcast Episodes
Back to Search"Update on the Alex Bores campaign" by Eric Neyman
In October, I wrote a post arguing that donating to Alex Bores's campaign for Congress was among the most cost-effective opportunities that I'd ever…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
"Community misconduct disputes are not about facts" by mingyuan
In criminal law, the prosecution and the defense each try to establish a timeline — what happened, where, when, who was involved — and thereby deter…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
"The paper that killed deep learning theory" by LawrenceC
Around 10 years ago, a paper came out that arguably killed classical deep learning theory: Zhang et al. 's aptly titled Understanding deep learning …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
"Forecasting is Way Overrated, and We Should Stop Funding It" by mabramov
Summary
EA and rationalists got enamoured with forecasting and prediction markets and made them part of the culture, but this hasn’t proven very us…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
"Your Supplies Probably Won’t Be Stolen in a Disaster" by jefftk
When I write about things like storing food or medication in case of disaster, one common response I get is that it doesn't matter: society will b…
5 months ago
"10 posts I don’t have time to write" by habryka
I am a busy man and will die knowing I have not said all I wanted to say. But maybe I can at least leave some IOUs behind.
1) Blatant conflicts ar…
5 months ago
"$50 million a year for a 10% chance to ban ASI" by Andrea_Miotti, Alex Amadori, Gabriel Alfour
ControlAI's mission is to avert the extinction risks posed by superintelligent AI. We believe that in order to do this, we must secure an internatio…
5 months ago
"Evil is bad, actually (Vassar and Olivia Schaefer callout post)" by plex
Micheal Vassar's strategy for saving the world is horrifyingly counterproductive. Olivia's is worse.
A note before we start: A lot of the sources ci…
5 months ago
"10 non-boring ways I’ve used AI in the last month" by habryka
I use AI assistance for basically all of my work, for many hours, every day. My colleagues do the same. Recent surveys suggest >50% of Americans hav…
5 months ago
"Feel like a room has bad vibes? The lighting is probably too “spiky” or too blue" by habryka
I have now had a few years of experience doing architectural and interior design for many spaces that people seem to really love (most widely known …
5 months ago