Podcast Episodes
Back to Search“An Opinionated Guide to Privacy Despite Authoritarianism” by TurnTrout
I've created a highly specific and actionable privacy guide, sorted by importance and venturing several layers deep into the privacy iceberg. I star…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
“Cancer has a surprising amount of detail” by Abhishaike Mahajan
There is a very famous essay titled ‘Reality has a surprising amount of detail’. The thesis of the article is that reality is filled, just filled, w…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
“AIs should also refuse to work on capabilities research” by Davidmanheim
There's a strong argument that humans should stop trying to build more capable AI systems, or at least slow down progress. The risks are plausibly l…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
“On Fleshling Safety: A Debate by Klurl and Trapaucius.” by Eliezer Yudkowsky
(23K words; best considered as nonfiction with a fictional-dialogue frame, not a proper short story.)
Prologue:
Klurl and Trapaucius were members of…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
“EU explained in 10 minutes” by Martin Sustrik
If you want to understand a country, you should pick a similar country that you are already familiar with, research the differences between the two …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
“Cheap Labour Everywhere” by Morpheus
I recently visited my girlfriend's parents in India. Here is what that experience taught me:
Yudkowsky has this facebook post where he makes some in…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
[Linkpost] “Consider donating to AI safety champion Scott Wiener” by Eric Neyman
This is a link post. Written in my personal capacity. Thanks to many people for conversations and comments. Written in less than 24 hours; sorry for …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
“Which side of the AI safety community are you in?” by Max Tegmark
In recent years, I’ve found that people who self-identify as members of the AI safety community have increasingly split into two camps:
Camp A) "Rac…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
“Doomers were right” by Algon
There's an argument I sometimes hear against existential risks, or any other putative change that some are worried about, that goes something like t…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
“Do One New Thing A Day To Solve Your Problems” by Algon
People don't explore enough. They rely on cached thoughts and actions to get through their day. Unfortunately, this doesn't lead to them making prog…
5 months, 3 weeks ago