Podcast Episodes
Back to Search“I got dysentery so you don’t have to” by eukaryote
This summer, I participated in a human challenge trial at the University of Maryland. I spent the days just prior to my 30th birthday sick with shige…
1 year, 4 months ago
“Overcoming Bias Anthology” by Arjun Panickssery
This is a link post. Part 1: Our Thinking
Near and Far
1 Abstract/Distant Future Bias
2 Abstractly Ideal, Concretely Selfish
3 We Add Near, Average Far
4…
1 year, 4 months ago
“Arithmetic is an underrated world-modeling technology” by dynomight
Of all the cognitive tools our ancestors left us, what's best? Society seems to think pretty highly of arithmetic. It's one of the first things we le…
1 year, 4 months ago
“My theory of change for working in AI healthtech” by Andrew_Critch
This post starts out pretty gloomy but ends up with some points that I feel pretty positive about. Day to day, I'm more focussed on the positive poin…
1 year, 4 months ago
“Why I’m not a Bayesian” by Richard_Ngo
This post focuses on philosophical objections to Bayesianism as an epistemology. I first explain Bayesianism and some standard objections to it, then…
1 year, 4 months ago
“The AGI Entente Delusion” by Max Tegmark
As humanity gets closer to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), a new geopolitical strategy is gaining traction in US and allied circles, in the Na…
1 year, 4 months ago
“Momentum of Light in Glass” by Ben
I think that most people underestimate how many scientific mysteries remain, even on questions that sound basic.
My favourite candidate for "the most …
1 year, 4 months ago
“Overview of strong human intelligence amplification methods” by TsviBT
How can we make many humans who are very good at solving difficult problems?
Summary (table of made-up numbers)
I made up the made-up numbers in this …
1 year, 4 months ago
“Struggling like a Shadowmoth” by Raemon
This post is probably hazardous for one type of person in one particular growth stage, and necessary for people in a different growth stage, and I do…
1 year, 4 months ago
“Three Subtle Examples of Data Leakage” by abstractapplic
This is a description of my work on some data science projects, lightly obfuscated and fictionalized to protect the confidentiality of the organizati…
1 year, 4 months ago