Podcast Episodes
Back to Search“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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 months ago
“the case for CoT unfaithfulness is overstated” by nostalgebraist
[Meta note: quickly written, unpolished. Also, it's possible that there's some more convincing work on this topic that I'm unaware of – if so, let me…
1 year, 6 months ago
“Cryonics is free” by Mati_Roy
I've been wanting to write a nice post for a few months, but should probably just write a one sooner instead. This is a top-level post not because it…
1 year, 6 months ago
“Stanislav Petrov Quarterly Performance Review” by Ricki Heicklen
Quarterly Performance Review, Autumn 1983
Colonel Yuri Kuznetsov looked out the window anxiously. The endless gray landscape did little to soothe his…
1 year, 6 months ago