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#50 - On the Evolutionary Origins of Storytelling, Art, and Science
Fifty godd*** episodes! 'Tis been a ride full of debate, drinks, questionable arguments, Ben becoming both a dualist and a social media addict, and V…
2 years, 11 months ago
#49 - AGI: Could The End Be Nigh? (With Rosie Campbell)
When big bearded men wearing fedoras begin yelling at you that the end is nigh and superintelligence is about to kill us all, what should you do? Vad…
3 years ago
#48 (C&R Chap. 18) - Utopia and Violence
You may, perchance, have noticed that the sweeping utopian movements of the past did not end well. And most of them involved an horrific amount of vi…
3 years, 1 month ago
#47 (Bonus) - Dualism, Reductionism, and Explanation Pancakes
Second holiday season bonus episode! Vaden joins Chesto on The Declaration podcast to talk about monism, dualism, the reality of abstractions, emerge…
3 years, 2 months ago
#46 (Bonus) - Arguing about probability (with Nick Anyos)
We make a guest appearance on Nick Anyos' podcast to talk about effective altruism, longtermism, and probability. Nick (very politely) pushes back on…
3 years, 3 months ago
#45 - Four Central Fallacies of AI Research (with Melanie Mitchell)
We were delighted to be joined by Davis Professor at the Sante Fe Insitute, Melanie Mitchell! We chat about our understanding of artificial intellige…
3 years, 4 months ago
#44 - Longtermism Revisited: What We Owe the Future
Like moths to a flame, we come back to longtermism once again. But it's not our fault. Will MacAskill published a new book, What We Owe the Future, a…
3 years, 5 months ago
#43 - Artificial General Intelligence and the AI Safety debate
Some people think that advanced AI is going to kill everyone. Some people don't. Who to believe? Fortunately, Ben and Vaden are here to sort out the…
3 years, 6 months ago
#42 (C&R, Chap 12+13) - Language and the Body-Mind Problem
Ben and Vaden sit down to discuss what is possibly Popper's most confusing essay ever: Language and the Body-Mind Problem: A restatement of Interacti…
3 years, 8 months ago
#41 - Parenting, Epistemology, and EA (w/ Lulie Tanett)
We're joined by the wonderful Lulie Tanett to talk about effective altruism, pulling spouses out of burning buildings, and why you should prefer crit…
3 years, 9 months ago