Podcast Episodes
Back to Search“Does your AI perform badly because you — you, specifically — are a bad person?” by Natalie_Cargill
Consistent helpfulness for everyone, unless you're a bit of a scumbag
Claude really got me lately.
I’d given it an elaborate prompt in an attempt to…
1 week, 3 days ago
“Against Credulous AI Hype” by James Fodor
I have been increasingly surprised over the past year at what I perceive to be the lack of critical thinking in response to new announcements regard…
1 week, 3 days ago
“My Unfiltered Motivations” by Aaron Gertler 🔸
I once took a seminar with Paul Bloom, author of Against Empathy. He often spoke about the limits of empathy as a motivation — how it misleads us wh…
1 week, 4 days ago
[Linkpost] “Why clinical trials are broken & how to fix them: a reading list” by Siebe
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12 articles including 4 podcasts
EA/LW Intro: I believe clinical trial abundance could be an EA cause area - there's still a lot…
1 week, 4 days ago
“Reflections on PauseCon 2026” by Joe Rogero
A lesson in courage from Washington, DC
Yesterday I described an experience that impressed upon fifteen-year-old me the importance of speaking with u…
1 week, 4 days ago
“Discussions of (p)sentience of small animals miss the point” by Jim Buhler
Tl;dr: You need to make specific moral weight assumptions to decide who to prioritize between animals with different degrees of sentience. And the m…
1 week, 5 days ago
“What’s your favorite art with EA vibes?” by Aaron Gertler 🔸
I made a database for "art with EA vibes" — books, movies, and other works, fiction or nonfiction, that cover topics or ideas related to effective a…
1 week, 5 days ago
“Better Futures Discussion Thread: With Fin Moorhouse” by Toby Tremlett🔹, finm
This week, we are highlighting Forethought's Better Futures series. Fin Moorhouse (@finm), who authored two chapters in the series (Convergence and …
1 week, 5 days ago
[Linkpost] “Manifund Essay Prize: on EA funding, the SF scene, and forecasting” by Austin
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Manifund is sponsoring 3 prizes for the best new essays that give us insight into how to navigate the future. Winners receive a …
1 week, 5 days ago
“Trajan House - current goals and updates” by Asher Benter 🔸
Trajan House is an office in Oxford for people working on humanity's most pressing challenges. There have been some changes to the project over the …
1 week, 6 days ago