Podcast Episodes
Back to Search“The Indestructible Future” by WillPetillo
Doctor: Mr. Burns, I'm afraid you are the sickest man in the United States. You have everything! [...]
Burns: You're sure you just haven't made thou…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
“My most common advice for junior researchers” by LawrenceC
Written quickly as part of the Inkhaven Fellowship.
At a high level, research feedback I give to more junior research collaborators often can fall …
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“The Practical Guide to Superbabies” by GeneSmith
It's Summer of 2025. I’m standing in a grass covered field on the longest day of the year. A friend of mine walks towards me, holding his newborn so…
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“The Corner-Stone” by Benquo
Is the US a ruthless cognitive meritocracy that reliably promotes outlier talent? VB Knives defended that claim in a Twitter argument against Living…
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“Systematically dismantle the AI compute supply chain.” by David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)
This is not an April fool's joke, I’m participating in Inkhaven, which means I need to write a blog post every day.
I recently watched The AI Doc. …
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“The quest for general intelligence is hitting a wall” by Sean Herrington
There has been a lot of talk in the AI community lately about the possibility of achieving general intelligence. Indeed, recent progress in areas su…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
“Intelligence Dissolves Privacy” by Vaniver
The future is going to be different from the present. Let's think about how.
Specifically, our expectations about what's reasonable are downstream o…
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“Anthropic’s Pause is the Most Expensive Alarm in Corporate History” by Ruby
Imagine Apple halting iPhone production because studies linked smartphones to teen suicide rates. Imagine Pfizer proactively pulling Lipitor because…
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“I’m Suing Anthropic for Unauthorized Use of My Personality” by Linch
Last year, I was sitting in my favorite coffee shop Caffe Strada, sipping on a matcha latte and writing a self-insert fanfic about how our plucky pr…
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“Orders of magnitude: use semitones, not decibels” by Oliver Sourbut
I'm going to teach you a secret. It's a secret known to few, a secret way of using parts of your brain not meant for mathematics... for mathematics.…
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