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EP 238 Sam Sammane on Humanity's Role in an AI-Dominated Future
Season 1 Episode 238
Jim talks with Sam Sammane about the ideas in his new book The Singularity of Hope: Humanity's Role in an AI-Dominated Future. They discuss the hype …
1 year, 10 months ago
EP 237 Simon DeDeo on the Odds of Major Civil Violence
Season 1 Episode 237
Jim talks with Simon DeDeo about their wager concerning the likelihood of civil violence and mass killings in America in the next decade. They discus…
1 year, 11 months ago
EP 236 Gregg Henriques on Free Will vs Determinism
Season 1 Episode 236
Jim talks with Gregg Henriques about his take on the free will versus determinism debate. They discuss the importance of definitions, the enlightenme…
1 year, 11 months ago
EP 235 Robin Hanson on Beware Cultural Drift
Season 1 Episode 235
Jim talks with Robin Hanson about the ideas in his essay "Beware Cultural Drift: Thoughts on modernity's monoculture mistake." They discuss drift in …
1 year, 11 months ago
EP 234 Richard Bartlett on an Experiment in Co-Living
Season 1 Episode 234
Jim talks with Richard Bartlett about the ideas in his essay "What we learned from a 3-month co-living experiment." They discuss Jim's visit to a co-…
1 year, 11 months ago
EP 233 Robert Conan Ryan on Seven Ethical Perspectives
Season 1 Episode 233
Jim talks with Robert Conan Ryan about seven ethical perspectives and why everyone should know them. They discuss why understanding ethical stances i…
1 year, 11 months ago
EP 232 Matthew David Segall on Process Philosophy and the Origin of Life
Season 1 Episode 232
Jim talks with Matthew David Segall about the ideas in his and Bruce Damer's new essay, "The Cosmological Context of the Origin of Life: Process Phil…
1 year, 11 months ago
EP 231 Vance Crowe Interviews Jim Rutt on AI Risk
Season 1 Episode 231
Vance Crowe interviews Jim about how he maps the problem-space of current and future AI risk. They discuss the beginnings of AI, the era of broad AI,…
2 years ago
EP 230 James Lindsay on a National Divorce
Season 1 Episode 230
Jim talks with James Lindsay about the ideas in his recent essay "National Divorce Is National Suicide." They discuss the meaning of a national divor…
2 years ago
EP 229 Jonathan Rowson on the Antidebate
Season 1 Episode 229
Jim talks with Jonathan Rowson of Perspectiva about a new social practice they're creating, the antidebate. They discuss the nature of debate, the sp…
2 years ago