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EP33 Melanie Mitchell on the Elements of AI
Season 1 Episode 33
Melanie Mitchell & Jim talk about the many approaches to creating AI, hype cycles, self-driving cars, what can be learned from human intelligence, an…
6 years, 2 months ago
EP32 Jason Brennan on Irrational Democracy & Academia
Season 1 Episode 32
Author & Professor Jason Brennan talks with Jim about teaching business school, libertarianism, poor incentives/outcomes in democracy & academia, and…
6 years, 3 months ago
EP31 Forrest Landry on Building our Future
Season 1 Episode 31
The multi-talented Forrest Landry talks with Jim about what motivates him, ethics & metaphysics, meaning & sense-making, collective action, collapse,…
6 years, 3 months ago
EP30 Nora Bateson on Complexity & the Transcontextual
Season 1 Episode 30
Nora Bateson talks with Jim about her recent book, her father & grandfather’s academic impact, thinking transcontextually, Game B, warm data labs, an…
6 years, 3 months ago
EP29 Michael Mauboussin on The Success Equation
Season 1 Episode 29
Michael Mauboussin talks with Jim about his latest book, SFI, investment, using variance & complexity, luck & skill, bias, IQ vs RQ, forecasting, and…
6 years, 4 months ago
EP28 Mark Burgess on Promise Theory, AI & Spacetime
Season 1 Episode 28
Author, founder & scientist Mark Burgess talks with Jim about his career, physics skill set, CFEngine, Promise Theory, AI, free will, spacetime, and …
6 years, 4 months ago
EP27 Jamie Wheal on Flow's Future
Season 1 Episode 27
Jamie Wheal talks to Jim about flow, intrinsic & extrinsic motivation, group flow, GameB, the future of ecstatic state tech, cult leaders, and much m…
6 years, 4 months ago
EP26 Jordan Hall on the Game B Emergence
Season 1 Episode 26
Jordan Hall & Jim outline Game B's advantage over Game A, explore embodied wisdom, meaningfulness, Game B transitions & life, parasitizing Game A, an…
6 years, 4 months ago
EP25 Gary Marcus on Rebooting AI
Season 1 Episode 25
Author & CEO Gary Marcus talks with Jim about his book, Rebooting AI, driverless cars, AI learning & intelligence, hybrid AI models & AI bias, and mu…
6 years, 4 months ago
EP24 Bret Weinstein on Evolving Culture
Season 1 Episode 24
Bret Weinstein & Jim talk about unsustainable culture, dangerous algorithms, GameB, complexity, trade-offs, social media, today's left, Darwinian rel…
6 years, 4 months ago