Podcast Episodes

Ep 190: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 9 ”Quantum Computers” Part3

Episode 191

Here in this second-to-last episode on the discussion of Chapter 9 from the Fabric of Reality we discuss some of the key distinctions between the cla…

2 years, 9 months ago

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Ep 189: Epiphenomena

Episode 190

This serves as "part 2" of my "Are Consciousness and Creativity the same thing?" podcast, the Youtube version of which can be found here: https://www…

2 years, 11 months ago

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Ep 188: Nick Bostrom on AI on ”Talk TV” - analysis

Episode 189

This podcast was originally produced on Airchat: https://www.getairchat.com/bretthall/bretthall It is all about an interview that can be found here: …

2 years, 11 months ago

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Ep 187: Red Pens and Fallibilism

Episode 188

This podcast episode is based around two sets of chits (two "chats") found on airchat at https://www.getairchat.com/bretthall/bretthall?t=440630 The …

2 years, 11 months ago

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Ep 186: Brett, Naval and more on AI & AGI

Episode 187

The latest on the philosophy, science and technology of AI and AGI. ChatGPT, Deep Learning, Neural Networks and Large Language Models (LLMs). What do…

2 years, 11 months ago

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Ep 185: Possibility and Actuality. Facts and Counterfactuals.

Episode 186

Sam Harris and Lex Fridman vs The Multiverse and Constructor Theory. Although this is a reaction video, it's just 10 minutes of Sam with the rest of …

3 years ago

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Ep 184: ToKCast Digest - An Overview of Optimism

Episode 185

Everything that we’ve covered on ToKCast so far for those in a hurry or those wanting a refresher. It’s the synecdoche episode. 183 episodes down and…

3 years ago

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Ep 183: St George in retirement syndrome on St Patrick’s day.

Episode 184

What is "St George in retirement" syndrome? This and much more in another random livestream about all sorts.

3 years ago

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Ep 182: Livestream Science News and AMA

Episode 183

Thursday 16 March 2023 Livestream - Patreon and Twitter Questions and Science News Articles discussed: JWST news: https://www.space.com/james-webb-sp…

3 years ago

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Ep 181: The Big Bang Livestream ToKCast

Episode 182

Reading a short chapter from "What's Eating the Universe?" by Paul Davies titled "The Big Bang" - and adding some exposition and commentary. Also: AM…

3 years ago

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