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Episode 55: Why are Empirical Theories Special? (IQ part 3)
Season 1 Episode 55
We continue our discussion of Dwarkesh Patel's article "Contra David Deutsch on AI" compared to Brett Hall's tweet on IQ theory. This time we concentrate on criticisms of Brett Hall's theory. Al…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Episode 54: Computational and Explanatory Universality (IQ part 2)
In this episode, we continue our discussion of Dwarkesh Patel's article "Contra David Deutsch on AI" compared to Brett Hall's tweet on IQ theory. This time we concentrate on criticisms of Patel's Har…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Episode 53: Universality and IQ - Part 1
Season 1 Episode 53
Dwarkesh Patel published an article called "Contra David Deutsch on AI". This article was actually a defense of IQ theory against the charge (often made by fans of David Deutsch) that the existence o…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Episode 52: Is Being Dogmatic Ever a Good Thing?
In our previous episode, we asked if Karl Popper was Dogmatic. We also introduced the idea that Karl Popper wasn't convinced that dogmatism was always bad. In this episode, we further explore Karl Po…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Episode 51: Was Karl Popper Dogmatic?
Season 1 Episode 51
There seems to be broad agreement, even among Karl Popper's own students, that he was a deeply dogmatic individual. In this episode we ask the question 'Was Karl Popper Dogmatic?' by reviewing a humo…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Episode 50: The Turing Test 2.0 (aka is LaMDA Sentient?)
Season 1 Episode 50
Blake Lemoine, the ex-Google engineer, claims LaMDA -- Google's language model -- is sentient. Is he right?
Alan Turing is perhaps most famous for his "Turing Test" which is a test of intelligence. D…
Published on 3 years, 3 months ago
Episode 49: AGI Alignment and Safety
Season 1 Episode 49
Is Elon Musk right that Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) research is like 'summoning the demon' and should be regulated?
In episodes 48 and 49, we discussed how our genes 'align' our interests w…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Episode 48: Genetics and Universality (part 2): How Our Genes Coerce Us
Season 1 Episode 48
How do we square genetically influenced mental disorders with the theory of explanatory universality?
In a previous episode, Tracy asked Bruce how to reconcile her experience with mental disorders, l…
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
Episode 47: Genetics and Universality (part 1): How Our Genes Influence Us
Season 1 Episode 47
How do we square genetically influenced mental disorders with the theory of explanatory universality?
In our last episode, Tracy asked Bruce how to reconcile her experience with mental disorders, lik…
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
Episode 46: Narcissism and Other Mental Disorders
Season 1 Episode 46
Tracy leads a discussion about Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). We discuss various other mental disorders as well. We sadly admit that some disorders…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago