Bryan Ward-Perkins: The material consequences of the fall of Rome
An archaeologist reflects on the collapse of the Western Roman Empire
Sean Anthony: the Muhammad of history
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to professor Sean Anthony about his book Muhammad and the Empires of Faith: The Making of the Prophet of Islam. Anthony is a historian in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at The …
Nikolai Yakovenko: the stillborn promise of the LLM age
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Nikolai Yakovenko, a returning guest to the podcast, about his new AI startup, DeepNewz, and the state of the LLM-driven AI landscape circa the summer of 2024, where we are in relation to earlier …
Nikolai Yakovenko: the stillborn promise of the LLM age
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Nikolai Yakovenko, a returning guest to the podcast, about his new AI startup, DeepNewz, and the state of the LLM-driven AI landscape circa the summer of 2024, where we are in relation to earlier …
Nikolai Yakovenko: the stillborn promise of the LLM age
The future is mostly the past and AGI is still just a dream
Chad Niederhuth: genetics in plants, from Mendel to GMOs
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Chad Niederhuth, an erstwhile academic plant geneticist now working in industry. Niederhuth and Razib discuss the reality that in 2024 it is often human genetics that gets the glory, even though e…
Chad Niederhuth: genetics in plants, from Mendel to GMOs
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Chad Niederhuth, an erstwhile academic plant geneticist now working in industry. Niederhuth and Razib discuss the reality that in 2024 it is often human genetics that gets the glory, even though e…
Scions of Sahul: the steadfast Australian settlers who held off sedentarism for 45,000 years
Tales from a weird continent: on Mega Marsupial slayers, the many races of Denisovans, etc.
J. P. Mallory: Indo-Europeans found?
Revisiting the search for Indo-European homeland more than 30 years later
Jonathan Keeperman: becoming Lomez
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Jonathan Keeperman, an former lecturer in writing at UC Irvine and proprietor of Passage Press. Keeperman also posts on the internet under what was until recently an anonymous pseudonym, Lomez. Un…
Sean Anthony: the Muhammad of history
Understanding the world of early Islam
Ryan Burge: Losing Our Religion
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks about religion with Ryan Burge, professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University, and author of The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going and 20 Myths About…
RKUL: Time Well Spent 06/06/2024
Almost Midsummer Edition
RKUL: Time Well Spent 06/06/2024
Almost Midsummer Edition
Chad Niederhuth: genetics in plants, from Mendel to GMOs
An erstwhile academic discusses the genetics of plants and why it matters
Razib Khan essay according to ChatGPT4o
My prompt: “Write a 5,000 word essay in the style and topic of Razib Khan” Sure, I can create a detailed essay inspired by the style and themes that Razib […]
Brazil: a melting-pot genetic present and an uncharted deep past
Glimpsing humanity’s genetic future in its 7th largest nation
Open Thread – 6/1/2024 – Brown Pundits
What’s going on?
Lost civilizations and the promise of new knowledge
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib discusses the idea of “lost civilizations,” the possibility that there were complex societies during the Pleistocene Ice Age. This topic recently rose to salience after a dialogue between writer Graham Han…
Lost civilizations and the promise of new knowledge
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib discusses the idea of “lost civilizations,” the possibility that there were complex societies during the Pleistocene Ice Age. This topic recently rose to salience after a dialogue between writer Graham Han…