Nikolai Yakovenko: OpenAI in chaos, the future of artificial intelligence and effective accelerationism
Today, Razib interviews Nikolai Yakovenko, already a three-time guest on his podcasts (A Twitter engineer on machine learning and his former company’s prospects, GPT-3 and the rise of the thinking machines and AI and Biology). An artificial intelligenc…
Nikolai Yakovenko: OpenAI in chaos, the future of artificial intelligence and effective accelerationism
Listen now (84 mins) | OpenAI’s leadership shakeup and its implications for the field of AI
Open Thread – 11/19/2023
A new podcast with Karol is posted on Bangladeshi politics, culture and economics (me and Amey co-host). At one point Karol notes that Sheik Hasina, the Prime Minister, has a son who is being groomed to be heir apparent, but he is married to an American and lives in the DC area and does not … Continue reading Open Thread – 11/19/2023
Curtis Yarvin: reflections on a life of poetry
For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid. Check them out at orchidhealth.com. On t…
Probably only 15 states would restrict most abortion if it was put to a popular vote
A few years ago Pew did a survey on attitudes to abortion by state, and you can see the results below in the table. What I want to focus on […]
Probably only 15 states would restrict most abortion if it was put to a popular vote
A few years ago Pew did a survey on attitudes to abortion by state, and you can see the results below in the table. What I want to focus on […]
Michael Muthukrishna: A Theory of Everyone – The New Science of Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going
For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid. Check them out at orchidhealth.com. On t…
Brent Roberts: let’s talk about personality
Listen now (52 mins) | The science behind why you are the way you are
Peter Nimitz: the end of the first civilizations 4,300 years ago
For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid. Check them out at orchidhealth.com. On t…
Time Well Spent – 11/11/2023
Turkeys & Troubles Edition
Carl Zha: Chimerica to the Thucydides’s Trap
Listen now (86 mins) | Chinese Life in Indonesia and China’s prospects in the 21st century
What Neanderthals meant to you, what you mean to Neanderthals
Modern human-Neanderthal interrelatedness grows curiouser and curiouser
Steinn Sigurðsson: Black Holes, causality and exoplanets
For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid. Check them out at orchidhealth.com. On…
Steinn Sigurðsson: Black Holes, causality and exoplanets
For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid. Check them out at orchidhealth.com. On…
Curtis Yarvin: reflections on a life of poetry
Listen now (67 mins) | The father of the Dark Enlightenment goes full right-brained
Destiny of Earth
Muthukrishna’s new book presents a fundamentally optimistic narrative, brimming with ideas and concepts.
Greogry Clark: what has genetics to do with social status?
For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid. Check them out at orchidhealth.com. On…
Michael Muthukrishna: A Theory of Everyone – The New Science of Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going
Listen now (100 mins) | Energy, culture and a better future for everyone
John Logsdon: what has genomics done for evolution?
For the first time ever, parents going through IVF can use whole genome sequencing to screen their embryos for hundreds of conditions. Harness the power of genetics to keep your family safe, with Orchid. Check them out at orchidhealth.com. We…
Peter Nimitz: the end of the first civilizations 4,300 years ago
Listen now (81 mins) | The crisis of the 23rd Century B.C.