The Mind Killer

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Alabama passed a law protecting IVF providers from liabilityAnti-abortion groups are not happy about itPutin threatens nukes if western troops used, againSCOTUS voted 9-0 to allow Trump on the BallotBiden gave a big speech and didn’t sound too old!Congress swamped with calls to not ban TikTok after TikTok mobilized users with easy “call now” button. Trump flipped flopped and is pro-TikTok now after meeting with a big TikTok investorWendy’s introduces dynamic pricingElon Musk is suing OpenAI for not being open enough and being too much AIElon TweetsUS evacuates Haitian embassy staff amid gang violenceOregon re-criminalized drugs after downtown turned into a nightmareGaza Ministry of Health blatantly fakes casualty numbersSpanish soldiers change genderClaude 3 gets ~60% accuracy on GPQAneedle-in-the-haystack evalHumanoid robot startup Figure AI valued at $2.6B as Bezos, OpenAI, Nvidia invest $675MHappy News!Sacramento eliminated exclusionary zoningFrance makes history by enshrining abortion rights in its constitutionDetroit is considering Georgist land value taxes!CDC’s new COVID guidance now matches public health advice for flu and other respiratory illnessesFDA approves a drug for frostbiteGarbage collectors came across a fire. 49yo Steve Whitehouse climbed up to a 2nd-floor balcony three times to rescue a man, a woman, and their dog, before firefighters arrived.Zvi: “We Can’t Help But Notice” AI postAnthropic postGot something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show!Follow us!RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:The Hugo Committee itself was responsible for the censorship, doing it voluntarily and preemptively!Intuitive Machines is now the first commercial outfit to put a spacecraft on the Moon.Phil Metzger describes: Imagine you built an experimental payload and it is going on a test ride to the Moon. Then the spacecraft engineers ask if they can use your *payload* to *navigate* for *lunar landing*, something never planned for, and they write a software patch in lunar orbit, and it WORKS Sweden’s bid to join NATO has been officially ratified. The Baltic is officially Lake NATONavalny killed in prisonAlso  Russia is going to nuke us from spaaaaaace!2 yr anniversary of invasionTrump business fraud verdict: $355 million!Trump: “it’s a form of Navalny”Netanyahu’s proposed Gaza plan allows Israeli military freedom of action in Gaza, and establishes a buffer zone.Egypt is building a border wall w Gaza. no word on if they’ll make the Gazans pay for itIsrael launched strikes in Lebanon in response to rocket attacks by Hezbollah Alabama made IVF illegal in its borders.(e)Clinics are closingAir Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline’s chatbotNikki Haley got 40% of the vote in South CarolinaGoogle’s new AI “Gemini” had its image-generation turned off due to unexpected results. Yishan argues this is AI misalignment, but Days argues this is intentional and the only “unexpected” part was the backlashHappy News!Greece legalises same-sex marriageGuatemala did a reverse Jan 6th!World's largest supply of lithium found beneath California's Salton Sea. Could meet America's demand for decades to come (at current rates?).  AND discovery of 2.34 billion metric tons of rare-earth elements near Wheatland, Wyo., is estimated to be the richest in the worldUPSIDE Foods, the first lab to get FDA approval for commercial production of lab-grown meat, has announced construction of their first laboratory, starting with a focus on chicken production.Chris Anderson describes it as “DELICIOUS. Succulent, moist, the right texture. Chicken as it should be.”program launching this month allocated 250,000 Swiss francs, or roughly $285,000 US, to pay reviewers to find mistakes in influential scientific papers Scott Alexander gives Bet On Love team permission to do Unsong MusicalEneasz -  Luck is Other People's WorkGot something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show!Follow us!RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Natural Gas Ban doesn’t apply to countries that we have Free Trade Agreements with They’ve now read several pages of the Pompeii scrollsGwern saw this coming.DC Circuit says Trump isn’t immune from prosecutionHamas data center found under UNRWA headquartersRepublicans failed to impeach DHS Secretary Mayorkas FAA practiced racial discrimination in hiring for ~10 yearsNIkki Haley lost to “None of the Above” in Nevada primaryBiden absolutely crushed it in South Carolina. Poor Dean Phillips 😢Poor AmericaSpecial counsel declined to prosecute Joe Biden for mishandling classified documentsFinance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’Sam Altman wants to overhaul semiconductor supply chainRemember that all journalists lieHappy News!ACX grants announced!Hereditary angioedema is a single-mutation genetic disease that has been cured in human subjects using CRISPRBiden admin offering $1.5bil loan to keep Michigan nuclear plant openJames Webb Space Telescope finds what may be bright galaxies waaaaaay too early in timeFirst Neuralink implanted in a human!14 yr old into insects discovers a new one, helps write a paper on it and name it.Aella finds true love at lastCoast Guard doing routine inspection rescue dog trapped in a shipping container for 8 daysTroop DeploymentsEneasz - Any Community That Tolerates Trauma Junkies Is Unsafe For Everyone ElseWes - Prenups Should be MandatoryGot something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show!Follow us!RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:SCOTUS voted 5-4 to say Texas needs to let in the fedsTexas is… not complying?Canadian highest court held that invoking of Emergency Act during trucker protest was unlawfulApple to have 3rd-party app stores!Hong Kong court orders liquidation of Evergrande (only HK parts tho)Iran-backed drone strike in Jordan injures 40 US soldiers, kills 3International Criminal Court ruled mostly in favor of Israel?Funding pulled for UNRWA after allegations that 12 of their employees participated in 10/7 attacksUS plus 8 other countriesLeaked Israeli dossier accuses 190 employees being operatives of Hamas or Palestinian Islamic JihadTrump ordered to pay $83 million for defaming E. Jean CarrollMitch McConnell outright said they don’t want to solve any border issues before the electionBiden says he would shut down the border ’“right now”Biden “pauses” LNG exports.Fani Willis is sleeping with her special prosecutor?Georgia is trying to empower its oversight boardArticles of impeachment introducedDana-Farber Cancer Institute - a top cancer research institute, affiliate of Harvard Medical School, retracts 6 studies and investigating 31 more for copy-pasted graphs fraud.Ohio law requires mental health providers to get permission from at least one parent before diagnosing a minor with gender-issues, and disallows blockers, hormones, and surgery even with parental consentHugo Awards for SF lit, held in China this year, censored by CCCP to no one’s surprise (they started the fuckery in 2018)Happy News!NASA’s Mars helicopter flew 14x further than planned, lasted 3 yearsJapan is on the moon!Astrobotic lunar lander didn’t quite make it, but they learned a lot. Intuitive Machines is trying next monthExperimental gene therapy gave a deaf 11 yr old hearing for the first timeThe nation’s largest solar energy and storage project came online in California last week, offering 875 megawatt-hours of solar capacity, and 3 gigawatt-hours of storage.CAR T cells - genetically engineered T cells - have been used to fight blood cancers for a while. In mice they are slowing aging when altered to eliminate senescent cellsHusky digs up gas leak, potentially saves the blocktwo teen girls in canada rescue british couple pulled out by riptideGot something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show!Follow us!RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Claudine Gay resignedThe IRS will waive penalty fees for people who failed to pay back taxes Texas seized control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, prevent Border Patrol agents from entering the areaMilei repeals housing regulation “Rental Law.” 1 month later Buenos Aires apartments double, rents down 20%US and UK launched strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen, in response to their attacks on shippingThe Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq stock indices closed up 14%, 24%, and 43%, respectively, for 2023Congress agreed on a budget deal that’s basically what they agreed to during the debt ceiling negotiationsTrump promised to pardon Jan. 6 riotersTrump makes fun of Nikky Halley for not saying the Civil War was about slavery Trump will not be allowed to make his own closing argument Wayne LaPierre resigned as head of NRAISIS suicide bombers responsible for two explosions in IranISIS condems Hamas for sacraficing the people of Gaza for Iran’s “regional project” (and bombs Hamas)The Islamic Fatwah Council found Hamas to be a Human Rights violator, issued a fatwah900 Post Office managers wrongly convicted of theft/fraud over 14 year span due to faulty computer systemTwo Chinese labs working on replicating LK-99 appear to have found a room-temperature superconductor.Bill Ackman’s wife is accused of plagiarism. In retaliation Ackman will investigate all current MIT faculty members, President, other officers of the Corporation, and its board members for plagiarism.“the plagiarism issue seems more like busting Al Capone for tax evasion.Does Chris Rufo have a Harvard degree?"corruption inside China’s Rocket Force and throughout the nation’s defense industrial base is so extensive that US officials now believe Xi is less likely to contemplate major military action in the coming years than would otherwise have been the case..."Fired Comedian Ordered to Get Day Job Back After Jokes Ruled 'Simply Funny'Mexican Cartels use drones to kill 30 people, first hit of its kindRegulators ordered U.S. airlines to temporarily stop using some Boeing 737 Max 9 planesMost High-Cost Borrowers (payday loans) don’t understand basic financial conceptsMedicare capped Insulin at $35/month. Some plans are choosing not to cover insulins with higher manufacturing costU.S. is experiencing a police hiring crisis NCAA is seemingly embracing Name Image and Likeness CollectivesWilliam Penn’s statue remains on his homeWe can make dishwasher that work well again! SEC approved Bitcoin ETFHappy News!Swedish scientists found yields could be increased by running an electrical current through plants’ rootsUT botonists found that exposure to etheline gas increases yields and stress tolerance in crops.NASA exploratory research grant funds a project to investigate ways to keep hydrogen at liquid temperatures in cislunar space.On Dec 21 a 13 yr old finally beat Tetris, a world first Same project funding a way to use swarms of laser-propelled one-gram probes to get to Proxima Centauri (and back(? But also !) in 8 years.In-womb surgery allows girl to walkCops charge up 5 floors of fire to carry out ninety-year olds from burning buildingHero dad saves woman and baby from car swept up in floodEneasz has a new story coming soonRory Stewart walked across Afghanistan in winter, accidentally discovered a lost city along the way, Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show!Follow us!RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Claudine Gay resignedTrump kicked off the Maine ballot NYT sued OpenAICongress only passed 27 bills last year Israel uncovered a major Hamas command center in the heart of Gaza CityThey are also withdrawing troops Saleh Arouri, the deputy political head of Hamas and a founder of the group’s military wing, killed in a drone strike in Beirut Israel Supreme Court struck down the judicial reform lawDenmark has a woke king after old queen abdicatesLink for a general update to the Red Sea situationUS Navy sunk three of four small boats from the Iran-backed Houthi rebels  A trade group for social media companies sued Utah over laws prohibiting minors from using social media between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. unless authorized by a parentChinese professor used AI to write a science fiction “novel” that won a national competition.66-year-old dude stabs South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung in the neckThe IRS will waive penalty fees for people who failed to pay back taxes Eneasz’s story about AI and fanficHappy News!“Steamboat Willie” is out of copyright after 96 MFin’ years.  AI was trained on experimental data and used to identify chemical substructures that underlie selective antibiotic activity. This led to the discovery of a new structural class of antibioticsa protein antibody that reduces the number of inflammation-causing immune cells has been developed, treats asthmaFeng Zhou at NYU created tiny DNA robots. It can reproduce itselfMicrosoft is training a custom, narrow-focus LLM specifically on the regulatory process for small nuclear plantsUber Driver Returns $8,000 to Teen Who Left the Christmas Cash in His CarArmy veteran Juan Serrano in Virginia jumped 50 feet off a bridge to save a suicidal teenTroop DeploymentDavid - Scott Alexander’s dadpostEneasz -  Societies will collapse under war and bloodshed/ school makes kids suicidalWes - Against CommitmentGot something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show!Follow us!RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!News discussed:Guyana & Venezuela both pledged not to use forceThe likely first longevity drug is based on sketchy science.Colorado Supreme Court banned Trump’s name from the ballotMore trouble in the SuezIvy league presidents are terrible at PRBeff Jezos doxxed by ForbesEpic Games v. Google found that Google turned its Google Play app store and Google Play Billing service into an illegal monopoly.Texas makes illegally crossing the border a state crime, enabling state police to arrest suspectsTexas Supreme Court ruled that “good faith belief” of doctor is not enough for exception to abortion banGiuliani ordered to pay $148M for spreading lies about Georgia election workersBiden Administration announced it is setting new policy that will allow it to seize patents for medicines developed with government funding if it believes their prices are too high.House formally approves Biden impeachment inquiryHappy News!a specially trained LLM asked to write short computer programs that can generate solutions to a particular mathematical problem outdoes human mathematiciansTesla drops a demo video of Optimus Gen2The FDA approved two sickle cell disease treatments, including its first-ever approval of a therapy that uses the groundbreaking gene-editing tool CRISPRTroop DeploymentsSpirituality Takes TimeTracingWoodgrains’ post about Nonlinear and Lightcone Got something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show!Follow us!RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

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Wes, Eneasz, and David keep the rationalist community informed about what’s going on outside of the rationalist communitySupport us on Substack!Sam Altman is back at OpenAI!Not fake news - future news! George Santos actually expelled this timeScientists got a whole-ass Earth-plant to grow in lunar regolithGaza pause didn’t last long, but the original 4 days were extended to 63 commercial ships hit by missiles in Houthi attack in Red Sea, US warship downs 3 dronesNew war just dropped!? Red Venezuela v. Guyana (v. Brazil?)The Hague ruled that this is b******tGuyana Analysis Thread!Binance CEO "CZ" steps down, pleads guilty to U.S. money laundering violationsBad news: abortion bans workTwo senators introduce “The Gas-Operated Semi-Automatic Firearms Exclusion Act” which would ban gas-operated firearms… and also non-gas-operated semi-auto firearms. Expert on guns: “Now you’re just lying”More Ukraine funding probably not comingJohn Cornyn: “I think there’s a misunderstanding on the part of Senator Schumer and some of our Democratic friends,” Cornyn said. “This is not a traditional negotiation, where we expect to come up with a bipartisan compromise on the border. This is a price that has to be paid in order to get the supplemental.”The House has already passed an immigration bill that make asylum much less generousHappy News!Life-extension drug approved for phase 2 trials (but drug is for dogs)University of Washington researchers developed deep-learning algorithms for noise canceling headphones such that wearers can pick which sounds they want to hear, and which to blockVideo demoDoritos SilentEleos Health, a company developing a “tool that can run in the background of mental health sessions and uses voice AI capabilities to analyze it and give insights and information about the patient”All 41 Workers Rescued From Collapsed Tunnel in India Himalayas After 17 Days TrappedJapan has a new island!Badass footageA team of YouTubers, engineers, and ranchers found how much horsepower a horse can pullGot something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at themindkillerpodcast@gmail.com. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show!Follow us!RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com/subscribe

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mindkiller.substack.comWes, David, and Eneasz invite Yassine Meskhout onto the podcast to discuss his recent Substack post about the Israel-Palestine situation