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Jun 18, 2024 • 1h 24min

Ep. 161: Bitcoin is resistance money | Andrew Bailey

Dr. Andrew M. Bailey Andrew is an interdisciplinary teacher and scholar whose work spans philosophy, politics, and economics. He is a Professor of Humanities at Yale-NUS College (Singapore), and he is the co-author of the upcoming book "Resistance Money: A Philosophical Case for Bitcoin." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jun 4, 2024 • 50min

Ep. 160: What makes generative AI so powerful? | Nick Frosst

Nick Frosst is a computer scientist and musician. He co-founded Cohere, which is a company focused on training large language models and making them available through a network-based API. He was also the first employee of Geoffrey Hinton Google Brain lab in Toronto, where he spent 3 years researching capsule networks, adversarial examples, and explainability. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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May 21, 2024 • 1h 2min

Ep. 159: Top AI Trends for 2024 | David Shapiro

Former engineer turned YouTuber David Shapiro discusses top AI trends for 2024, exploring AI metrics, cognitive complexity gap, and intersection of generative AI, robotics, and consciousness. The podcast covers market consolidation, AI agents, and future of AI, robotics, and tokenizing assets.
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May 7, 2024 • 60min

Ep. 158: abstraction and agency | John Wentworth

After a long career as a software engineer and data scientist, John became an independent researcher in artificial intelligence. Today he focuses on a diverse array of topics, such as the nature of abstraction and what the word "agency" even means. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 23, 2024 • 1h 16min

Ep. 157: Aristotle, AI, and what philosophy offers futurism | Gregory Salmieri

Dr. Gregory Salmieri is a senior scholar of philosophy at the Salem Center, where he holds the Brigham Fellowship for the Study of Objectivism. He is the co-editor of the books "A Companion to Ayn Rand" and "Foundations of a Free Society" and the author of numerous articles on philosophy, with a particular focus on Aristotle and Ayn Rand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Apr 9, 2024 • 1h 1min

Ep. 156: Algorithms won't get us to AGI | Johannes Jaeger

Dr. Johannes Jaeger discusses the differences between organisms and machines, the limitations of algorithms in achieving AGI, the importance of biological principles in AI and evolution, exploring agency in AI and biological organisms, and reevaluating fundamental questions in biology, philosophy, and AI research.
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Mar 26, 2024 • 51min

Ep. 155: The history of invention | Anton Howes

Dr. Anton Howes is a historian of invention. He is currently writing a book on the causes of the British Industrial Revolution, and is official historian for the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, as well as head of innovation research for The Entrepreneurs Network. He is a visiting fellow at King's College London, where he was previously lecturer in Economic History. He regularly shares his research on the history of invention at his online newsletter Age of Invention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mar 12, 2024 • 1h 25min

Ep. 154: How the government works (and why you should care). | Daniel Golliher

After graduating with a degree in government from Harvard, Daniel Golliher founded a civics school called Maximum New York, anchored in New York City. The school’s goal is to accelerate kind, smart, ambitious people into city and state politics; provide them with an atypical level of knowledge about how government works; and keep them networked together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Feb 27, 2024 • 54min

Ep. 153: AI, Alignment, and the Scaling Hypothesis | Dwarkesh Patel

Dwarkesh Patel explores AI obstacles, safety, and scaling hypotheses. Controversy around AI architectures for AGI and aligning AI with human values. Speculation on future podcast growth and advancements in production ease. Closing with banter on beard grooming and deep passion for learning.
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Feb 13, 2024 • 54min

Ep. 152: Building the future at venture studios | Taylor Black

Taylor Black, a cross-functional team leader and seasoned entrepreneur, discusses building companies at venture studios, co-creating ideas, filling knowledge gaps, and the rise of AI companions. He also explores the potential of technology in reading and writing, the future of deep tech and material science, and the importance of balancing technology with humanity.

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