In this episode, Jared and Gianluca introduce the fundamentals of Game Theory; before examining the AI alignment problem, civilisational inadequacy, and Moloch—the mythical characterisation of all things suboptimal. This episode makes heavy reference to an article called "Meditations on Moloch", from Scott Alexander’s SlateStarCodex blog. We highly recommend it.
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Shownotes:
SlateStarCodex article on Moloch : https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/
Background on the myth of Moloch : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moloch
Alan Ginsberg’s poem on Moloch : https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49303/howl
Game Theory : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theory
Prisoner’s Dilemma : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma
Tragedy of the Commons : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons
Bostrom’s Vulnerable World Hypothesis : https://nickbostrom.com/papers/vulnerable.pdf
The AI Alignment Problem : https://intelligence.org/stanford-talk/
Stanislav Petrov, the Russian who prevented a nuclear war : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov
