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The ValmyTrump’s tech bros: The enigma of Peter Thiel Podcast: FT Tech Tonic Episode: Trump’s tech bros: The enigma of Peter ThielRelease date: 2025-07-08Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationPeter Thiel is unlike any other Trump tech bro. As well as a wildly successful investor, he’s seen as a thinker - the philosopher king of Silicon Valley. Thiel’s acolytes in the tech world and Washington include vice-president JD Vance but his relationship with the Trump camp is complicated. And there are still questions about what, if anything, he wants with the...2025-07-0831 min
The ValmyAI, data centers, and power economics, with Azeem Azhar Podcast: Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11) Episode: AI, data centers, and power economics, with Azeem AzharRelease date: 2025-02-27Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationPatrick McKenzie (patio11) is joined by Azeem Azhar, writer of the Exponential View newsletter, to discuss the massive data center buildout powering AI and its implications for our energy infrastructure. The conversation covers the physical limitations of modern datacenters, the challenges of electricity generation, the societal ripples from historical largescale infrastructure investments like railways and telecommunications, and the future of...2025-03-111h 13
The Valmy#212 – Allan Dafoe on why technology is unstoppable & how to shape AI development anyway Podcast: 80,000 Hours Podcast Episode: #212 – Allan Dafoe on why technology is unstoppable & how to shape AI development anywayRelease date: 2025-02-14Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationTechnology doesn’t force us to do anything — it merely opens doors. But military and economic competition pushes us through.That’s how today’s guest Allan Dafoe — director of frontier safety and governance at Google DeepMind — explains one of the deepest patterns in technological history: once a powerful new capability becomes available, societies that adopt it tend to outcompe...2025-02-142h 44
The ValmyClaude Cooperates! Exploring Cultural Evolution in LLM Societies, with Aron Vallinder & Edward Hughes Podcast: "The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis Episode: Claude Cooperates! Exploring Cultural Evolution in LLM Societies, with Aron Vallinder & Edward HughesRelease date: 2025-02-12Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn this episode, Edward Hughes, researcher at Google DeepMind, and Aron Vallinder, an independent researcher and PIBBSS fellow discuss their pioneering research on cultural evolution and cooperation among large language model agents. The conversation delves into the study's design, exploring how different AI models exhibit cooperative behavior in simulated environments, the im...2025-02-141h 32
The ValmyAI in 2030, Scaling Bottlenecks, and Explosive Growth Podcast: Epoch After HoursEpisode: AI in 2030, Scaling Bottlenecks, and Explosive GrowthRelease date: 2025-01-16Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn our first episode of Epoch After Hours, Ege, Tamay and Jaime dig into what they expect AI to look like by 2030; why economists are underestimating the likelihood of explosive growth; the startling regularity in technological trends like Moore's Law; Moravec’s paradox, and how we might overcome it; and much more! 2025-01-182h 02
The ValmyAjeya Cotra on AI safety and the future of humanity Podcast: AI Summer Episode: Ajeya Cotra on AI safety and the future of humanityRelease date: 2025-01-16Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationAjeya Cotra works at Open Philanthropy, a leading funder of efforts to combat existential risks from AI. She has led the foundation’s grantmaking on technical research to understand and reduce catastrophic risks from advanced AI. She is co-author of Planned Obsolescence, a newsletter about AI futurism and AI alignment.Although a committed doomer herself, Cotra has worked hard to unde...2025-01-171h 13
The ValmyNora Belrose - AI Development, Safety, and Meaning Podcast: Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST) Episode: Nora Belrose - AI Development, Safety, and MeaningRelease date: 2024-11-17Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationNora Belrose, Head of Interpretability Research at EleutherAI, discusses critical challenges in AI safety and development. The conversation begins with her technical work on concept erasure in neural networks through LEACE (LEAst-squares Concept Erasure), while highlighting how neural networks' progression from simple to complex learning patterns could have important implications for AI safety.
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The ValmyThe Road to Autonomous Intelligence with Andrej Karpathy Podcast: No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups Episode: The Road to Autonomous Intelligence with Andrej KarpathyRelease date: 2024-09-05Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationAndrej Karpathy joins Sarah and Elad in this week of No Priors. Andrej, who was a founding team member of OpenAI and former Senior Director of AI at Tesla, needs no introduction. In this episode, Andrej discusses the evolution of self-driving cars, comparing Tesla and Waymo’s approaches, and the technical challenges ahead. They also cover Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot...2024-09-0544 minThe ValmyJoscha Bach - AGI24 Keynote (Cyberanimism) Podcast: Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST) Episode: Joscha Bach - AGI24 Keynote (Cyberanimism)Release date: 2024-08-21Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationDr. Joscha Bach introduces a surprising idea called "cyber animism" in his AGI-24 talk - the notion that nature might be full of self-organizing software agents, similar to the spirits in ancient belief systems. Bach suggests that consciousness could be a kind of software running on our brains, and wonders if similar "programs" might exist in plants or even entire ecosystems.
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The ValmyNick Bostrom - AGI That Saves Room for Us (Worthy Successor Series, Episode 1) Podcast: The Trajectory Episode: Nick Bostrom - AGI That Saves Room for Us (Worthy Successor Series, Episode 1)Release date: 2024-07-26Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThis is an interview with Nick Bostrom, the Founding Director of Future of Humanity Institute Oxford.This is the first installment of The Worthy Successor series - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead.This episode re...2024-07-2738 min
The ValmyPatrick McKenzie - How a Discord Server Saved Thousands of Lives Podcast: Dwarkesh Podcast Episode: Patrick McKenzie - How a Discord Server Saved Thousands of LivesRelease date: 2024-07-24Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationI talked with Patrick McKenzie (known online as patio11) about how a small team he ran over a Discord server got vaccines into Americans' arms: A story of broken incentives, outrageous incompetence, and how a few individuals with high agency saved 1000s of lives.Enjoy!Watch on YouTube. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast platf...2024-07-262h 01The Valmy#189 – Rachel Glennerster on why we still don’t have vaccines that could save millions Podcast: 80,000 Hours Podcast Episode: #189 – Rachel Glennerster on why we still don’t have vaccines that could save millionsRelease date: 2024-05-29Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization"You can’t charge what something is worth during a pandemic. So we estimated that the value of one course of COVID vaccine in January 2021 was over $5,000. They were selling for between $6 and $40. So nothing like their social value. Now, don’t get me wrong. I don’t think that they should have charged $5,000 or $6,000. That’s not ethical. It’s...2024-05-312h 48
The ValmyTHE POLITICAL RIGHT & EQUALITY With MattMcManus Podcast: Political Philosophy Podcast Episode: THE POLITICAL RIGHT & EQUALITY With MattMcManusRelease date: 2024-04-28Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationWhat defines the modern American right? Matt McManus argues we should understand the movement as fundementally about hierarchy, we then get into a general conversation about the Biden administration and the direction of the US Left. 2024-05-181h 44
The ValmyDavid Thorstad: Bounded Rationality and the Case Against Longtermism Podcast: The Gradient: Perspectives on AI Episode: David Thorstad: Bounded Rationality and the Case Against LongtermismRelease date: 2024-05-02Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationEpisode 122I spoke with Professor David Thorstad about:* The practical difficulties of doing interdisciplinary work* Why theories of human rationality should account for boundedness, heuristics, and other cognitive limitations* why EA epistemics suck (ok, it’s a little more nuanced than that)Professor Thorstad is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at V...2024-05-132h 19
The ValmyPeter Thiel on Political Theology Podcast: Conversations with Tyler Episode: Peter Thiel on Political TheologyRelease date: 2024-04-17Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn this conversation recorded live in Miami, Tyler and Peter Thiel dive deep into the complexities of political theology, including why it’s a concept we still need today, why Peter’s against Calvinism (and rationalism), whether the Old Testament should lead us to be woke, why Carl Schmitt is enjoying a resurgence, whether we’re entering a new age of millenarian thought, the one existential risk Pet...2024-04-171h 14
The Valmy#361 — Sam Bankman-Fried & Effective Altruism Podcast: Making Sense with Sam Harris Episode: #361 — Sam Bankman-Fried & Effective AltruismRelease date: 2024-04-01Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationSam Harris speaks with William MacAskill about the implosion of FTX and the effect that it has had on the Effective Altruism movement. They discuss the logic of “earning to give,” the mind of SBF, his philanthropy, the character of the EA community, potential problems with focusing on long-term outcomes, AI risk, the effects of the FTX collapse on Will personally, and other topics. If th...2024-04-021h 25The ValmySholto Douglas & Trenton Bricken - How to Build & Understand GPT-7's Mind Podcast: Dwarkesh Podcast Episode: Sholto Douglas & Trenton Bricken - How to Build & Understand GPT-7's MindRelease date: 2024-03-28Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationHad so much fun chatting with my good friends Trenton Bricken and Sholto Douglas on the podcast.No way to summarize it, except: This is the best context dump out there on how LLMs are trained, what capabilities they're likely to soon have, and what exactly is going on inside them.You would be sho...2024-03-303h 12
The ValmyAn even deeper atheism Podcast: Joe Carlsmith Audio Episode: An even deeper atheismRelease date: 2024-01-11Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationWho isn't a paperclipper?Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/01/11/an-even-deeper-atheism This essay is part of a series I'm calling "Otherness and control in the age of AGI." I'm hoping that individual essays can be read fairly well on their own, but see here for brief summaries of the essays that have been released thus far: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/01/02/otherness-and-control-in-the-age-of-agi...2024-03-1125 min
The ValmyDrones, Data, and Deterrence: Technology's Role in Public Safety Podcast: a16z Podcast Episode: Drones, Data, and Deterrence: Technology's Role in Public SafetyRelease date: 2024-01-10Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationFlock is a public safety technology platform that operates in over 4,000 cities across the United States, and solves about 2,200 crimes daily. That’s 10 percent of reported crimes nationwide.Taken from a16z’s recent LP Summit, a16z General Partner David Ulevitch joins forces with Flock Safety’s founder, Garrett Langley and Sheriff Kevin McMahill of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police De...2024-01-1033 minThe ValmyBiden's Executive Order and AI Safety with Flo Crivello, Founder of Lindy AI Podcast: "The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis Episode: Biden's Executive Order and AI Safety with Flo Crivello, Founder of Lindy AIRelease date: 2023-11-03Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn this episode, Flo Crivello, founder of Lindy AI, joins Nathan to chat about Biden’s executive order, and the state of AI safety. They discuss Flo’s thoughts on the executive order, building AGI kill switches, self driving cars, and more. If you need an ERP platform, check out our sponso...2023-11-0855 minThe ValmyPaul Christiano - Preventing an AI Takeover Podcast: Dwarkesh Podcast Episode: Paul Christiano - Preventing an AI TakeoverRelease date: 2023-10-31Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationPaul Christiano is the world’s leading AI safety researcher. My full episode with him is out!We discuss:- Does he regret inventing RLHF, and is alignment necessarily dual-use?- Why he has relatively modest timelines (40% by 2040, 15% by 2030),- What do we want post-AGI world to look like (do we want to keep gods enslaved forever)?2023-11-013h 07
The ValmyTyler Cowen: From Avant-Garde to Pop (Bonus DJ Episode) Podcast: Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin Episode: Tyler Cowen: From Avant-Garde to Pop (Bonus DJ Episode)Release date: 2023-10-18Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationTyler Cowen has long nurtured an obsession with music. It’s one of the few addictions Tyler believes is actually conducive to a fulfilling intellectual life.In this bonus episode, an addendum to Rick’s conversation with Tyler, Rick sits with Tyler as he plays and talks through the music that moves him: from the outer bounds of the avant...2023-10-311h 52
The Valmy233 | Hugo Mercier on Reasoning and Skepticism Podcast: Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas Episode: 233 | Hugo Mercier on Reasoning and SkepticismRelease date: 2023-04-17Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationHere at the Mindscape Podcast, we are firmly pro-reason. But what does that mean, fundamentally and in practice? How did humanity come into the idea of not just doing things, but doing things for reasons? In this episode we talk with cognitive scientist Hugo Mercier about these issues. He is the co-author (with Dan Sperber) of The Enigma of...2023-09-271h 12
The ValmyTom Holland: Dominion Podcast: The Book Club Episode: Tom Holland: DominionRelease date: 2019-12-04Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn this week's Book Club, Sam's guest is the historian Tom Holland, author of the new book Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind. The book, though as Tom remarks, you might not know it from the cover, is essentially a history of Christianity -- and an account of the myriad ways, many of them invisible to us, that it has shaped and continues to shape Western culture. It's a...2023-08-3045 min
The ValmyHow quickly is AI advancing? And should you be working in the field? (with Danny Hernandez) Podcast: Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg Episode: How quickly is AI advancing? And should you be working in the field? (with Danny Hernandez)Release date: 2023-08-23Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationRead the full transcript here. Along what axes and at what rates is the AI industry growing? What algorithmic developments have yielded the greatest efficiency boosts? When, if ever, will we hit the upper limits of the amount of computing power, data, money, etc., we can throw at AI development? Why do...2023-08-281h 08
The ValmySamo Burja - The Great Founder Theory of History Podcast: Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy Episode: Samo Burja - The Great Founder Theory of History - [Invest Like the Best, EP.339]Release date: 2023-08-01Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationMy guest today is Samo Burja. Samo is the founder of consulting firm, Bismark Analysis, and has dedicated his life’s work to understanding why there has never been an immortal society. His research focuses on institutions, the founders behind them, how they rise and why they always fall in the end. As y...2023-08-231h 09
The ValmyStephen Wolfram — Constructing the Computational Paradigm Podcast: The Joe Walker Podcast Episode: Stephen Wolfram — Constructing the Computational ParadigmRelease date: 2023-08-16Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationStephen Wolfram is a physicist, computer scientist and businessman. He is the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research, the creator of Mathematica and Wolfram Alpha, and the author of A New Kind of Science. Full transcript available at: jnwpod.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 2023-08-174h 24The ValmyDario Amodei (Anthropic CEO) - Scaling, Alignment, & AI Progress Podcast: Dwarkesh Podcast Episode: Dario Amodei (Anthropic CEO) - Scaling, Alignment, & AI ProgressRelease date: 2023-08-08Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationHere is my conversation with Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic.Dario is hilarious and has fascinating takes on what these models are doing, why they scale so well, and what it will take to align them.Watch on YouTube. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast platform. Read the full transcript here. Follow me on Twitter for up...2023-08-081h 58The ValmyWill Everyone Have a Personal AI? With Mustafa Suleyman, Founder of DeepMind and Inflection Podcast: No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups Episode: Will Everyone Have a Personal AI? With Mustafa Suleyman, Founder of DeepMind and InflectionRelease date: 2023-05-11Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationMustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind and now co-founder and CEO of Inflection AI, joins Sarah and Elad to discuss how his interests in counseling, conflict resolution, and intelligence led him to start an AI lab that pioneered deep reinforcement learning, lead applied AI and policy efforts at Google, and more recently found Inflection and lau...2023-07-0752 minThe ValmyCarl Shulman (Pt 2) - AI Takeover, Bio & Cyber Attacks, Detecting Deception, & Humanity's Far Future Podcast: Dwarkesh Podcast Episode: Carl Shulman (Pt 2) - AI Takeover, Bio & Cyber Attacks, Detecting Deception, & Humanity's Far FutureRelease date: 2023-06-26Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThe second half of my 7 hour conversation with Carl Shulman is out!My favorite part! And the one that had the biggest impact on my worldview.Here, Carl lays out how an AI takeover might happen:* AI can threaten mutually assured destruction from bioweapons,* use cyber attacks to take over ph...2023-06-273h 07The ValmyPredictable updating about AI risk Podcast: Joe Carlsmith Audio Episode: Predictable updating about AI riskRelease date: 2023-05-08Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationHow worried about AI risk will we feel in the future, when we can see advanced machine intelligence up close? We should worry accordingly now. Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2023/05/08/predictable-updating-about-ai-risk 2023-06-161h 03The ValmyCarl Shulman (Pt 1) - Intelligence Explosion, Primate Evolution, Robot Doublings, & Alignment Podcast: Dwarkesh Podcast Episode: Carl Shulman (Pt 1) - Intelligence Explosion, Primate Evolution, Robot Doublings, & AlignmentRelease date: 2023-06-14Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn terms of the depth and range of topics, this episode is the best I’ve done.No part of my worldview is the same after talking with Carl Shulman. He's the most interesting intellectual you've never heard of.We ended up talking for 8 hours, so I'm splitting this episode into 2 parts.This part is abou...2023-06-152h 44The ValmyPeter Singer on Utilitarianism, Influence, and Controversial Ideas Podcast: Conversations with Tyler Episode: Peter Singer on Utilitarianism, Influence, and Controversial IdeasRelease date: 2023-06-07Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationPeter Singer is one of the world’s most influential living philosophers, whose ideas have motivated millions of people to change how they eat, how they give, and how they interact with each other and the natural world. Peter joined Tyler to discuss whether utilitarianism is only tractable at the margin, how Peter thinks about the meat-eater problem, why he might side...2023-06-0852 minThe Valmy#152 – Joe Carlsmith on navigating serious philosophical confusion Podcast: 80,000 Hours Podcast Episode: #152 – Joe Carlsmith on navigating serious philosophical confusionRelease date: 2023-05-19Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationWhat is the nature of the universe? How do we make decisions correctly? What differentiates right actions from wrong ones?Such fundamental questions have been the subject of philosophical and theological debates for millennia. But, as we all know, and surveys of expert opinion make clear, we are very far from agreement. So... with these most basic questions unresolved, what’s a species to do...2023-06-083h 26The ValmyJeff Hawkins (Thousand Brains Theory) Podcast: Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST) Episode: #59 - Jeff Hawkins (Thousand Brains Theory)Release date: 2021-09-03Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/mlst
The ultimate goal of neuroscience is to learn how the human brain gives rise to human intelligence and what it means to be intelligent. Understanding how the brain works is considered one of humanity’s greatest challenges.
Jeff Hawkins thinks that the reality we perceive is a kind of simulation, a hallucination, a confa...2023-06-072h 34
The Valmy#63 – Ben Garfinkel on AI Governance Podcast: Hear This Idea Episode: #63 – Ben Garfinkel on AI GovernanceRelease date: 2023-05-13Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationBen Garfinkel is a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford and Acting Director of the Centre for the Governance of AI.
In this episode we talk about:
An overview of AI governance space, and disentangling concrete research questions that Ben would like to see more work on
Seeing how existing arguments for the risks from transformative AI have held up and Ben’s pers...2023-05-142h 58
The Valmy#299 – Demis Hassabis: DeepMind Podcast: Lex Fridman Podcast Episode: #299 – Demis Hassabis: DeepMindRelease date: 2022-07-01Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationDemis Hassabis is the CEO and co-founder of DeepMind. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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The Valmy168 - How to Solve AI Alignment with Paul Christiano Podcast: Bankless Episode: 168 - How to Solve AI Alignment with Paul ChristianoRelease date: 2023-04-24Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationPaul Christiano runs the Alignment Research Center, a non-profit research organization whose mission is to align future machine learning systems with human interests. Paul previously ran the language model alignment team at OpenAI, the creators of ChatGPT. Today, we’re hoping to explore the solution-landscape to the AI Alignment problem, and hoping Paul can guide us on that journey. ------ ✨ DEBRIEF...2023-05-021h 49The ValmyIlya Sutskever (OpenAI Chief Scientist) - Building AGI, Alignment, Future Models, Spies, Microsoft, Taiwan, & Enlightenment Podcast: Dwarkesh Podcast Episode: Ilya Sutskever (OpenAI Chief Scientist) - Building AGI, Alignment, Future Models, Spies, Microsoft, Taiwan, & EnlightenmentRelease date: 2023-03-27Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationI went over to the OpenAI offices in San Fransisco to ask the Chief Scientist and cofounder of OpenAI, Ilya Sutskever, about:* time to AGI* leaks and spies* what's after generative models* post AGI futures* working with Microsoft and competing with Google* difficulty of aligning su...2023-03-2847 minThe ValmyTom Holland on History, Christianity, and the Value of the Countryside Podcast: Conversations with Tyler Episode: Tom Holland on History, Christianity, and the Value of the CountrysideRelease date: 2023-03-22Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationHistorian Tom Holland joined Tyler to discuss in what ways his Christianity is influenced by Lord Byron, how the Book of Revelation precipitated a revolutionary tradition, which book of the Bible is most foundational for Western liberalism, the political differences between Paul and Jesus, why America is more pro-technology than Europe, why Herodotus is his favorite writer, why the Greeks an...2023-03-2453 min
The ValmyIs our search for an objective morality misguided? | Slavoj Žižek, Joanna Kavenna, Simon Blackburn Podcast: Philosophy For Our Times Episode: Is our search for an objective morality misguided? | Slavoj Žižek, Joanna Kavenna, Simon BlackburnRelease date: 2023-03-14Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationShould we think of morality in terms of objective truth or social consensus?Looking for a link we mentioned? It's here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesOnce the fashion of a postmodern age, moral relativism has always had its detractors, many of them religious. But now a new breed of atheist celebrity think...2023-03-1548 minThe ValmyYasheng Huang on the Development of the Chinese State Podcast: Conversations with Tyler Episode: Yasheng Huang on the Development of the Chinese StateRelease date: 2023-03-08Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationYasheng Huang has written two of Tyler’s favorite books on China: Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics, which contrasts an entrepreneurial rural China and a state-controlled urban China, and The Rise and Fall of the EAST, which argues that Keju—China’s civil service exam system—played a key role in the growth and expanding power of the Chinese state. Yasheng joined Tyl...2023-03-1554 min
The ValmyEffective Accelerationism and the AI Safety Debate with Bayeslord, Beff Jezoz, and Nathan Labenz Podcast: "Moment of Zen" Episode: Effective Accelerationism and the AI Safety Debate with Bayeslord, Beff Jezoz, and Nathan LabenzRelease date: 2023-03-11Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationAnonymous founders of the Effective Accelerationist (e/acc) movement @Bayeslord and Beff Jezoz (@BasedBeff) join Erik Torenberg, Dan Romero, and Nathan Labenz to debate views on AI safety.We're hiring across the board at Turpentine and for Erik's personal team on other projects he's incubating. He's hiring a Chief of Staff, EA, He...2023-03-132h 11
The ValmyRobin Hanson, George Mason University | Deflecting The Sacred Podcast: Foresight Institute Radio Episode: Robin Hanson, George Mason University | Deflecting The SacredRelease date: 2023-03-02Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationRobin Dale Hanson is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University and a research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. He is known as an expert on idea futures and markets, and he was involved in the creation of the Foresight Exchange and DARPA’s FutureMAP project. He invented market scoring rules like LMSR (Logarithmic Mark...2023-03-0512 minThe Valmy#59 – Chris Miller on the History of Semiconductors, TSMC, and the CHIPS Act Podcast: Hear This Idea Episode: #59 – Chris Miller on the History of Semiconductors, TSMC, and the CHIPS ActRelease date: 2023-03-02Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationChris Miller is an Associate Professor of International History at Tufts University and author of the book “Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology” (the Financial Times Business Book of the Year). He is also a Visiting Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and Eurasia Director at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
Over the next few...2023-03-0332 minThe ValmyThe 1000x Developer Podcast: a16z Podcast Episode: The 1000x DeveloperRelease date: 2023-02-16Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationA small minority – likely less than 1% – of the world can code. Yet also widely known that the skillset tends to yield outsized returns, with developers generating some of the highest paying salaries out there.But the field is quickly shifting, especially with the advent of wide-scale AI. In this podcast, we get to chat with Amjad Masad, founder of Replit, about these foundational shifts.We cov...2023-02-1800 min
The ValmyWhy Are Most Humans Religious? Professor Robin Dunbar Podcast: ROCKING OUR PRIORS Episode: Why Are Most Humans Religious? Professor Robin DunbarRelease date: 2023-01-17Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationWhy are most humans religious?
How much can be explained by evolutionary psychology?
Why do we cooperate? Is it religious injunctions or more emotional?
Is religiosity really about cooperation? What about legitimising hierarchy, control, and female self-sacrifice.
Muslim women are less likely to go to Friday prayers, but they are still devout. So perhaps group rituals are not so essential?
Why did all doctrinal re...2023-02-051h 46
The ValmyConnor Leahy on AI Safety and Why the World is Fragile Podcast: Future of Life Institute Podcast Episode: Connor Leahy on AI Safety and Why the World is FragileRelease date: 2023-01-26Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationConnor Leahy from Conjecture joins the podcast to discuss AI safety, the fragility of the world, slowing down AI development, regulating AI, and the optimal funding model for AI safety research. Learn more about Connor's work at https://conjecture.dev
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:47 What is the best way to understand AI safety?
09:50 Why is the world relatively stable?
15:18 Is the ma...2023-02-031h 05The ValmyConnor Leahy on Aliens, Ethics, Economics, Memetics, and Education Podcast: Future of Life Institute Podcast Episode: Connor Leahy on Aliens, Ethics, Economics, Memetics, and EducationRelease date: 2023-02-02Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationConnor Leahy from Conjecture joins the podcast for a lightning round on a variety of topics ranging from aliens to education. Learn more about Connor's work at https://conjecture.dev
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The Valmy“Bibi: My Story,” Benjamin Netanyahu On His Life And Times | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution Podcast: Uncommon Knowledge Episode: “Bibi: My Story,” Benjamin Netanyahu On His Life And Times | Peter Robinson | Hoover InstitutionRelease date: 2022-12-09Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationBenjamin Netanyahu is the past and soon to be again prime minister of Israel. In his new book, Bibi: My Story, Netanyahu describes how he went from an Israeli American high school student in Philadelphia to a member of the Israeli Defense Force, detouring along the way to study architecture and get a master’s degree from the MIT Sloa...2023-01-281h 13
The ValmyCan effective altruism be redeemed? Podcast: The Gray Area with Sean Illing Episode: Can effective altruism be redeemed?Release date: 2023-01-23Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationGuest host Sigal Samuel talks with Holden Karnofsky about effective altruism, a movement flung into public scrutiny with the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried and his crypto exchange, FTX. They discuss EA’s approach to charitable giving, the relationship between effective altruism and the moral philosophy of utilitarianism, and what reforms might be needed for the future of the movement.Note: In Augu...2023-01-261h 03The Valmy#143 – Jeffrey Lewis on the most common misconceptions about nuclear weapons Podcast: 80,000 Hours Podcast Episode: #143 – Jeffrey Lewis on the most common misconceptions about nuclear weaponsRelease date: 2022-12-29Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationAmerica aims to avoid nuclear war by relying on the principle of 'mutually assured destruction,' right? Wrong. Or at least... not officially.As today's guest — Jeffrey Lewis, founder of Arms Control Wonk and professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies — explains, in its official 'OPLANs' (military operation plans), the US is committed to 'dominating' in a nuclear war with Rus...2023-01-262h 40
The ValmyEx-Logger Aims to Beat Elon Musk in Electric Trucks Podcast: Odd Lots Episode: Ex-Logger Aims to Beat Elon Musk in Electric TrucksRelease date: 2023-01-16Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationWhile electric vehicle use is growing rapidly, the internal combustion engine remains completely dominant in the world of heavy trucks. At some point in the future, Tesla has a plan to commercialize an electric semi, but nobody really knows when. Meanwhile, other entities are looking to compete in the world of industrial vehicles. Chace Barber is a former trucker in the logging industry, wh...2023-01-1752 min
The ValmyTyler Cowen on Effective Altruism (University of St Andrews) Release date: 2023-01-13Notes from The Valmy:Source: YouTube https://youtu.be/ZzV7ty1DW_c Release date: 2022-12-15Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization 2023-01-131h 19The Valmy#141 – Richard Ngo on large language models, OpenAI, and striving to make the future go well Podcast: 80,000 Hours Podcast Episode: #141 – Richard Ngo on large language models, OpenAI, and striving to make the future go wellRelease date: 2022-12-13Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationLarge language models like GPT-3, and now ChatGPT, are neural networks trained on a large fraction of all text available on the internet to do one thing: predict the next word in a passage. This simple technique has led to something extraordinary — black boxes able to write TV scripts, explain jokes, produce satirical poetry, answer common factual questions, argue...2023-01-132h 44The ValmyNadia Asparouhova - Tech Elites, Democracy, Open Source, & Philanthropy Podcast: Dwarkesh Podcast Episode: Nadia Asparouhova - Tech Elites, Democracy, Open Source, & PhilanthropyRelease date: 2022-12-15Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationNadia Asparouhova is currently researching what the new tech elite will look like at nadia.xyz. She is also the author of Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software.We talk about how:* American philanthropy has changed from Rockefeller to Effective Altruism* SBF represented the Davos elite rather than the Silicon Valley elite,...2023-01-031h 22The ValmyAnders Sandberg on the Value of the Future Podcast: Future of Life Institute Podcast Episode: Anders Sandberg on the Value of the FutureRelease date: 2022-12-29Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationAnders Sandberg joins the podcast to discuss various philosophical questions about the value of the future.
Learn more about Anders' work: https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:54 Humanity as an immature teenager
04:24 How should we respond to our values changing over time?
18:53 How quickly should we change our values?
24:58 Are there limits to what future morality could become?
29:45 Could the un...2023-01-0249 minThe ValmyBethany McLean - Enron, FTX, 2008, Musk, Frauds, & Visionaries Podcast: Dwarkesh Podcast Episode: Bethany McLean - Enron, FTX, 2008, Musk, Frauds, & VisionariesRelease date: 2022-12-21Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThis was one of my favorite episodes ever.Bethany McLean was the first reporter to question Enron’s earnings, and she has written some of the best finance books out there.We discuss:* The astounding similarities between Enron & FTX,* How visionaries are just frauds who succeed (and which category describes Elon Musk),* What caused 2008, and...2022-12-221h 25The Valmy#112 – Carl Shulman on the common-sense case for existential risk work and its practical implications Podcast: 80,000 Hours Podcast Episode: #112 – Carl Shulman on the common-sense case for existential risk work and its practical implicationsRelease date: 2021-10-05Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationPreventing the apocalypse may sound like an idiosyncratic activity, and it sometimes is justified on exotic grounds, such as the potential for humanity to become a galaxy-spanning civilisation.But the policy of US government agencies is already to spend up to $4 million to save the life of a citizen, making the death of all Americans a $1,300,000,000,000,000 disa...2022-12-133h 48The ValmyByrne Hobart - FTX, Drugs, Twitter, Taiwan, & Monasticism Podcast: Dwarkesh Podcast Episode: Byrne Hobart - FTX, Drugs, Twitter, Taiwan, & MonasticismRelease date: 2022-12-01Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationPerhaps the most interesting episode so far.Byrne Hobart writes at thediff.co, analyzing inflections in finance and tech.He explains:* What happened at FTX* How drugs have induced past financial bubbles* How to be long AI while hedging Taiwan invasion* Whether Musk’s Twitter takeover will succeed* Where to find...2022-12-041h 30
The ValmyJohnathan Bi on Mimesis and René Girard Podcast: EconTalk Episode: Johnathan Bi on Mimesis and René GirardRelease date: 2022-11-21Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationWhen the 20-year-old overachiever Johnathan Bi's first startup crashed and burned, he headed to a Zen retreat in the Catskills to "debug himself." He discovered René Girard and his mimetic theory--the idea that imitation is a key and often unconscious driver of human behavior. Listen as entrepreneur and philosopher Bi shares with EconTalk host Russ Roberts what he learned from Girard and Girard's insights into how we me...2022-11-251h 11The ValmyRobin Hanson on Predicting the Future of Artificial Intelligence Podcast: Future of Life Institute Podcast Episode: Robin Hanson on Predicting the Future of Artificial IntelligenceRelease date: 2022-11-24Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationRobin Hanson joins the podcast to discuss AI forecasting methods and metrics.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:49 Robin's experience working with AI
06:04 Robin's views on AI development
10:41 Should we care about metrics for AI progress?
16:56 Is it useful to track AI progress?
22:02 When should we begin worrying about AI safety?
29:16 The history of AI development
39:52 AI progress that deviates from current trends
43:34 Is this AI...2022-11-2551 minThe ValmyRobin Hanson on Grabby Aliens and When Humanity Will Meet Them Podcast: Future of Life Institute Podcast Episode: Robin Hanson on Grabby Aliens and When Humanity Will Meet ThemRelease date: 2022-11-17Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationRobin Hanson joins the podcast to explain his theory of grabby aliens and its implications for the future of humanity.
Learn more about the theory here: https://grabbyaliens.com
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:49 Why should we care about aliens?
05:58 Loud alien civilizations and quiet alien civilizations
08:16 Why would some alien civilizations be quiet?
14:50 The moving parts of the grabby aliens model
23:57 Wh...2022-11-2459 minThe ValmyPeter Thiel – The End of The Future Release date: 2022-11-20Notes from The Valmy:Source: YouTube (Stanford Academic Freedom Conference) https://www.youtube.com/@stanfordcli Release date: 2022-11-04Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization 2022-11-2046 minThe ValmyBryan Caplan - Feminists, Billionaires, and Demagogues Podcast: Dwarkesh Podcast Episode: Bryan Caplan - Feminists, Billionaires, and DemagoguesRelease date: 2022-10-20Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIt was a fantastic pleasure to welcome Bryan Caplan back for a third time on the podcast! His most recent book is Don't Be a Feminist: Essays on Genuine Justice.He explains why he thinks:- Feminists are mostly wrong,- We shouldn’t overtax our centi-billionaires,- Decolonization should have emphasized human rights over democracy,...2022-11-072h 05
The ValmyCan Effective Altruism really change the world? Podcast: Analysis Episode: Can Effective Altruism really change the world?Release date: 2022-10-24Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIf you want to do good in the world, should you be a doctor, or an aid worker? Or should you make a billion or two any way you can, and give it to good causes? Billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried argues this is the best use of his vast wealth. But philosophers argue charitable giving is often driven not by logic, but by a sense of personal at...2022-11-0528 minThe ValmyAjeya Cotra on how Artificial Intelligence Could Cause Catastrophe Podcast: Future of Life Institute Podcast Episode: Ajeya Cotra on how Artificial Intelligence Could Cause CatastropheRelease date: 2022-11-03Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationAjeya Cotra joins us to discuss how artificial intelligence could cause catastrophe.
Follow the work of Ajeya and her colleagues: https://www.openphilanthropy.org
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:53 AI safety research in general
02:04 Realistic scenarios for AI catastrophes
06:51 A dangerous AI model developed in the near future
09:10 Assumptions behind dangerous AI development
14:45 Can AIs learn long-term planning?
18:09 Can AIs understand human psychology?
22:32 Training an...2022-11-0554 min
The ValmyPeter Thiel on the Bible Podcast: Meeting of Minds Podcast Episode: Peter Thiel on the BibleRelease date: 2021-05-17Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationPeter Thiel, the highly successful tech entrepreneur and author, discusses his mentor Rene Girard; the Bible, how we read it, and how it reads us; Jesus’ death and resurrection; atheism; and the limitless escalation of violence towards apocalypse. Timestamps: 0:43 The Bible reads us 2:02 Cain and Abel vs. Romulus and Remus6:05 Cross vs Resurrection7:26 The Gospels are different from Death...2022-10-1643 minThe ValmyPeter Thiel: “The State Contains Violence” Podcast: Meeting of Minds Podcast Episode: Peter Thiel: “The State Contains Violence”Release date: 2022-09-29Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationPeter Thiel, arguably the most successful tech investor of modern times, also reads widely and thinks deeply about philosophy and theology. In a fascinating follow-up to his previous interview about his mentor, Rene Girard, Thiel discusses how modern ideologies such as fascism and communism "up the dose" from murder to genocide as Christianity weakened the power of human sacrifice. He also discusses how progressive ideolog...2022-10-1059 minThe ValmyPeter Thiel – The Tech Curse Release date: 2022-09-19Notes from The Valmy:Source: YouTube (National Conservatism Conference, Miami) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=balGGAd6ZrI Release date: 2022-09-13Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization 2022-09-2037 minThe ValmyAustin Vernon - Energy Superabundance, Starship Missiles, & Finding Alpha Podcast: Dwarkesh Podcast Episode: Austin Vernon - Energy Superabundance, Starship Missiles, & Finding AlphaRelease date: 2022-09-08Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationAustin Vernon is an engineer working on a new method for carbon capture, and he has one of the most interesting blogs on the internet, where he writes about engineering, software, economics, and investing.We discuss how energy superabundance will change the world, how Starship can be turned into a kinetic weapon, why nuclear is overrated, blockchains, batteries, flying cars, finding al...2022-09-192h 23
The ValmyAndrés Jiménez Zorrilla on the Shrimp Welfare Project Podcast: 80k After Hours Episode: Andrés Jiménez Zorrilla on the Shrimp Welfare ProjectRelease date: 2022-09-05Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn this episode of 80k After Hours, Rob Wiblin interviews Andrés Jiménez Zorrilla about the Shrimp Welfare Project, which he cofounded in 2021. It's the first project in the world focused on shrimp welfare specifically and now has six full-time staff.Links to learn more, highlights and full transcript.They cover:The evidence for shrimp sentie...2022-09-191h 14
The ValmyThe Fable of The Dragon Tyrant (2005) Podcast: An Introduction to Nick Bostrom Episode: 4. The Fable of The Dragon Tyrant (2005)Release date: 2022-08-25Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationBy Nick Bostrom.Abstract:Recounts the Tale of a most vicious Dragon that ate thousands of people every day, and of the actions that the King, the People, and an assembly of Dragonologists took with respect thereto.Read the full paper:https://nickbostrom.com/fable/dragonMore episodes at:2022-08-2944 min
The ValmyHow Vulnerable is the World? (2021) Podcast: Radio Bostrom Episode: How Vulnerable is the World? (2021)Release date: 2022-08-13Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationBy Nick Bostrom and Matthew van der Merwe.Abstract:Sooner or later a technology capable of wiping out human civilisation might be invented. How far would we go to stop it?Read the full paper:https://aeon.co/essays/none-of-our-technologies-has-managed-to-destroy-humanity-yetLinks:- The Vulnerable World Hypothesis (2019) (original academic paper)- The Vu...2022-08-2923 minThe ValmyWilliam MacAskill on Effective Altruism, Moral Progress, and Cultural Innovation Podcast: Conversations with Tyler Episode: William MacAskill on Effective Altruism, Moral Progress, and Cultural InnovationRelease date: 2022-08-10Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationWhen Tyler is reviewing grants for Emergent Ventures, he is struck by how the ideas of effective altruism have so clearly influenced many of the smartest applicants, particularly the younger ones. And William MacAskill, whom Tyler considers one of the world’s most influential philosophers, is a leading light of the community. William joined Tyler to discuss why the move...2022-08-1250 minThe ValmyWill MacAskill - Longtermism, Altruism, History, & Technology Podcast: Dwarkesh Podcast Episode: Will MacAskill - Longtermism, Altruism, History, & TechnologyRelease date: 2022-08-09Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationWill MacAskill is one of the founders of the Effective Altruist movement and the author of the upcoming book, What We Owe The Future.We talk about improving the future, risk of extinction & collapse, technological & moral change, problems of academia, who changes history, and much more.Watch on YouTube. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast platform.Ep...2022-08-1256 minThe ValmyJoseph Carlsmith - Utopia, AI, & Infinite Ethics Podcast: Dwarkesh Podcast Episode: Joseph Carlsmith - Utopia, AI, & Infinite EthicsRelease date: 2022-08-03Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationJoseph Carlsmith is a senior research analyst at Open Philanthropy and a doctoral student in philosophy at the University of Oxford.We discuss utopia, artificial intelligence, computational power of the brain, infinite ethics, learning from the fact that you exist, perils of futurism, and blogging.Watch on YouTube. Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc.Episode website + Transcript here. Fo...2022-08-091h 31The Valmy#134 – Ian Morris on what big-picture history teaches us Podcast: 80,000 Hours Podcast Episode: #134 – Ian Morris on what big-picture history teaches usRelease date: 2022-07-22Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationWind back 1,000 years and the moral landscape looks very different to today. Most farming societies thought slavery was natural and unobjectionable, premarital sex was an abomination, women should obey their husbands, and commoners should obey their monarchs.Wind back 10,000 years and things look very different again. Most hunter-gatherer groups thought men who got too big for their britches needed to be put in t...2022-07-313h 41The ValmyKenneth Stanley - Greatness Without Goals Podcast: Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy Episode: Kenneth Stanley - Greatness Without Goals - [Invest Like the Best, EP.283]Release date: 2022-06-28Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationMy guest today is Ken Stanley. Ken is a Professor in Computer Science and a pioneer in the field of neuroevolution. He is also the co-author of a book called, Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned, which details a provocative idea that setting big, audacious goals can reduce the odds of achieving something great. We discuss th...2022-07-021h 15The ValmyJohn Vervaeke & Anna Riedl – The paradigm shift in rationality Release date: 2022-02-11Notes from The Valmy:Source: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Fr8v2cAIw& Release date: 2021-10-21Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization 2022-02-1159 min
The ValmyPeter Thiel: Zero to One Podcast: Socrates in the City Episode: Peter Thiel: Zero to OneRelease date: 2020-02-28Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationEric Metaxas interviews entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel on his bestselling book ZERO TO ONE. Using Apollo 11 and Woodstock as reference points, Thiel and Metaxas explore the idea that we live in an age of technological stagnation, and cover a range of topics — globalization, Greta Thunberg, academia, the worst of the cardinal sins, communion, and more. The interview took place in New York City, in Janu...2021-11-061h 17
The ValmyWhat Tyler Cowen Thinks About Basically Everything Podcast: Village Global Podcast Episode: What Tyler Cowen Thinks About Basically EverythingRelease date: 2018-11-30Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn this extended episode of Venture Stories, Erik interviews Tyler Cowen (@tylercowen), professor of economics at George Mason University. They discuss about a wide range of topics, including Tyler’s book Stubborn Attachments, the value of watching sports, travel, Bitcoin, the Knicks, and Effective Altruism — among many, many others.Tyler explains why he has only two “stubborn attachments” — human rights and economic growth. He takes us...2021-10-101h 56
The ValmyEpisode #158 ... The Creation of Meaning - Nietzsche - The Ascetic Ideal Podcast: Philosophize This! Episode: Episode #158 ... The Creation of Meaning - Nietzsche - The Ascetic IdealRelease date: 2021-10-05Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationToday we look at the creation of meaning through the work of Nietzsche. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcastX...2021-10-0730 min
The ValmySamuel Scheffler: Conservatism, Temporal Bias, and Future Generations Release date: 2021-08-27Notes from The Valmy:Source: University of Oxford (The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics) https://www.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/uehiro-lectures-2015 Release date: 2015-01-01Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization 2021-08-271h 01
The ValmyRoger Crisp on Virtue Podcast: Philosophy Bites Episode: Roger Crisp on VirtueRelease date: 2008-10-12Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationRoger Crisp discusses the nature of virtue in this interview with Nigel Warburton for the Philosophy Bites podcast. 2021-06-1614 minThe ValmyRoger Crisp on Utilitarianism Podcast: Philosophy Bites Episode: Roger Crisp on UtilitarianismRelease date: 2007-07-16Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationHow should we live? John Stuart Mill, one of the great thinkers of the nineteenth century thought that we should maximise happiness. Here Roger Crisp, author of an acclaimed book on Mill, explains Mill's utilitarian ethical theory. 2021-06-1613 minThe Valmy#102 – Tom Moynihan on why prior generations missed some of the biggest priorities of all Podcast: 80,000 Hours Podcast Episode: #102 – Tom Moynihan on why prior generations missed some of the biggest priorities of allRelease date: 2021-06-11Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIt can be tough to get people to truly care about reducing existential risks today. But spare a thought for the longtermist of the 17th century: they were surrounded by people who thought extinction was literally impossible. Today’s guest Tom Moynihan, intellectual historian and author of the book X-Risk: How Humanity Discovered Its Own Extinction, says th...2021-06-143h 56
The ValmyShklar on Hypocrisy Podcast: Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS Episode: Shklar on HypocrisyRelease date: 2021-04-20Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationJudith Shklar’s Ordinary Vices (1984) made the case that the worst of all the vices is cruelty. But that meant we needed to be more tolerant of some other common human failings, including snobbery, betrayal and hypocrisy. David explores what she had to say about some of the other authors in this series – including Bentham and Nietzsche – and asks what price we should be willing to pay for pu...2021-05-1946 min
The ValmyThe Feeling of Value - Sharon Hewitt Rawlette Podcast: Utilitarian Episode: The Feeling of Value - Sharon Hewitt RawletteRelease date: 2020-08-29Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationSharon Hewitt Rawlette and I discuss the metaethical thesis of her book The Feeling of Value, which centers around normative qualia. We touch upon perspectival bias, pain and pleasure, how to construct a robust moral realism, the is-ought distinction, the open question argument, evolutionary debunking arguments, the experience machine, the repugnant conclusion, the best argument against utilitarianism and whether we have made moral progress all things co...2021-05-161h 59
The ValmyWith Emergent Ventures, Tyler Cowen puts money where his mind is Podcast: Access to Excellence Podcast Episode: With Emergent Ventures, Tyler Cowen puts money where his mind isRelease date: 2021-05-04Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationEmergent Ventures, which looks for big and unique ideas, has raised $60 million and funded 200 projects. Mason economist and co-founder Tyler Cowen says the grants are “something you can win that’s not about connections.” Push ideas, he said. “Make the world tell you no.” Cowen also talks about how the Fast Grants program is helping fight Covid-19, why having children can...2021-05-0546 minThe ValmyRichard Hamming: You and Your Research Release date: 2021-04-29Notes from The Valmy:Source: YouTube (Stripe Press) https://d37ugbyn3rpeym.cloudfront.net/stripe-press/TAODSAE_zine_press.pdf Release date: 1996-06-06Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization 2021-04-2945 minThe ValmyRawls on Justice Podcast: Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS Episode: Rawls on JusticeRelease date: 2021-04-06Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationJohn Rawls’s A Theory of Justice (1971) changed the face of modern political philosophy by reinventing the question of what constitutes fairness. From ‘the veil of ignorance’ to ‘reflective equilibrium’ it introduced new ways of thinking about the problem of justice along with new problems for thinking about politics. David discusses Rawls’s influence on what happened next.Recommended version to buyMich...2021-04-2748 min
The ValmyDavid Deutsch on the infinite reach of knowledge Podcast: The TED Interview Episode: David Deutsch on the infinite reach of knowledgeRelease date: 2018-10-23Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIt can be easy to believe that humans are insignificant. We’re specks of dust on a random planet in a vast universe. Less powerful than elephants. Fewer than ants. But David Deutsch believes that’s all beside the point, because humans possess one unique skill: attaining knowledge. David Deutsch – Oxford professor, father of quantum computing, recluse – convinced Chris years ago to take over leadership...2021-04-2759 minThe Valmy#26 – Thomas Moynihan on the History of Existential Risk Podcast: Hear This Idea Episode: #26 – Thomas Moynihan on the History of Existential RiskRelease date: 2021-03-22Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThomas Moynihan is a writer and researcher interested in the history of ideas surrounding existential risk and human flourishing. He completed a PhD on the history of human extinction, and currently works with Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute. His most recent book is called X-Risk: How Humanity Discovered Its Own Extinction.
You can read much more about the topics we cover in t...2021-03-232h 14
The ValmyPatrick Deneen - Liberalism & The Meaning of Freedom Podcast: Subversive w/Alex Kaschuta Episode: Patrick Deneen - Liberalism & The Meaning of FreedomRelease date: 2021-03-17Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationYou can support this podcast at https://www.patreon.com/aksubversive
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I talk with Patrick Deneen about why Liberalism failed, about the frictionless society, being alone, technology and supernormal stimuli, why Libertarianism failed and keeps failing, the problems of scale, the West strip-mining the world for inte...2021-03-181h 37
The ValmyCulture, innovation, and the collective brain Podcast: Many Minds Episode: Culture, innovation, and the collective brainRelease date: 2021-02-03Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationGreetings friends and happy February! Today’s episode is a conversation with Dr. Michael Muthukrishna, an Associate Professor of Economic Psychology at the London School of Economics. Michael’s research takes on a suite of topics that all start from a single big question: Why are we so different from other animals? Part of the answer has to do with our neural hardware. There’s no que...2021-03-061h 29The ValmyBentham on Pleasure Podcast: Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS Episode: Bentham on PleasureRelease date: 2021-02-09Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationJeremy Bentham’s Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation is a definitive early statement of the basis of utilitarianism: how do we achieve the greatest happiness of the greatest number? David looks at Bentham’s rationale for this approach and the many criticisms it has faced. Bentham has often been accused of reducing politics to mechanical calculation and missing what really matters. But given the time...2021-03-0147 minThe ValmyPeter Railton on Moral Learning and Metaethics in AI Systems Podcast: Future of Life Institute Podcast Episode: Peter Railton on Moral Learning and Metaethics in AI SystemsRelease date: 2020-08-18Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationFrom a young age, humans are capable of developing moral competency and autonomy through experience. We begin life by constructing sophisticated moral representations of the world that allow for us to successfully navigate our way through complex social situations with sensitivity to morally relevant information and variables. This capacity for moral learning allows us to solve open-ended problems with other pe...2020-08-201h 41The ValmyOn Becoming a Moral Realist with Peter Singer Podcast: Future of Life Institute Podcast Episode: AIAP: On Becoming a Moral Realist with Peter SingerRelease date: 2018-10-18Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationAre there such things as moral facts? If so, how might we be able to access them? Peter Singer started his career as a preference utilitarian and a moral anti-realist, and then over time became a hedonic utilitarian and a moral realist. How does such a transition occur, and which positions are more defensible? How might objectivism in ethics affect AI al...2020-05-3051 min