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808's & Cold TakesThe Return of ALBUMPALOOZA: Clipse & Justin Bieber Album Reviews | 808s & Cold Takes Ep. 118Our reviews for Let God Sort Em Out by Clips and SWAG by Justin BieberFollow Our IG: @808s&coldtakesLeave a comment!2025-07-1958 min
Cold TakesEp 22: We Need New Sports Teams- Welcome to Therapy
- Jonah has hit an all time low after Denver's 70-20 loss to Miami
- Coop has given up all hope on the Panthers
- Is it harder to go 17-0 or 0-17?
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Cold TakesEp 21: Young QBs are STRUGGLING!- The boys start the episode reminiscing on a rough weekend
- Which 0-2 team is the most concerning?
- Is the Justin Fields era over?
- Coop dives DEEP into why rookie QBs should not start, Jonah STRONGLY disagrees
- What rule change would you make to college football?
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2023-09-2139 min
Cold TakesEp 20: The Zach Attack is Back! NFL Week 1 Takeaways- Are the Jets cooked without Rodgers?
- Biggest week 1 surprise and which fanbase is the most down bad? (If you say it's not yours, you're lying)
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2023-09-1445 min
Cold TakesEp 19: Prime Colorado?! TNF Lions @ Chiefs Preview- Week 1 on the college football season is over and we break down the biggest overreactions
- The NFL season opens up with Lions @ Chiefs, who's going to win? We got the answer
- New Weekly Segment! "Internet Take of the Week" - The most vile take on the 2023 NFL season
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2023-09-0739 min
Cold TakesEp 18: Football & Cold Takes have Returned- The boys are bringing back their freezing cold takes by predicting the division winners for the 2023 NFL season
- College football realignment has killed the game
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2023-09-0153 min
Cold TakesEp 17: LeRetirement, ECF Game 7, & Our Sports Generation > Yours- Is it time for LeBron to hang it up?
- "GAME 7" simply the greatest two words in sports
- We each rank our top 3 favorite athletes from our childhood (2000s-2010s)
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2023-05-2952 min
Cold TakesEp 16: Warriors Dynasty Over, The Heat is On & QB Conflict in Carolina?- Monty Williams out as Suns head coach!?!?
- Is the Warriors Dynasty finally over?
- Himmy Butler pt. 2
- Bryce Young benched? And wrap up with Gabe's Scorecard
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2023-05-1551 min
Cold TakesEp 15: Himmy Butler, Steph v LeBron, & Rodgers (over)Hype- The boys take a deep dive into the Heat/Knicks & Lakers/Warriors series plus debate how the outcome will effect LeBron's legacy
- NFL win totals dropped, which teams are overhyped?
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2023-05-0857 min
Cold TakesEp 14: QBs alive, RBs ARE DEAD + ...Baseball?- Recap of the top QBs taken in this years draft
- New Segment! "Gabe's Scorecard"
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2023-05-0150 min
Cold Takes AudioWhat AI companies can do today to help with the most important centuryMajor AI companies can increase or reduce global catastrophic risks.https://www.cold-takes.com/what-ai-companies-can-do-today-to-help-with-the-most-important-century/2023-02-2018 minCold Takes AudioJobs that can help with the most important centuryPeople are far better at their jobs than at anything else. Here are the best ways to help the most important century go well.https://www.cold-takes.com/jobs-that-can-help-with-the-most-important-century/2023-02-1030 min
Cold Takes AudioSpreading messages to help with the most important centuryFor people who want to help improve our prospects for navigating transformative AI, and have an audience (even a small one).https://www.cold-takes.com/spreading-messages-to-help-with-the-most-important-century/2023-01-2520 min
Cold Takes AudioHow we could stumble into AI catastropheHypothetical stories where the world tries, but fails, to avert a global disaster.https://www.cold-takes.com/how-we-could-stumble-into-ai-catastrophe2023-01-1328 minCold Takes AudioTransformative AI issues (not just misalignment): an overviewAn overview of key potential factors (not just alignment risk) for whether things go well or poorly with transformative AI.https://www.cold-takes.com/transformative-ai-issues-not-just-misalignment-an-overview/2023-01-0525 min
Cold Takes AudioRacing Through a Minefield: the AI Deployment ProblemPush AI forward too fast, and catastrophe could occur. Too slow, and someone else less cautious could do it. Is there a safe course?https://www.cold-takes.com/racing-through-a-minefield-the-ai-deployment-problem/2022-12-2221 min
Cold Takes AudioHigh-level hopes for AI aligmentA few ways we might get very powerful AI systems to be safe.https://www.cold-takes.com/high-level-hopes-for-ai-alignment/2022-12-1523 min
Cold Takes AudioAI safety seems hard to measureFour analogies for why "We don't see any misbehavior by this AI" isn't enough.https://www.cold-takes.com/ai-safety-seems-hard-to-measure/2022-12-0822 min
Cold Takes AudioWhy Would AI "Aim" To Defeat Humanity?Today's AI development methods risk training AIs to be deceptive, manipulative and ambitious. This might not be easy to fix as it comes up.https://www.cold-takes.com/why-would-ai-aim-to-defeat-humanity/2022-11-2946 min
Missin Curfew127. Hot Starts and Ice Cold TakesThe fellas survived a spooky weekend of trick or treating and the Sunday scaries to get back in studio today and break down the hot start to the NHL season. After Obs and Uppy break down their Halloween benders the fellas get into all things hockey by breaking down each division so far and much more. Then joining the fellas today is a beauty from up north, diehard Toronto Maple Leafs fan and Rub and Tug expert, Rick Rowley! Rowley breaks down the seemingly pending riot in Toronto, Sheldon Keefe's future, Rub and Tug Reviews, and much more. But First...2022-11-031h 19Missin Curfew127. Hot Starts and Ice Cold TakesThe fellas survived a spooky weekend of trick or treating and the Sunday scaries to get back in studio today and break down the hot start to the NHL season. After Obs and Uppy break down their Halloween benders the fellas get into all things hockey by breaking down each division so far and much more. Then joining the fellas today is a beauty from up north, diehard Toronto Maple Leafs fan and Rub and Tug expert, Rick Rowley! Rowley breaks down the seemingly pending riot in Toronto, Sheldon Keefe's future, Rub and Tug Reviews, and much more. But First...2022-11-031h 19
Cold TakesEp 13: Way too Early NFL Division Champs!- Was Juju, bad juju for the Steelers?
- Breakdown of each NFL division and who is coming out alive
- Follow the pod on IG (@coldtakespod) and Twitter (@coldtakes_pod)2022-08-0837 minCold Takes AudioThe Track Record of Futurists Seems ... FineWe scored mid-20th-century sci-fi writers on nonfiction predictions. They weren't great, but weren't terrible either. Maybe doing futurism works fine.https://www.cold-takes.com/the-track-record-of-futurists-seems-fine/2022-06-3021 minCold Takes AudioNonprofit Boards are WeirdWith great power comes, er, unclear responsibility and zero accountability. https://www.cold-takes.com/nonprofit-boards-are-weird-2/2022-06-2325 min
Cold Takes AudioAI Could Defeat All Of Us CombinedHow big a deal could AI misalignment be? About as big as it gets.https://www.cold-takes.com/ai-could-defeat-all-of-us-combined/2022-06-0723 min
Cold Takes AudioUseful Vices for Wicked ProblemsInvestigating important topics with laziness, impatience, hubris and self-preservation.https://www.cold-takes.com/useful-vices-for-wicked-problems/2022-04-1225 minCold Takes AudioIdeal governance (for companies, countries and more)What kind of governance system should you set up, if you're starting from scratch and can do it however you want?https://www.cold-takes.com/ideal-governance-for-companies-countries-and-more/2022-04-0517 minCold Takes AudioDebating myself on whether “extra lives lived” are as good as “deaths prevented”Preventing extinction would be good - but "saving 8 billion lives" good or "saving a trillion trillion trillion lives" good?https://www.cold-takes.com/debating-myself-on-whether-extra-lives-lived-are-as-good-as-deaths-prevented/2022-03-2920 min
Cold TakesEp 12: Did Miami Make a Mistake?- The guys debate whether or not the Dolphins made the right call trading 5 draft picks for Tyreek Hill & discuss the impact Matt Ryan will have in Indy.
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Cold Takes AudioThe Wicked Problem ExperienceA day in the life of trying to complete a self-assigned project with no clear spec or goal. https://www.cold-takes.com/the-wicked-problem-experience/2022-03-0214 minCold Takes AudioLearning By Writing2022-02-2216 minCold Takes AudioDefending One-Dimensional EthicsFirst in a series of dialogues on utilitarianism and "future-proof ethics."https://www.cold-takes.com/defending-one-dimensional-ethics/2022-02-1526 minCold TakesEpisode 10: Wild NBA Trade Deadline & Super Bowl Preview!- The guys talk NBA trades, winners/losers, and breakdown this years Super Bowl Matchup between the Bengals and Rams!
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Cold Takes AudioFuture-Proof EthicsEthics based on common sense seems to have a horrible historical track record. Can we do better?https://www.cold-takes.com/future-proof-ethics/2022-02-0227 minCold TakesEpisode 8: Conference Championship Picks & Ranking "The Old Generation's" QBs- Coop and Jonah make their picks for the Conference Championship round after an EPIC Divisional Round and Jonah ranks the top 6 QBs from his generation
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- Follow the pod on IG (@coldtakespod) and Twitter (@coldtakes_pod)2022-01-281h 32Cold Takes AudioStakeholder Management and Cost Disease2022-01-2718 minCold Takes AudioReader reactions and update on "Where's Today's Beethoven"Lots of theories for why older science and art seem to have an easier time getting critical acclaim.https://www.cold-takes.com/reader-reactions-and-update-on-wheres-todays-beethoven/2022-01-2517 minCold TakesEpisode 7: NBA Chatter & NFL Divisional Round Preview- NBA Highlights from past week, NFL Divisional round picks, and ranking the 8 remaining NFL teams
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- Follow the pod on IG (@coldtakespod) and Twitter (@coldtakes_pod)2022-01-201h 14Cold Takes AudioWhy it matters if "ideas get harder to find"Want more innovation? Think about population, not recapturing "golden age" culture.https://www.cold-takes.com/why-it-matters-if-ideas-get-harder-to-find/2022-01-1110 minCold TakesEpisode 6: Winners/Losers of 2021 & Predictions for 2022- Welcome to 2022! Excited to be back, best year yet upcoming, love y'all! 2022-01-041h 07
Cold Takes AudioWhere's Today's Beethoven?Why is no composer today as acclaimed as Beethoven, no author as acclaimed as Shakespeare? A data-driven look at a few possible explanations.https://www.cold-takes.com/wheres-todays-beethoven/2022-01-0437 minCold Takes AudioThe Bayesian Mindset2021-12-2131 min
Cold Takes AudioVisualizing UtopiaAn attempt to help visualize utopia, without running into pitfalls I covered previously.https://www.cold-takes.com/visualizing-utopia/2021-12-1421 min
Cold Takes AudioWhy Describing Utopia Goes Badly2021-12-0717 min
Cold Takes AudioMinimal-trust investigationsThe activity that has been most formative for the way I think: suspending my trust in others and digging to the bottom of some claim.https://www.cold-takes.com/minimal-trust-investigations/2021-11-2320 minCold Takes AudioDid life get better during the pre-industrial era? (Ehhhh)2021-11-2319 min
Cold Takes AudioFalling everyday violence, bigger wars and atrocities: how do they net out?Homicide rates have fallen over the past 1000+ years, but wars and genocides may have gotten bigger. How does it net out?https://www.cold-takes.com/has-violence-declined-when-we-include-the-world-wars-and-other-major-atrocities/2021-11-1613 min
Cold Takes AudioRowing, Steering, Anchoring, Equity, MutinyFive clashing pictures of how to help the world, and the questions about history they raise.https://www.cold-takes.com/rowing-steering-anchoring-equity-mutiny/2021-11-0922 minCold Takes AudioUnraveling the evidence about violence among very early humansThe rate of violent deaths is one of the key measures of long-run quality of life, and strong claims are made on both sides.https://www.cold-takes.com/unraveling-the-evidence-about-violence-among-very-early-humans/2021-11-0224 min
Cold Takes AudioWas life better in hunter-gatherer times?Part of the "Has Life Gotten Better?" series.https://www.cold-takes.com/was-life-better-in-hunter-gatherer-times/2021-10-2621 minCold Takes AudioPre-agriculture gender relations seem bad"Hunter-gatherers"/"foragers" are sometimes said to have strong gender equality. But as far as I can tell, they don't. Part of the "Has Life Gotten Better?" series.https://www.cold-takes.com/pre-agriculture-gender-relations-seem-bad/2021-10-1920 minCold Takes AudioHas Life Gotten Better?: the Post-Industrial EraWhy I think life has gotten better over the last couple hundred years.https://www.cold-takes.com/has-life-gotten-better-the-post-industrial-era/2021-10-1214 minCold Takes AudioHas Life Gotten Better?Trends in quality of life over all of human history (not just the last few hundred years).https://www.cold-takes.com/has-life-gotten-better/2021-10-0509 minCold Takes AudioSummary of history (empowerment and well-being lens)Listing the big events for empowerment and well-being, leaving out all the wars that didn't clearly affect these things.https://www.cold-takes.com/summary-of-history-empowerment-and-well-being-lens/2021-09-2817 minCold Takes AudioWhy AI alignment could be hard with modern deep learning (guest post by Ajeya Cotra)Why would we program AI that wants to harm us? Because we might not know how to do otherwise.https://www.cold-takes.com/why-ai-alignment-could-be-hard-with-modern-deep-learning/2021-09-2028 minCold Takes AudioCall to VigilanceGiven all our uncertainties about the most important century, I'm issuing a "call to vigilance" instead of "call to action": look out for opportunities to help the most important century go as well as possible. https://www.cold-takes.com/call-to-vigilance/ 2021-09-1505 minCold Takes AudioHow to make the best of the most important century?We, the people living in this century, have the chance to have a huge impact on huge numbers of people to come - if we can make sense of the situation enough to find helpful actions. https://www.cold-takes.com/making-the-best-of-the-most-important-century/ 2021-09-1421 minCold Takes AudioAI Timelines: Where the Arguments, and the ”Experts,” StandWhat the best available forecasting methods say about when we can expect transformative AI - and why there's no "expert field" for this topic.https://www.cold-takes.com/where-ai-forecasting-stands-today/ 2021-09-0718 minCold Takes AudioForecasting transformative AI: the ”biological anchors” method in a nutshellMy preferred method of forecasting transformative AI, with pros and cons. https://www.cold-takes.com/forecasting-transformative-ai-the-biological-anchors-method-in-a-nutshell/ 2021-08-3129 minCold Takes AudioAre we "trending toward" transformative AI? (How would we know?)AI progress may not trend in the ways we intuitively expect.https://www.cold-takes.com/are-we-trending-toward-transformative-ai-how-would-we-know/2021-08-2416 minCold Takes AudioForecasting transformative AI: what's the burden of proof?This is the second of 4 posts summarizing hundreds of pages of technical reports focused almost entirely on forecasting one number: the year by which transformative AI will be developed.https://www.cold-takes.com/forecasting-transformative-ai-whats-the-burden-of-proof/2021-08-1728 minCold Takes AudioForecasting Transformative AI, Part 1: What Kind of AI?PASTA: Process for Automating Scientific and Technological Advancementhttps://www.cold-takes.com/transformative-ai-timelines-part-1-of-4-what-kind-of-ai/ 2021-08-1018 minCold Takes AudioThis Can't Go Onhttps://www.cold-takes.com/this-cant-go-on/The long view of economic history says we're in the midst of a huge, unsustainable acceleration. What happens next?2021-08-0215 minCold Takes AudioDigital People Part 3 - ImplicationsFinal section of the "Digital People Would Be An Even Bigger Deal" readthrough.https://www.cold-takes.com/how-digital-people-could-change-the-world/ 2021-07-2713 minCold Takes AudioDigital People Part 2 (optional) - FAQFAQ about the "digital people" idea.https://www.cold-takes.com/digital-people-faq 2021-07-2724 minCold Takes AudioDigital People Part 1 - introAudio for the first part of "Digital People Would Be An Even Bigger Deal."https://www.cold-takes.com/how-digital-people-could-change-the-world/ 2021-07-2711 minCold Takes AudioThe DuplicatorIf people could be insta-copied, economic growth would explode.https://www.cold-takes.com/the-duplicator/ 2021-07-1914 minCold Takes AudioAll Possible Views About Humanity's Future Are WildIf you think humans will eventually spread out across the galaxy (even if it takes 100,000 years), then you think we are among the earliest living beings, with remarkable opportunities to shape the future.https://www.cold-takes.com/all-possible-views-about-humanitys-future-are-wild/ 2021-07-1314 min