61: An "Observatory" for a Shy Super AI ?
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Might we unwittingly start sharing our world with a super AI? A monologue and (mostly) playful thought experiment.
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60: Deep Fakes | Sam Harris and Zohaib Ahmed
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Will the glittering dawn of the genai era be accompanied by a dark tsunami of pixel-perfect deep fakes? I discuss this prospect with Sam Harris, as well as the CEO of synthetic audio pioneer Resemble.ai.
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59: Generative AI | What’s New & What’s Next
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My thoughts on what's happening in the mad world of generative AI, announcing my new home online at robreid.substack.com, and more.
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58: Recipes for Future Plagues | Kevin Esvelt
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USAID’s new “DEEP VZN” program aims to discover new pandemic-grade viruses, then broadcast their genomes to the world, according to MIT evolutionary engineer Kevin Esvelt. He estimates that 30,000 people in dozens of countries could then easily assemble them.
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57: Octopus Intelligence (and more!) | Roger Hanlon
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A wide-ranging discussion of cognition in octopuses & cuttlefish, plus many, many other topics with globally renowned sensory ecologist Roger Hanlon.
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56: A Massive Future for an Old Vaccine? | Megan Murray
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Harvard epidemiologist Megan Murray tells us all about the anti-tuberculosis vaccine “BCG,” and the astonishing protection it may provide against Covid -- as well as looming future pandemics.
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55: Detecting Disease Outbreaks from Internet Traffic | Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
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This is closely tied to a 4-hour collaboration between Sam Harris and me, which Sam is posting to his podcast's feed. I strongly recommend that episode too! But it's not "required" for you to get everything out of this fascinating conversation with Seth.
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54: Announcing a New Season
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This "episode" is just a quick new announcement of a new season of the podcast (finally)! And also of something very cool that I'm working on with fellow podcaster Sam Harris.
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53: The Case Against Reality | Don Hoffman (classic + updated)
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Quantitative Psychologist Don Hoffman has a head-spinning take on the true nature of reality vs. what our senses report to us. This is a revisitation of our original interview, expanded with lots of new material recorded last week.
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52: Many Quantum Worlds | Sean Carroll
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Quantum mechanics – and its eerie "Many Worlds" interpretation – are explored in terms that both poets & physicists can appreciate.
info_outlineThe food allergy epidemic is mysterious, volatile, and growing fast. Kari Nadeau and her Stanford team are trying to halt it.