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The Wright Show

Summary: Conversations with a series of people who have nothing in common except that program host Robert Wright is curious about what they’re thinking.

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Podcasts:

 The Open Source AI Question (Robert Wright & Nathan Labenz) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:00:00

Nathan’s role as “AI scout” ... What "open source" in AI really means ... Why the secrecy around AI training data? ... What’s actually “open” about OpenAI? ... The case for and against open source AI ... Is an open source crackdown coming? ... What Waymark, Nathan’s company, does with AI ...

 Biden’s Gaza Failures (Robert Wright & Daniel Levy) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:00:00

Should Biden pursue regime change in Israel? ... How the White House mishandled Netanyahu's far-right government ... Daniel: “Israel has lost this war” ... What a ceasefire deal would look like ... Biden’s immense, unused leverage over Netanyahu ... Heading to Overtime ...

 Biden's Big Speech (Robert Wright & Andrew Day) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:00:00
 Elon v. OpenAI, Google vs Itself (Robert Wright & Timothy B. Lee) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:00:00

The other Tim B. Lee ... Unpacking the Elon v. OpenAI case ... How did Google’s Gemini go wrong? ... The unsung ingenious side of Gemini ... Is AI a bubble? ... Are some LLM issues insoluble? ... How Sora changes the AI picture ... Heading to Overtime ...

 Possible Palestinian and Ukrainian Futures (Robert Wright & Andrew Day) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:00:00
 Google’s AI, Biden’s Brain, and Other Enigmas (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:00:00

Big trouble with Small Potatoes ... What makes a good podcast? ... Google’s AI goes wild(ly woke) ... Is Biden a “super-ager” or just super old? ... On the psychology of self-immolation ... Are we thinking right about mental illness? ... Heading to Overtime ...

 Does AI Understand Things? (Robert Wright & Gary Marcus) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:00:00

Gary’s background and place in the AI world ... Are Gary’s views on AI paradoxical? ... Bob: Searle’s Chinese Room argument is dead ... Have LLMs demonstrated "theory of mind"? ... Arguing the semantics of an LLM's “semantic space” ... Do LLM representations map onto the real world? ... Can (and should) we slow down AI development? ... Gary: I’ve never seen a field as myopic as AI today ... The (symbolic?) future of AI ...

 What Navalny Meant (Robert Wright & Nikita Petrov) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:00:00

Nikita’s memories of Navalny’s emergence as a political force ... The time Nikita was detained for protesting election fraud ... Navalny’s success as a political organizer ... What did Navalny represent? ... Navalny’s courageous post-poisoning return to Russia ... Heading to Overtime (plus: Nikita’s photo with Navalny) ...

 Gazans' Displacement, AI's Acceleration (Robert Wright & Andrew Day) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:00:00
 Ukraine’s War, Putin’s Worldview (Robert Wright & Leonid Ragozin) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:00:00

What MSM missed about Carlsons' Putin interview ... Putin’s litany of grievances against the West ... Russia gets the upper hand in Ukraine ... Why Zelensky hasn’t paved the way for peace talks ... Putin’s mafia-inspired approach to negotiations ... Do most Russians support the war? ... Why Zelensky fired his popular top general ... Heading to Overtime ...

 Is the 'Age' Issue Old News? (Matt K. Lewis & Matt K. Lewis) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:00:00

Does the NY-03 special election have national import? ... Will the special counsel report sink Joe Biden? ... Was Jon Stewart's monologue on the mark? ...

 Inside the Mind of AI (Robert Wright & Nora Belrose) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:00:00

Nora’s low score on the AI doomer test ... The messy math of AI alignment ... Teaching and (unteaching) concepts to LLMS ... Do we really want human-like AI? ... How the AI “mind” works ... How to change an AI’s mind ... Are LLMs reverse-engineering the human mind? ... Heading to Overtime ...

 Putin's Monologue, Biden's Bad Day (Earthling Unplugged) (Robert Wright & Andrew Day) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:00:00
 Conspiracy Theories and True Fictions (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:00:00

Bob’s bad newsletter news for Paul ... Fast Car's moving Grammy moment ... Music, female orgasms, and other evolutionary enigmas ... The Moral Animal turns 30—how has it aged? ... How AI (barely) helps Paul work ... Is America real? ... Bob tries to drag Paul down the JFK rabbit hole ... Lab leak and the trouble with “conspiracy theories” ... Heading to Overtime ...

 The Truth About Effective Altruism (Robert Wright & Robert Wiblin) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:00:00

Effective altruism (EA) and Rob’s 80,000 Hours podcast ... BF’s fall = EA’s public relations problem ... What went wrong for (and with) SBF? ... Virtue as a utilitarian shortcut ... What drove EA’s longtermist (r)evolution? ... EA, AI, and the miscalculation of existential risk ... Did EA play a role in the OpenAI board drama? ... Heading to Overtime ...

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