Consistently Candid
AI safety, philosophy and other things.
Podcasting since 2023 • 17 episodes
Consistently Candid
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#17 Fun Theory with Noah Topper
The Fun Theory Sequence is one of Eliezer Yudkowsky's cheerier works, and considers questions such as 'how much fun is there in the universe?', 'are we having fun yet' and 'could we be...
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#16 John Sherman on the psychological experience of learning about x-risk and AI safety messaging strategies
John Sherman is the host of the For Humanity Podcast, which (much like this one!) aims to explain AI safety to a non-expert audience. In this episode, we compared our experienc...
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#15 Should we be engaging in civil disobedience to protest AGI development?
StopAI are a non-profit aiming to achieve a permanent ban on the development of AGI through peaceful protest. In this episode, I chatted with three of founders of StopAI – Remmelt Ellen, Sam Kirchner ...
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#14 Buck Shlegeris on AI control
Buck Shlegeris is the CEO of Redwood Research, a non-profit working to reduce risks from powerful AI. We discussed Redwood's research into AI control, why we shouldn't feel confident that witnessin...
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#13 Aaron Bergman and Max Alexander debate the Very Repugnant Conclusion
In this episode, Aaron Bergman and Max Alexander are back to battle it out for the philosophy crown, while I (attempt to) moderate. They discuss the Very Repugnant Conclusion, which, in the words of Claude, "posits that a world with a vast popu...
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