We resume our popular AI in Context video review series by talking about AIC’s second video on the MechaHitler débâcle. Matt actually thought it was good! It made an argument! But we do need to sort out our relationship to the AI omnicause and figure out what the channel is for. All before we go to the Ren Faire.
LINKS:
AI in Context MechaHitler Video: https://youtu.be/r_9wkavYt4Y?si=VHjo8zFfouwPDrHS
We Don't Even Have to Try short: https://youtube.com/shorts/Om8KXQt6mDo?si=em3aGLayB08bQdzj
Scott Dwarkesh clip (in the middle of this long, worth-listening to interview): https://youtu.be/htOvH12T7mU?si=Lb8Mw2ovnuWFX_WB
Scott list of things he could worry about: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/book-review-if-anyone-builds-it-everyone
As always, you can email in questions and comments at mattandchana@gmail.com
Matt worries he’s disqualified for being insufficiently util-simped and being too preoccupied with the ideas themselves. Julia comes on and tells cute but harrowing tales of her bright children learning about the world. Everyone tried to avoid osteoporosis.
LINKS:
Julia’s excellent (and excellently named) blog: https://juliawise.net/
I regret that I could not find Chana’s LessWrong Declaration of Independence
As always, you can email in questions and comments at mattandchana@gmail.com
Chana discovers anti-elitism is a current theme in US politics in this already extremely dated episode from our brief foray into conflict with Iran, a conflict which, like all others so far, we can now put in the win column of Peter Wildeford’s forecasting record. Oh, and the fire alarm goes off. As always, you can email us with questions and comments at: mattandchana@gmail.com
Matt is sad and grasping at topics and thereby inevitably gets squeezed out of the conversation when two teachers come on to do what they do best: gripe about teaching... and parents and protests and workouts and forecasting. Alex's Reflection on his joke paper going viral: https://lawsen.substack.com/p/when-yo...You can email us with questions and comments at: mattandchana@gmail.com
Chana triumphs at work with the release of her AI 2027 video, but even after two million views and 85,000 subscribers, she still has to win over her biggest critic. But to get there, she’ll have to understand what the hell he’s saying first.
Watch 80k’s AI 2027 video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KVDDfAkRgc
Read Matt’s lamentations here: https://frommatter.substack.com/p/sadly-80k
Are do gooders getting corrupted by prestige, or just nerdsniped? We explore that question, and, with no hint of irony, what would make good merch for the podcast.Plus! we finally have an email where you can write in with questions: mattandchana@gmail.com Daniel's podcast here: https://axrp.net/Daniel other podcast here: https://thefilancabinet.com/Daniel on Twitter: https://x.com/freed_dfilan
Matt can't resist talking politics and religion, but everything gets better when we pivot to Disney movies (which are allegedly based on books) featuring the great Conor Barnes of 80k Job Board fame!Conor's writing: https://parhelia.conorbarnes.com/ The Daily Show on Shrimp Welfare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNbIKtGMoaA
Wherein we pontificate on deadlines, Kanye, market economics, and other jiggery-popery!Phil's fateful EA forum post: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/cf8Dth9vpxX9ptgma/against-much-financial-risk-tolerance
Chana wasn't sure there'd be a guest three days after we decided (read: she agreed) to do this show, but there was!
...And she showed up late anyway, so much discussion of punctuality ensued. We also cover veganism, AI, and not alcohol.
LINKS:
ChatGPT on the lives of factory farmed pigs
All found on Andy's great blog, The Weird Turn Pro – renaming in progress, but doubtful