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Mythos and China (Robert Wright & Lennart Heim)
Listen now | 0:00 How powerful is Anthropic’s Mythos? 6:52 How Mythos looks to China 9:16 Does Mythos mark a new phase in the US-China arms race? 20:21…
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The Mattering Instinct (Robert Wright & Rebecca Newberger Goldstein)
Listen now | 0:00 Rebecca’s past work on mind and matter(ing) 3:24 Rebecca’s new book, The Mattering Instinct 8:00 Varieties of mattering experience…
Apr 28
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The new Blob is even scarier than the old one
With enemies like this, Skynet doesn't need friends
Apr 25
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The Future of Intelligence (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
Listen now | 0:00 Teaser 0:49 Paul’s new baby is reportedly cute 6:54 The Tucker-Trump fracture 12:16 Parenting later in life 19:36 Paul’s TED talk on…
Apr 23
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Can Trump and Iran Make a Deal? (Robert Wright & Robert Malley)
Listen now | 0:00 Rob’s role in the Obama nuclear deal 1:43 A deal that could work for both Trump and Iran 12:10 Iran’s security “guarantee” problem…
Apr 21
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Why Altman (and AI) is under attack
First the New Yorker piece, then the Molotov cocktail...
Apr 18
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Iran and the Demise of US Hegemony (Robert Wright, Derek Davison, and Daniel Bessner)
Listen now | 0:00 Teaser 1:02 Trump’s Middle East chaos continues 6:04 Is Iran more about America’s hegemony or Israel’s? 13:22 Who will win the Hormuz…
Apr 16
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Can AI Stop Wars? (Robert Wright & Nikita Petrov)
Listen now | 0:00 Teaser 3:15 Trump’s Iran blockade breaks the ceasefire 6:44 A Chinese tanker calls Trump’s bluff 11:30 Bob’s case for an Iranian…
Apr 14
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The future arrived this week.
And boy are we not ready for it!
Apr 11
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Dario, Demis, Sam: Assessing the AI Guys (Robert Wright & Shakeel Hashim)
Listen now | 0:00 A brief message from Bob 3:25 Shakeel’s newsletter, Transformer, and its mission 7:16 The case(s) against Sam Altman 12:58 OpenAI…
Apr 9
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The Iran War: A Debate (Robert Wright & Eli Lake)
Listen now | 0:00 Bob and Eli’s history of (civil) disagreement on Iran 1:38 Is Trump’s war on Iran legal? Does it matter? 7:47 Who’s the real rogue…
Apr 7
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Robert Wright
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NZNet Digest: New Dimensions of Dumbness in Trump's War
Plus: China's Plato ploy; How to lose sleep the fun way; New paths to Armageddon; Passover reflections; and more...
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