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I think I said I’d link the music I made for this, but I’ve now figured out that linking the midi files directly won’t necessarily sound right (they’re rendered in a specific way in the game browser and the balance has been very off when I played them anywhere else). I have plans to make mp3s and l…
00:00 The Rise of AI Discourse 02:38 Legislative Responses to AI Risks 05:10 The Balance of Innovation and Regulation 07:45 Discourse Dynamics in AI Safety 10:13 State Capacity and AI Governance 12:34 The Future of AI Development and Security 25:40 Reproductive Strategies in Different Climates 27:0…
* Kave’s 4 heresies * The Ease Disease * interest rates are endogenous * me tweeting about Zizek * me on boundaries 00:00 Introduction to the Conversation 01:01 Exploring Personal Heresies 02:33 The Granite Heresy: Insurance and Value 03:23 The Stepping Heresy: Rationality and Decision Making 04:11…
We waited until we got to a nontrivial puzzle, but ultimately I think mostly failed at doing much thinking in realtime in the video, because after that it was otherwise easy. I plan to keep trying though! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acce…
* original twitter thread * The Ease Disease * Worse is Better 00:00 — Slop, Cheapness, and the Ease Disease05:23 — What Exactly Is the “Ease Disease”?12:02 — AI, Writing, and Learning by Doing15:45 — Are Phones Really Making Us Choose Ease?23:52 — When Nobody Does It the Hard Way26:41 — Streetligh…
00:02 Introduction and Context 00:27 The Arday Controversy 04:08 The Impact of Academia’s Response 12:14 Postpartum Mental Health and Societal Reactions 14:19 The State of Education and Understanding Fractions 23:21 Cultural Reflections on Data Centers and Society 23:25 Political Landscape and AI D…
I came into this expecting we could work through some puzzles together, but the beginning had a lot of content and I think one very easy puzzle? But we recorded it, so here it is anyway :-). It’s also on YouTube if that’s easier 00:00 Introduction to the Mermaid Mask Game 02:58 Gameplay Mechanics …
I briefly reviewed the Meta glasses (tldr; I think they aren’t there yet), we talked about the nature of certainty, how ethics isn’t a truce, more than usual about geometric rationality, and at the end about why Shea doesn’t like the name X for Twitter. 00:00 Reunion Reflections and Family Adventur…
This is my first time uploading video to Substack, so I hope it works! Nonstandard episode format where Kave and I play Murder at the Birch Tree Theater together. I cross posted this one to YouTube, in case anyone would rather watch there. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this…
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