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Are AI luminaries too freaked out by their creation?
Plus: The passing of pax Americana, creating climate-change-resistant animals, China sanctions update: still not working, spy whale spotted!—and more.
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Why the chances of nuclear war grew this week
Plus: AI unseats counselors, Elon’s big new rival, NZN’s new Cognitive Empathy Award, climate gets godsend, paid subscriber perks, and more!
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The New World Disorder (Robert Wright & Thomas Friedman)
Listen now | 1:31 China’s role in Saudi-Iran rapprochement 7:10 The legacy of Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal 12:25 Does Israel have a…
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Is Everything Falling Apart?
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OK, it’s time to freak out about AI
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Coronavirus edition
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Why Biden didn’t negotiate seriously with Putin
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The Radical Power of Cognitive Empathy
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Earthling Unplugged: AI freakout continues, the passing of pax Americana, climate-change-resistant animals, spy whale spotted!--and more.
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A Manhattan Project for AI Safety (Robert Wright & Samuel Hammond)
Listen now | 0:00 Sam’s Bloggingheads bona fides 2:39 Is AI “interpretability” worth the trouble? 13:38 Natural selection and artificial intelligence…
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Parrot Room: We Don’t Need Another Parrot
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DeSantis's and Ukraine's Incursions (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus)
Listen now (45 min) | Subscribe to The Parrot Room at https://patreon.com/parrotroom 0:00 Bob quizzes Mickey on worrisome Ukraine war developments 8:26…
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Early Access: The Non-zero-sum End of History (Robert Wright & Francis Fukuyama)
Listen now | Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Francis Fukuyama (Stanford University, The End of…
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In Defense of Crying (Robert Wright & Benjamin Perry)
Listen now | (Overtime segment available to paid subscribers below the paywall.) 0:00 The watershed moment that led Ben to write his new book, "Cry…
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Parrot Room: Don’t Tuck with the Parrot
Listen now (127 min) | Should Mickey have popped the pill? Why the parrot isn’t live. Reckless Zelensky. Bob fails to pull a Cheney. Debt deal…
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