(Overtime audio available to paid subscribers through the player at the top of the page and video version available below the paywall.)
2:16 A short history of “longtermism”
8:39 The evolution of effective altruism (EA)
16:59 Unpacking the TESCREAL bundle
21:34 Why AGI dominates longtermist thinking
29:45 Are AI doomers and accelerationists more aligned than it seems?
40:45 Why did Émile ditch EA?
51:34 Heading to Overtime
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Émile P. Torres (Human Extinction; Morality, Foresight, and Human Flourishing). Recorded December 12, 2023.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NonzeroPods
Overtime titles:
0:00 Where is Émile on the AI doomer spectrum?
10:36 AI: to regulate or not to regulate?
13:48 Extropianism, cosmism, and “e/acc”
24:07 AI’s Larry Summers issue
35:51 Ties that bind the TESCREAL bundle
45:51 What’s really driving our tech leaders?
53:41 EA, Scientology, and the Blob
57:48 Why did Émile ditch “Phil”?
