Bhtv: Science Faction (fast)
- Autor: Vários
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- Editor: Podcast
- Duración: 42:00:00
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Sinopsis
Science writers John Horgan and George Johnson take up new discoveries and ongoing mysteries, often with a skeptical eye.
Episodios
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Biden’s Israel Problem (Robert Wright, Derek Davison, and Daniel Bessner)
05/04/2024 Duración: 01h00sA brief message from Bob ... Derek and Danny stumble into Bob’s Zoom room ... Israel’s doubly out-of-control week ... How Biden's Gaza failures will shape the Democratic Party ... Biden’s political incentives on Israel-Palestine ... Heading to Overtime ...
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AI, Rationalism, and the “Great Filter” (Robert Wright & Robin Hanson)
03/04/2024 Duración: 01h00sRobin’s history of thinking about the future ... Seeing AI as offspring, not adversary ... Robin’s famous answer to a great cosmic mystery ... Would evidence of aliens be good news or bad? ... Is rationalist culture cultist? ... LLMs: revolution or hype cycle? ... Heading to Overtime ...
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The Cosmic Thought of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (Robert Wright & Ilia Delio)
31/03/2024 Duración: 01h00sIlia’s background ... Things to know about the noosphere ... Teilhard’s transgressive theological and scientific thought ... Does AI suggest a “transcendent nature to nature”? ... The Teilhardian solution to the mind-body problem ... How Darwinian was Teilhard, really? ... Teilhard on love ... “Techno-sapiens,” redemption, and the Omega Point ... Heading to Overtime ...
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RFK Jr.'s Bad VEEP Pick (Matt K. Lewis & Bill Scher)
28/03/2024 Duración: 01h00sMatt's X spat with Ric Grenell ... The importance of narrative framing ... Should NBC have hired/fired Ronna McDaniel? ... How awful is RFK Jr.'s VP pick? ...
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Meditation Tips for Beginners (and Non-Beginners) (Robert Wright & Kathryn Devaney)
26/03/2024 Duración: 01h00sKati’s unusual niche ... How Covid changed meditation ... Kati: The optimal amount of meditation is… ... Is focusing on the breath overblown? ... AI as a spiritual challenge ... Meditation and cognitive empathy ... Using technology mindfully ... Heading to Overtime ...
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What Does Putin Want? (Robert Wright & Nikolay and Kirill)
22/03/2024 Duración: 01h00sAre Nikolay and Kirill satisfied with the "special military operation"? ... Why have Russians become more supportive of the war effort? ... Kirill defends the RWA tweet that unsettled Bob ... US policies that made the war more likely ... How much of Ukraine does Putin want? ... Heading to Overtime ...
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America’s Blood Bath (and Beyond) (Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis)
21/03/2024 Duración: 01h00sWhat did Trump mean by "bloodbath"? ... Trump doesn't want you to remember 2020 ... Does Bernie Moreno have the edge over Sherrod Brown? ...
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Elon and Altman: Dueling Messiahs (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
20/03/2024 Duración: 01h00sPaul’s Substack: small potatoes or some pumpkins? ... Elon sours on Lemon—is ketamine to blame? ... The enduring enigma that is Elon Musk ... Is Altman overdramatizing the AI #Resistance? ... Paul cavalierly ignores Bob’s sage guidance ... Oscars: The good, the bad, and the hammy ... Heading to Overtime (plus: big Small Potatoes news!) ...
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The Open Source AI Question (Robert Wright & Nathan Labenz)
15/03/2024 Duración: 01h00sNathan’s role as “AI scout” ... What "open source" in AI really means ... Why the secrecy around AI training data? ... What’s actually “open” about OpenAI? ... The case for and against open source AI ... Is an open source crackdown coming? ... What Waymark, Nathan’s company, does with AI ...
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Can TikTok Survive? (Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis)
14/03/2024 Duración: 01h00sShould TikTok be banned? ... Why did Ken Buck quit? ... Will the Hur report hurt Biden? ... Is Biden's new ad any good? ...
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Biden’s Gaza Failures (Robert Wright & Daniel Levy)
12/03/2024 Duración: 01h00sShould Biden pursue regime change in Israel? ... How the White House mishandled Netanyahu's far-right government ... Daniel: “Israel has lost this war” ... What a ceasefire deal would look like ... Biden’s immense, unused leverage over Netanyahu ... Heading to Overtime ...
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Kyrsten Sinema Says Goodbye (Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis)
07/03/2024 Duración: 01h00sDid Super Tuesday tell us anything? ... What should Biden do in the SOTU? ... Is Trump losing it? ... Did Sinema's retirement mean bipartisanship is dead? ...
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Elon v. OpenAI, Google vs Itself (Robert Wright & Timothy B. Lee)
07/03/2024 Duración: 01h00sThe other Tim B. Lee ... Unpacking the Elon v. OpenAI case ... How did Google’s Gemini go wrong? ... The unsung ingenious side of Gemini ... Is AI a bubble? ... Are some LLM issues insoluble? ... How Sora changes the AI picture ... Heading to Overtime ...
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Possible Palestinian and Ukrainian Futures (Robert Wright & Andrew Day)
01/03/2024 Duración: 01h00s...
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Nikki Haley Voters Could Sink Trump (Matt K. Lewis & Bill Scher)
28/02/2024 Duración: 01h00sCan Trump win back Haley voters? ... Does it matter how many Democrats vote "Uncommitted" in Michigan? ... Is there any logic to Trump's messaging to African-American voters? ... Do people vote for president like it's a TV show? ...
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Google’s AI, Biden’s Brain, and Other Enigmas (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
28/02/2024 Duración: 01h00sBig trouble with Small Potatoes ... What makes a good podcast? ... Google’s AI goes wild(ly woke) ... Is Biden a “super-ager” or just super old? ... On the psychology of self-immolation ... Are we thinking right about mental illness? ... Heading to Overtime ...
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Does AI Understand Things? (Robert Wright & Gary Marcus)
22/02/2024 Duración: 01h00sGary’s background and place in the AI world ... Are Gary’s views on AI paradoxical? ... Bob: Searle’s Chinese Room argument is dead ... Have LLMs demonstrated "theory of mind"? ... Arguing the semantics of an LLM's “semantic space” ... Do LLM representations map onto the real world? ... Can (and should) we slow down AI development? ... Gary: I’ve never seen a field as myopic as AI today ... The (symbolic?) future of AI ...
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What Navalny Meant (Robert Wright & Nikita Petrov)
20/02/2024 Duración: 01h00sNikita’s memories of Navalny’s emergence as a political force ... The time Nikita was detained for protesting election fraud ... Navalny’s success as a political organizer ... What did Navalny represent? ... Navalny’s courageous post-poisoning return to Russia ... Heading to Overtime (plus: Nikita’s photo with Navalny) ...