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223 – Going Back to the Classics

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10/14/24 • 126 min

Classic, season one adventure this week! Eneasz and Steven have a loosely structured conversation about the sequences’ value, the virtue of silence, scissor statements, and the value of philosophy.

LINKS
Cryonics is Free!
Dan Dennett – Where Am I?
The Virtue of Silence
Scissors Statements

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Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast

LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:

Configurations and Amplitude

Joint Configurations

Distinct Configurations

Next Sequence Posts:

Where Philosophy Meets Science

Can You Prove Two Particles Are Identical?

Bayes Blast 34 – Content Moderation is Infosec

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10/06/24 • 15 min

Steven wanted to share an interesting idea from an article that draws a neat parallel between content moderation and information security.

The post discussed here is Como is Infosec.

Bayes Blast 32 – Canadian Health Care

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09/16/24 • 5 min

A surprising update for two previously maple-pilled Yanks

Bayes Blast 36 – AI Grifters in Birmingham

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10/23/24 • 13 min

AskWho just attended a “lecture” by AI Grifter Tania Duarte

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The “TESCREAL” Bungle by Ozy Brennan
AskWho Casts AI podcast

195 – KataGo vs AlphaGo: Fight!

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09/06/23 • 113 min

Matt’s back which means we have some more AI stuff to talk about! KataGo was built as an adversary to AlphaGo and can beat it 94% of the time using a mere 8% of the computational power! The trick to ... Continue reading →

Bayes Blast 19 – Musicgen and Audiogen

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08/10/23 • 8 min

Musicgen lets anyone make a quick music snippet and Audiogen is surprisingly good at generating non-confusing sounds! These tools are currently free and will no doubt be mind blowing in just a few months when better, paid versions come out. ... Continue reading →

193 – Building Baileys with Yassine Meskhout

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08/09/23 • 137 min

We speak with Yassine Meskhout of The Bailey about... a whole bunch of things actually. LINKS Yassine’s Substack The Motte The Bailey podcast Yassine’s I Am Here Because Of Blind Dumb Luck Check Here For Racial Oppression – history of ... Continue reading →

Bayes Blast 15 – Technological Overemployment

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06/30/23 • 8 min

Mo’ productivity, mo’ money, at last Zvi’s The Overemployed Via ChatGPT

134 – We’ve Got Class

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04/07/21 • 130 min

The gang discusses class in America, and Scott Alexander’s Modest Proposal to destroy American politics. Source posts: Fussell On Class, and A Modest Proposal For Republicans: Use The Word “Class” Also mentioned: RattleFic Podcast Our episode on Albion’s Seed Hey ... Continue reading →

218 – Bentham’s Bulldog and the Best Argument for God

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08/07/24 • 134 min

Spurred by comments from a couple of episodes ago, we wanted to make sure we didn’t misrepresent Matthew’s position and he agreed to come lay it out for us on the show. Check out the links below to dive in ... Continue reading →

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How many episodes does The Bayesian Conspiracy have?

The Bayesian Conspiracy currently has 280 episodes available.

What topics does The Bayesian Conspiracy cover?

The podcast is about Skeptic, Futurism, Society & Culture, Podcasts and Philosophy.

What is the most popular episode on The Bayesian Conspiracy?

The episode title '213 – Are Transformer Models Aligned By Default?' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on The Bayesian Conspiracy?

The average episode length on The Bayesian Conspiracy is 93 minutes.

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Episodes of The Bayesian Conspiracy are typically released every 13 days, 23 hours.

When was the first episode of The Bayesian Conspiracy?

The first episode of The Bayesian Conspiracy was released on Feb 18, 2016.

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