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EP 182 Brad DeLong on An Economic History of the 20th Century

Posted March 29, 202301:36:22

Jim talks with Brad DeLong about his book Slouching Toward Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century. They discuss how everything changed...

Currents 087: Shivanshu Purohit on Open-Source Generative AI

Posted March 24, 202301:07:22

Jim talks with Shivanshu Purohit about the world of open-source AI models and a significant open-source LLM coming soon from Stability AI and EleutherAI....

EP 181 Forrest Landry Part 1: AI Risk

Posted March 23, 202301:36:56

Jim talks with recurring guest Forrest Landry about his arguments that continued AI development poses certain catastrophic risk to humanity. They discuss...

Currents 086: Monica Anderson on Bubble City

Posted March 16, 202300:53:49

Jim talks with Monica Anderson about her paper "Bubble City Design Proposal: A Twitter Alternative Which Is Not a Social Medium." They discuss the...

Currents 085: Jonny Miller on Self-Unfoldment

Posted March 14, 202301:18:50

Jim has a wide-ranging conversation with Jonny Miller about self-development and emotional resilience. They discuss being a natural human, self-help...