Episodes

  • Ep. 171: China, Communism, and Bitcoin | Roger Huang

    Ep. 171: China, Communism, and Bitcoin | Roger Huang
    Nov 5 2024
    Roger Huang "Would Mao Hold Bitcoin?" is the authoritative resource exploring Bitcoin’s disruptive intersection with Chinese history. Huang not only pulls back the curtain on the specifics of the history, characters, and story, but on the larger questions that arise from the clash between state-driven Chinese tech and the open-source development that is Bitcoin. As a longtime observer, Mandarin speaker, and regular contributor to Forbes and many other platforms on the subject of Bitcoin in China, Huang is uniquely positioned to evaluate the implications for the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Ep. 170: The story of the first AGI | David Jilk

    Ep. 170: The story of the first AGI | David Jilk
    Oct 22 2024
    David Jilk joins us for round two! After finishing MIT, David founded eCortex, a company that wound up being a solid 20 years ahead of the curve on deep learning, and later worked on cognitive models for IARPA. He has founded or advised numerous other companies, including Harmonix Music Systems, creators of the wildly popular games Guitar Hero and Rock Band. He recently published Epoch: A Poetic Psy-Phi Saga, a science fiction epic poem that tells the story of the first fully human-level artificial intelligence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    45 mins
  • Ep. 169: Fractal University, Scenius, and the future of higher ed. | Andrew Rose

    Ep. 169: Fractal University, Scenius, and the future of higher ed. | Andrew Rose
    Oct 8 2024
    Andrew Rose is one of the founders of Fractal University, whose mission is to democratize enjoyable, lifelong education and public research culture by creating an easily replicable model for a community-driven university — and the economic, social, and creative opportunities that universities create. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Ep. 168: Should we put AI in charge of governance? | Roko Mijic

    Ep. 168: Should we put AI in charge of governance? | Roko Mijic
    Sep 21 2024
    Roko Mijic is a self-described radical centrist, transhumanist, and rationalist who is probably most famous for inventing "Roko's Basilisk," a thought experiment sometimes described as the world's greatest infohazard. He has written prolifically on AGI and AI Safety, and his writing can be found at his blog, "Transhuman Axiology." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Ep. 167: Are games the key to building AGI? | Julian Togelius

    Ep. 167: Are games the key to building AGI? | Julian Togelius
    Sep 10 2024
    Julian Togelius is an associate professor of computer science at New York University. His research lies at the intersection between computational intelligence and games, and he is currently focused on using evolutionary algorithms to generate levels, maps, or game rules. In addition, he has worked on a wide variety of problems related to evolutionary reinforcement learning, and he is the author of a forthcoming book on artificial general intelligence through MIT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Ep. 166: The story of SpaceX | Eliana Sherriff

    Ep. 166: The story of SpaceX | Eliana Sherriff
    Aug 27 2024
    After nearly a decade in TV news, Eli quit her job to become a full-time space journalist, creating content on YouTube and X. She spends most of her time covering rocket launches and documenting the story of SpaceX. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Ep. 165: Existential risk, existential hope, and the secrets to winning at life. | James Norris

    Ep. 165: Existential risk, existential hope, and the secrets to winning at life. | James Norris
    Aug 13 2024
    All his life, James has been searching for the best ways to change himself and change the world. He started as an entrepreneur at age 6 and since has co-founded or helped build 9 businesses and 16 organizations, including the global conference series for the effective altruism movement, the world’s first global lifehacking event series, Southeast Asia’s first social innovation hackathon series, and a university for today’s Leonardo da Vincis. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin as a triple major/quadruple minor. He’s spent 20+ years unsystematically upgrading himself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    50 mins
  • Ep. 164: The frontiers of neuromorphic quantum computing | Clifford Mapp

    Ep. 164: The frontiers of neuromorphic quantum computing | Clifford Mapp
    Jul 30 2024
    Clifford Mapp is the global head of ecosystem development and information security at Dynex, the world’s only accessible neuromorphic quantum computing cloud for solving real-world problems at scale. Dynex is already supporting thousands of projects in health/pharma, research, AI/ML, architecture, aerospace, EVs, and fintech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 3 mins