Kyrsten Sinema Says Goodbye

Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's decision not to seek re-election in Arizona, and whether she could have survived by working harder not to alienate the progressive base.

Nonzero (The Wright Show)

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Elon v. OpenAI, Google vs Itself

Timothy B. Lee, author of the newsletter Understanding AI, and Robert Wright discuss the Elon v. OpenAI case, Google’s AI issues, the limits of LLMs, how Sora changes the AI picture, and more.

The DMZ

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Nikki Haley Voters Could Sink Trump

Does Haley’s showing in South Carolina mean Trump is in danger of losing in November? Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss on this week’s DMZ.

Nonzero (The Wright Show)

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Google’s AI, Biden’s Brain, and Other Enigmas

Robert Wright and Paul Bloom discuss Gemini gone wild(ly woke), the age-old Biden old age question, the psychology of the self-immolating airman, and more.

Nonzero (The Wright Show)

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Does AI Understand Things?

Robert Wright and cognitive scientist Gary Marcus debate how to think about how LLMs work, and also discuss AI’s impact on society and what we should do about it.

Nonzero (The Wright Show)

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What Navalny Meant

Robert Wright and Psychopolitica newsletter publisher Nikita Petrov discuss the anti-Putin leader’s life and death and legacy.

Nonzero (The Wright Show)

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Is the ‘Age’ Issue Old News?

On this week’s DMZ, Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss whether a Democrat winning the special election in New York spells trouble for Trump in November.

Nonzero (The Wright Show)

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Inside the Mind of AI

Robert Wright and Nora Belrose, Head of Interpretability at EleutherAI, discuss AI doomerism, whether we really want AI with human values, how AI “minds” work, and more.

Nonzero (The Wright Show)

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Conspiracy Theories and True Fictions

Robert Wright and Paul Bloom discuss Fast Car’s Grammy moment, evolutionary enigmas, JFK, lab leak, the ontology of nations, and more.

The DMZ

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GOP Chaos

Why are Republicans having such a hard time with immigration? Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss on this week’s DMZ.

Nonzero (The Wright Show)

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The Truth About Effective Altruism

Robert Wright and Rob Wiblin, host of the 80,000 Hours podcast, discuss the state of the EA movement in light of the SBF fiasco, the longtermist (r)evolution, and AI anxiety going mainstream.