Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom discuss Elon’s Trump stumping, assess the Vance-Walz vibe war, debate the Coates-CBS controversy, wax philosophical about mission impossible, and more.
Robert Wright and Arvind Narayanan, co-author of the new book AI Snake Oil—and co-host of the same-named podcast—discuss generative AI’s impact, AI uses and misuses, whether progress should (or can) be slowed, and more.
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss/debate various 2024 election topics: Which candidate is less impressive? What does the Vance dossier really reveal? Is Kamala’s foreign policy looking better than Biden’s? And more.