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Sarah Posner (sarahposner.com, God's Profits, Unholy) and Debra Haffner (Religious Institute)
On The Posner Show, Sarah talks with Debra about the legacy of former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop, who died this week. Koop was an ardent foe of abortion, but Debra recounts his adherence to science, not ideology, in concluding there was no medical evidence that abortion harms women. Has today’s anti-abortion movement differed from Koop by not separating moral beliefs from medical facts? On the AIDS crisis, Debra credits Koop with “changing the dialogue”, and promoting AIDS education in schools, in the 1980s. Has school-based sex education become passé? Plus: Debra and Koop on the set of the Golden Girls.
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Sarah Posner
Debra Haffner
Dr. Koop and Francis Schaeffer’s book, “Whatever Happened to the Human Race”
Dr. Koop’s Congressional testimony on abortion
Dr. Koop’s AIDS Pamphlet (PDF)
Debra with Koop and the Golden Girls
“How To Survive a Plague,” the Oscar-nominated documentary about ACT-UP
Debra’s book, “Meditations on the Good News: Reading the Bible for Today”
The Posner Show | Mar 1, 2013 | Sarah Posner & Debra Haffner
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Trump and the AI Safety Vibe Shift
Robert Wright and Liron Shapira return for round two of their collaboration, reacting to the week in AI. They discuss Trump’s summit with the AI labs, the FTC’s investigation of OpenAI and Anthropic, the latest Gemini announcement, and more.
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Is Dario’s “Slowdown” fake?
Tech and China analyst Paul Triolo joins Robert Wright to discuss the Anthropic CEO’s proposal to “pace” AI, his hawkish views on China, and prospects for US-China AI cooperation. Overtime: Why is the Chinese public more upbeat about AI than Americans?
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Did Boomers Ruin Everything?
Robert Wright and Jill Filipovic—author of the book OK Boomer, Let’s Talk—discuss how the baby boom generation reshaped America, and whether millennials are right to blame them for today’s problems. Plus: what worries millennials about Gen Z, America’s gerontocracy problem, and why Kenyans are looking east.
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Superintelligence, the Singularity, and the Singleton
Robert Wright and philosopher Nick Bostrom discuss the pace of AI advance, arguments for and against slowing down, and whether a “singleton” will emerge. Plus: Does AI deserve moral status? Does the procession toward superintelligence suggest a higher purpose?
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What’s Driving Dario?
Robert Wright and American Prestige podcast hosts Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner discuss the ongoing AI safety vibe shift—and what the Anthropic CEO and other tech titans are really up to. Overtime: Can Trump’s geopolitical blunders help the world?
Nonzero (The Wright Show)
Is an AI Slowdown Near?
Robert Wright and AI analyst Zvi Mowshowitz discuss Dario Amodei’s proposal to slow down AI—the logic behind it and the challenges ahead of it. Plus: Inside the mind(s) of an agentic swarm, sci-fi takeover scenarios minus the “fi,” and why Google fell off the frontier.
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The Week in AI that Changed the World
Liron Shapira, host of Doom Debates, and Robert Wright discuss the epic AI vibe shift that was catalyzed by an Anthropic employee’s resignation—and the big AI stories that paved the way for it.
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Israel’s Lobby
Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick join Robert Wright to discuss their new book, Israel’s Lobby, about the influence of pro-Israel groups on America’s foreign policy, its domestic policy, and the wider public discourse.
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Is AI a Form of Life?
Robert Wright and psychologist Paul Bloom discuss the question in light of the OpenAI breakout and recent predictions of “self-sovereign” AI—and debate how freaked out we should be.
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Iran, Ukraine, and the Future of War
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