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While Eneasz is busy at InkHaven, Steven sits down with Matt Freeman to talk about not-AI stuff! We had (in my opinion) a great conversation about stoic philosophy, the traps of getting too entrenched in any philosophical framework, and some of the ingredients of a happy life.
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00:00:05 – Matt Freeman
01:55:23 – Guild of the Rose
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We talk with Max Harms on the air for the first time since 2017! He’s got a new book coming out (pre-order your copy here or at Amazon) and we spend about the first half talking about If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies.
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00:00:05 – Max Harms
01:28:53 – Guild of the Rose
01:31:00 – Miscellanea
01:40:58 – Thank the Supporter!
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Jay talks with us about finding Alpha – returns above the base rate – in every day life (and what this means).
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Optimize Everything, Jay’s substack
Jay on Twitter
Arbor Trading Bootcamp
Kelsey’s argument that We Need To Be Able To Sue AI Companies
00:00:05 – Alpha with Jay
01:28:53 – Guild of the Rose
01:31:00 – Miscellanea
01:40:58 – Thank the Supporter!
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We continue discussing Nostalgebraist’s “The Void” in the context of how to relate to LLMs. If God imagines Claude hard enough, does Claude become real?
LINKS
The Void
Audio reading of The Void, from AskWho
The referenced episode where the three of us spoke of Janus’s post “Simulators”
Claude-Clark post – Simulacra Welfare: Meet Clark, by Grace Kind
Golden Gate Claude
Vox on Shrimp Welfare
Kelsey Piper on UBI not helping Americans
Eneasz story collection “Dear Grom” and his novel “What Lies Dreaming”
Paid Bonus content for the week – The lads get sniped by DoofMovies.com (patreon, substack)
00:00:05 – The Void
01:32:08 – Guild of the Rose
01:35:41 – Miscellanea
01:41:45 – Thank the Supporter!
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We discuss Nostalgebraist’s “The Void” in the context of how to relate to LLMs.
“When you talk to ChatGPT, who or what are you talking to?”
LINKS
The Void
Audio reading of The Void, from AskWho
The referenced episode where the three of us spoke of Janus’s post “Simulators”
The Measure of a Man episode
Darmok episode
Kyle Fish on 80,000 Hours podcast
Contra Shrimp Welfare
UBI Doesn’t Work
00:00:05 – The Void
01:29:17 – Guild of the Rose
01:31:10 – Miscellanea
01:40:57 – Thank the Supporter!
Our Patreon, or if you prefer Our SubStack
Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong?
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LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:
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