The Bayesian Conspiracy

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Two smaller episodes dropped as one – The History of the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, and Reflections on Steven’s Jury Experience

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We Tuskegeed My Dad
Unraveling the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis
SNL skit Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Enhancement Drug
196 – Steven Goes To Court
Erik Hoel on the Threat to Humanity from AI

0:00:23 – Tuskegee failed Blast
0:35:56 – Jury Extended Discussion
1:19:27 – Guild of the Rose Update
1:20:50 – Feedback
1:24:41 – Less Wrong Posts
1:46:01 – Thank the Patron

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We talk with Charlie and Alex about going to Burning Man to help prep Steven to maybe go next year

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You Will Be Miserable, And It Will Set You Free – Eneasz’s post on Burning Man
Burning Man Survival Guide
The Time I Failed To Join A Cult – look at the fun you could be having at Burning Man
You can’t reach the brain through the ears
MythMakers are dicks and stole a sword from it’s rightful wielder!!! THEY HAVE NO HONOR!! RAID THEIR BASES! BLAST THEIR DUDES! Facebook Instagram Instagram of their Bullshit Quest(!!) Website

The Real Fanfic Is The Friends We Made Along The Way – Latest Story from Eneasz

0:00:23 – Chat with Charlie
1:14:57 – Chat with Alex
1:47:12 – Guild of the Rose Update
1:49:42 – Thank the Patron

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How non-expert dudes caught bad dudes.

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Steven achieved his dream of serving on a jury. Our local lawyer Justin returns to score him on rational jurying.

0:00:23 – All Rise
1:51:30 – Less Wrong Posts
2:06:55 – Guild of the Rose Update
2:09:28 – Thank the Patron

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Matt’s back which means we have some more AI stuff to talk about! KataGo was built as an adversary to AlphaGo and can beat it 94% of the time using a mere 8% of the computational power!

The trick to it ties into an older LessWrong post – The Strangest Thing an AI Could Tell You.

0:00:50 – LK99
0:10:08 – KataGo
1:33:20 – Guild of the Rose Update
1:37:27 – Less Wrong Posts
1:51:54 – Thank the Patron

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