196 – Steven Goes To Court

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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Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast

LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:

Empty Labels

Taboo Your Words

Next Sequence Posts:

Replace the Symbol with the Substance

Fallacies of Compression

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195 – KataGo vs AlphaGo: Fight!

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


We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out.
Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong?
Our Patreon page–your support is most rational, and totally effective. (also merch)


Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast

LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:

Feel the Meaning

The Argument from Common Usage

Next Sequence Posts:

Empty Labels

Taboo Your Words

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194 – Kinky Data Science with Aella

We talk with Aella about some of the results of her absolutely massive sex & kink survey

LINKS

Aella’s Substack
Aella’s Twitter
You don’t need a perfectly random sample for useful data, jfc
Women Prefer More Violent Porn
Monogamous men in long-term relationships aren’t doin too hot
Want to maybe marry Aella? Here’s her Date-Me Doc, and info
more links:
We speak with Adam Mastroianni on The Rise and Fall of Peer Review
My kink survey design methodology
Who Took My Big Kink Survey? Updated
Age of fetish onset, by sex, gender, orientation, and dom/sub
How taking hormones impacts sexual preferences
Escorts are the ER Doctors of Relationships
Why Your Polyamorous Friend’s Relationship Sucks
Eneasz on Nerds Bloom Late (Socially)


0:00:23 – Survey Data Literacy
0:29:58 – Women Prefer More Violent Porn
0:53:48 – Monogamous men aren’t doin too hot
1:17:11 – Feedback
1:23:53 – Less Wrong Posts
1:37:16 – Thank the Patron
1:38:08 – Guild of the Rose Update


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Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong?
Our Patreon page–your support is most rational, and totally effective. (also merch)


Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast

LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:

How An Algorithm Feels From Inside

Disputing Definitions

Next Sequence Posts:

Feel the Meaning

The Argument from Common Usage

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Bayes Blast 20 – Blue Pill/Red Pill in Roko’s Blender

Kill yourself for no reason, or save others?

Lisatomic’s Poll
Roko’s Poll
Eneasz’s annoyance
Scissor’s Statements origin

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Bayes Blast 19 – Musicgen and Audiogen

Musicgen lets anyone make a quick music snippet and Audiogen is surprisingly good at generating non-confusing sounds! These tools are currently free and will no doubt be mind blowing in just a few months when better, paid versions come out.

Musicgen

Audiogen

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193 – Building Baileys with Yassine Meskhout

We speak with Yassine Meskhout of The Bailey about… a whole bunch of things actually.

LINKS

Yassine’s Substack
The Motte
The Bailey podcast
Yassine’s I Am Here Because Of Blind Dumb Luck
Check Here For Racial Oppression – history of the US Federal racial categories
SSC post popularizing & explaining the Motte And Bailey Doctrine
Alex Jones as Epic Poetry
Yassine’s posts on Paul Ehrlich’s Gymnastics and Meghan Murphy’s Speedrun Guide to Logical Fallacies
There Are No Amendments in Islam
Eleven Magic Words
Morality is Accidental & Self-Congratulatory
Consider The Hand Axe
Slavery in Video Games
The post about that video game with slavery


0:00:23 – Hard open
0:01:05 – Yassine is (officially) white
0:19:48 – Official open + The Bailey podcast
0:26:36 – MCU-level mental gymnastics
0:55:55 – Yassine on Eleven Magic Words and being a Public Defender
1:20:41 – There Are No Amendments in Islam
1:37:48 – Any anti-tech movement is necessarily a pro-slavery movement
1:51:50 – Guild of the Rose Update
1:53:10 – Feedback
1:56:42 – Less Wrong Posts
2:17:58 – Thank the Patron


We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out.
Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong?
Our Patreon page–your support is most rational, and totally effective. (also merch)


Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast

LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:

Disguised Queries

Neural Categories

Next Sequence Posts:

How An Algorithm Feels From Inside

Disputing Definitions

 

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