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David Youssef used Claude and Suno to make some truly awesome music. He tells us how he did it and some of his favorite lyrics. Check out the lyrics to the main song we discuss (Silicon Soul) here!

Check out the Spotify playlist or the Youtube playlist

He’s also one of the cofounders of the Guild of the Rose! Check them out and our initial episode with him and Alex.

Steven works at SymbyAI, a startup that’s bringing AI into research review and replication. We talk with founder Ashia Livaudais about improving how we all Do Science.

Also – If Anyone Builds It Everyone Dies preorders here, or at Amazon.

LINKS
SymbyAI
Contact Ashia at livaudais@symbyai.com
Kaggle
arXiv

00:00:01 – If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
00:05:40 – SymbyAI
01:17:51 – Guild of the Rose
01:21:05 – Thank the Supporter!


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Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast

LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:

on hiatus, returning this summer

We speak with a long-time Denver rationalist who’s converting to Christianity about why. Eneasz can’t get over the abandonment of epistemics. 🙁 This is Part 2, see the previous episode (here) for Part 1.

LINKS
Thomas Ambrose on Twitter

Paid Bonus content for the weekPressed Into The Navy (patreon, substack)

00:00:05 – The trap
01:19:00 – Guild of the Rose
01:20:16 – Listener Feedback/Corrections & Announcements
01:24:31 – 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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Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast

LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:

on hiatus, returning this summer

We speak with a long-time Denver rationalist who’s converting to Christianity about why. Part one, it turns out.

LINKS
Thomas Ambrose on Twitter

The Rationalist Summer Trifecta:
Manifest 2025
LessOnline 2025
VibeCamp 2025

00:00:05 – OK so why?
01:24:55 – Guild of the Rose
01:25:41 – Thank the Supporter!


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Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast

LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:

on hiatus, returning this summer

Eneasz and Liam discuss Scott Alexander’s post “Twilight of the Edgelords,” an exploration of Truth, Morality, and how one balances love of truth vs not destabilizing the world economy and political regime.
CORRECTION: Scott did make an explicitly clear pro Kamala post

LINKS
Scott Alexander’s Twilight of the Edgelords
Liam & Waweru’s fiction & philosophy podcast – 2 Rash 2 Unadvised

Paid Bonus content for the week
Liam on Them, 2:40 on Deontology, Steven on Black Mirror and Formula 1

also mentioned:
Liam’s previous Gender Explained (substack and patreon)
Eneasz’s post Does The Omelas Kid Have An Obligation To Suffer?
Eneasz & Matt analyze Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (and coming soon: Steven & Brian on Blindsight)

The Rationalist Summer Trifecta:
Manifest 2025
LessOnline 2025
VibeCamp 2025

00:00:05 – Twilight of the Edgelords
01:28:04 – Eneasz & Steven catch-up
01:36:48 – Guild of the Rose
01:39:42 – Rationalist Summer Trifecta
02:21:34 – Thank the Supporter!


Our Patreon, or if you prefer Our SubStack

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Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast

LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:

on hiatus, returning this summer

Wes Fenza and Jen Kesteloot join us to talk about whether there’s significant personality differences between men and women, and what (if anything) we should do about that.

LINKS
Wes’s post Men and Women are Not That Different
Jacob’s quoted post Navigation By Moonlight
Eneasz’s related post How To Believe False Things
Clearer Thinking’s Gender Continuum Test
The Mind Killer – biweekly news podcast via rationalists
Ghibli Eve Theory of Consciousness

00:00:05 – Gender Differences
02:20:31 – Guild of the Rose
02:21:34 – Thank the Supporter!


Our Patreon, or if you prefer Our SubStack

Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong?
We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out.


Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast

LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:

on hiatus, returning this summer