198 – Tuskegee & Age/Race Bias?

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

LINKS
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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Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast

LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:

Replace the Symbol with the Substance

Fallacies of Compression

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Categorizing Has Consequences

Sneaking in Connotations

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197 – What To Expect When You’re Expecting To Go To Burning Man

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

LINKS

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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Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast

LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:

Sorry, no time

Next Sequence Posts:

Replace the Symbol with the Substance

Fallacies of Compression

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Bayes Blast 21 – Dudes Catching Son of Sam and Dread Pirate Roberts

How non-expert dudes caught bad dudes.

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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


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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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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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