
Ep 248: AI and Philosophy of Science
This is the extended "director's cut" of a talk delivered for "RatFest 2025" (next year to be "Conjecture Con"). This also serves as a supplement to my "Doom Debates" interview which can be found here...
13 Loka 20251h 25min

Ep 247: The Farthest Reaches Part 3
Chapters and Timestamps 00:07 Chapter 10 Explanatory Universality and Ethnicity 24:51 Chapter 11 Explanatory Universality and Multiculturalism 37:47 Chapter 12 Explanatory Universality and Mental Illn...
22 Syys 202547min

Ep 246: The Farthest Reaches Part 2
Chapters and Timestamps: 00:06 Chapter 5 Explanatory Universality, Psychology and IQ 03:30 Chapter 6 Explanatory Universality and Adopting Culture 11:47 Chapter 7: Explanatory Universality and IQ Pa...
16 Syys 202556min

Ep 245: The Farthest Reaches (Part 1)
Chapters 1 to 4 of a multi-chapter series about the reach of what I argue is one of the most important lessons to learn in order to solve many pressing problems: explanatory universality. This podcast...
12 Syys 202544min

Ep 244: Deep learning is not "inductive".
We are told by people working in the field, researchers and those who publish academic papers on the topic that artificial intelligence or deep learning or LLMs or Machine Learning or Recurrent Neural...
22 Elo 202522min

Ep 243: In praise of ignorance - the podcast. With Liberty Fitz-Claridge
This episode is a reading of and reflection upon more writing by David Deutsch - an article you can find at https://takingchildrenseriously.com/in-praise-of-ignorance/ Joining me is philosopher and la...
21 Heinä 20251h 36min

Ep 242: Is religion worth preserving?
Woke is a rejection of the truth, the good, the beautiful. Is the best response a return to traditional religion? Are some dogmas worth defending?
11 Heinä 202517min

Ep 241: AI 2027 Reaction Part 5: Summary and Conclusions
A summary of some arguments made in the previous 4 parts, and a conclusion to my evaluation of https://ai-2027.com I refer to Daniel Kokotajlo's paper which contained an earlier set of predictions mad...
29 Touko 202542min



















