A tip alleging a Silicon Valley conspiracy leads to a much bigger story: the race to build artificial general intelligence — within the next few years — and the factions vying to accelerate it, to stop it, or to prepare for its arrival.
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Mike Brock, Kevin Roose, Geoffrey Hinton, Connor Leahy, William MacAskill, Liv Boeree, Sam Harris, and Yoshua ... Show More
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EP 3: Playing the Wrong Game
What if the path to a true thinking machine was found not just in a lab… but in a game? For decades, AI’s greatest triumphs came from games: checkers, chess, Jeopardy. But no matter how many trophies it took from humans, it still couldn’t think. In this episode, we follow the con ... Show More
51m 17s
Nov 2024
#392 — Technology & Culture
<p>Sam Harris speaks with Christine Rosen about how technology is changing our culture. They discuss the courage of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, lost practices like handwriting, tradeoffs in our use of technology, social media, conspiracy thinking, X as a platform for breaking news, the futu ... Show More
52m 59s
Jun 2024
629: The Art of Focus | How to Stop Getting Distracted, Get More Done, & Get Your Brain to Focus with Greg Mckeown, Tim McGraw & Ben Hardy | Mastermind Series
<p>This Episode Originally Aired - January 3, 2023</p><p>In this insightful episode of the Rachel Hollis podcast, Rachel introduces a Mastermind discussion featuring experts Greg McKeown, Robin Arzon, Ben Hardy, Tim McGraw, and Ken Coleman. The conversation emphasizes the critica ... Show More
1h 25m
Jul 2022
Where Are We Heading? Bret Speaks with Peter Boghossian
<p>Bret Speaks with Peter Boghossian on a multitude of subjects surrounding wokeism, Covid, and the endpoint of our present course. </p><p>Support the sponsors of the show:</p><p>Eight Sleep: Personalized thermoregulation while you sleep, and when you wake. Eight Sleep’s amazing ... Show More
1h 16m
Jul 2025
Eric Weinstein (Ex-Harvard Physicist): The Collapse Has Already Started! Jeffrey Epstein Was A Front!
Are We Already Living Through Societal Collapse? Eric Weinstein sounds the alarm on AI threats, corrupt science, drone warfare, nuclear war, and deep-state secrets like Epstein. A world-renowned thinker, he asks: Are Elon Musk and the laws of physics our only escape route? Eric W ... Show More
2h 31m
