Carl Shulman (again), hisinterviews on the Dwarkesh Patel podcast were incredible, and there seems to be potential for more
Vaclav Smil, who appears to be very knowledgeable, with a comprehensive model of the entire world. His books are filled with facts.
Lukas Finnveden about his blogposts on the altruistic implications of Evidential Cooperation in Large Worlds
Some employee of MIRI who is not Yudkowsky. I suggest
Tsvi Benson-Tilsen (blog), who has appeared on at least one podcast which I liked. Has looked into human intelligence enhancement and a variety of other problems such as communication. Generally has longer AI timelines.
Or Scott Garrabrant, but I don’t know how interesting his interview would be for a nontechnical audience.
Another interview on wild animal welfare, perhaps with someone from Wild Animal Initiative.
Perhaps invite Brian Tomasik on the podcast?
Romeo Stevens (blog) mainly for his approach to his career: Founded a startup to support himself early on, and is now independent. Doesn’t tend to write his ideas down, here’s an interview which details some of his ideas.
Carl Shulman (again), his interviews on the Dwarkesh Patel podcast were incredible, and there seems to be potential for more
Vaclav Smil, who appears to be very knowledgeable, with a comprehensive model of the entire world. His books are filled with facts.
Lukas Finnveden about his blogposts on the altruistic implications of Evidential Cooperation in Large Worlds
Some employee of MIRI who is not Yudkowsky. I suggest
Tsvi Benson-Tilsen (blog), who has appeared on at least one podcast which I liked. Has looked into human intelligence enhancement and a variety of other problems such as communication. Generally has longer AI timelines.
Or Scott Garrabrant, but I don’t know how interesting his interview would be for a nontechnical audience.
Another interview on wild animal welfare, perhaps with someone from Wild Animal Initiative.
Perhaps invite Brian Tomasik on the podcast?
Romeo Stevens (blog) mainly for his approach to his career: Founded a startup to support himself early on, and is now independent. Doesn’t tend to write his ideas down, here’s an interview which details some of his ideas.
Also from MIRI: Abram Demski has lots of interesting ideas