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[3-hour pod­cast]: Joseph Car­l­smith on longter­mism, utopia, the com­pu­ta­tional power of the brain, meta-ethics, illu­sion­ism and meditation

[3-hour pod­cast] Michael Hue­mer on episte­mol­ogy, metaethics, EA, util­i­tar­i­anism and in­finite ethics

Pod­cast: Mag­nus Vind­ing on re­duc­ing suffer­ing, why AI progress is likely to be grad­ual and dis­tributed and how to rea­son about poli­tics

Pod­cast: Bryan Ca­plan on open bor­ders, UBI, to­tal­i­tar­i­anism, AI, pan­demics, util­i­tar­i­anism and la­bor economics

New 3-hour pod­cast with An­ders Sand­berg about Grand Futures

3-hour pod­cast about the meta-ethics of util­i­tar­i­anism and much else with philoso­pher Tor­b­jörn Tännsjö

Pod­cast: Sharon He­witt Rawlette on metaethics and utilitarianism

New 4-hour pod­cast about the fu­ture of con­scious­ness with An­drés Gómez Emils­son from the Qualia Re­search In­sti­tute

• Gus Docker 18 Feb 2022 14:11 UTC

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  on: Samo Burja on Effec­tive Altruism

  Thanks for making this list.

  I’ll be recording a podcast with Samo on the 9th of March. We’ll discuss these themes as well as the consequences and possible solutions to underpopulation.

[3-hour pod­cast]: Milan Cirkovic on the ethics of aliens, as­tro­biol­ogy and civ­i­liza­tions el­se­where in the universe

Pod­cast: Krister Bykvist on moral un­cer­tainty, ra­tio­nal­ity, metaethics, AI and fu­ture pop­u­la­tions

Neil Sin­hab­abu on metaethics and world gov­ern­ment for re­duc­ing ex­is­ten­tial risk

Pod­cast: Samo Burja on the war in Ukraine, avoid­ing nu­clear war and the longer term implications

• Gus Docker 11 Mar 2022 21:43 UTC

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  in reply to: AppliedDivinityStudies’s comment on: Pod­cast: Samo Burja on the war in Ukraine, avoid­ing nu­clear war and the longer term implications

  I don’t think we can say yet that Samo’s forecasts have been “pretty wrong”.

  As far as I’m aware, he’s only made this forecast:

  “The Ukrainian forces are fighting valiantly and we are in the fog of war.

  Given my best understanding of the military situation, Russia looks to occupy Kyiv as well as at least 70% of internationally recognized Ukrainian territory by Day 50 of the invasion.”

  https://​​twitter.com/​​SamoBurja/​​status/​​1499883211748433932

  And this forecast has not been resolved yet. I hope he’s wrong, of course.

  I read Scott Alexander as criticising Samo for not making more specific predictions, which is fair.

  And I think the reason Scott gives Samo a C is because of Samo’s February tweets about the Russian military being strong. To my mind, this is bound up with the above forecast. I don’t think we can say yet that Samo is wrong. Again, I hope he is.

  Anyways, I thought Samo provided an interesting perspective about the situation more broadly.

  Big fan of your blog, by the way :)

• Gus Docker 12 Mar 2022 8:24 UTC

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  in reply to: Kirsten’s comment on: Pod­cast: Samo Burja on the war in Ukraine, avoid­ing nu­clear war and the longer term implications

  We discuss US-China relations and avoiding nuclear war. Both are EA cause areas.

• Gus Docker 28 Mar 2021 10:09 UTC

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  in reply to: Arden Koehler’s comment on: [3-hour pod­cast] Michael Hue­mer on episte­mol­ogy, metaethics, EA, util­i­tar­i­anism and in­finite ethics

  Glad you liked the episode :) I had limited time with Kent, so I didn’t get to ask him everything I wanted to ask. I hope to have more pleasure/​pain scientists on in the future, maybe from the same lab.

• Gus Docker 14 Mar 2021 7:12 UTC

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  in reply to: Filip’s comment on: [3-hour pod­cast]: Aubrey de Grey on the EA case for end­ing aging

  Hi Filip

  Thank you, glad you’re enjoying the podcast :)

  The new method is persufflation: https://​​en.wikipedia.org/​​wiki/​​Cryopreservation#Persufflation

• Gus Docker 9 Feb 2021 13:55 UTC

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  in reply to: Teo Ajantaival’s comment on: New 4-hour pod­cast about the fu­ture of con­scious­ness with An­drés Gómez Emils­son from the Qualia Re­search In­sti­tute

  Thanks!

  I don’t know whether QRI could test that hypothesis in such a setup. Based on what I know, they’re going to test the Symmetry Theory of Valence more directly.

• Gus Docker 2 Dec 2022 9:53 UTC

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  on: Against meta-eth­i­cal hedonism

  Fantastic post! This is more informative AND more interesting than most philosophy papers on the topic. You accurately summarise meta-ethical hedonism and provide fair criticisms.

  This is up there with your post on infinite ethics.

  If I can find the time, I’ll write down why I disagree and post it here or send you an email.
  

• Gus Docker 22 Feb 2022 18:27 UTC

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  in reply to: Thomas’s comment on: Samo Burja on Effec­tive Altruism

  Thanks, me too.

  If you have any questions for Samo, you could write them here.