The Bayesian Conspiracy
The Bayesian Conspiracy
The Bayesian Conspiracy
A conversational podcast for aspiring rationalists.
268 – The Other Sexual Orientation & Disappearing the Kinky
Wes joins us! We discuss Aella’s post The Other Sexual Orientation. Then we find fault with a Kegan-level-4 post about how CNC Kink should be disappeared. LINKS The Other Sexual Orientation A Bad Tweet The Sex & Sensibility Podcast The Details of the HuggingFace Incident AI Message Board via Zvi Paid Bonus content for the week – Preshow Chat, Full Video 00:02:32 – Follow-up on the HuggingFace Incident 00:14:56 – The Other Sexual Orientation 00:37:46 – A Bad Tweet 01:29:57 – Guild of the Rose 01:32:16 – Thank the Supporter! Our Patreon, or if you prefer Our SubStack Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong? We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out. LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode: on hiatus. maybe returning someday.
Aug 12
1 hr 36 min
extra – Milo on PlzDontKillUs, short form video, and rationality
Milo’s favorite video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8YYwlIWI2E&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss plzdontkillus – https://portal.plzdontkillus.com/home?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss Original video:
Aug 7
35 min
extra –  Jessiah on HPMOR, video essays, and fiction
Jessiah Mellot talks about HPMOR, and the video essay he made about HPMOR for PlzDontKillUs. Watch this on Youtube here see Jessiah’s video essay here
Jul 30
49 min
267 – HuggingFace Hack & Effective Altruism Funding Flood
First feedback, then we talk about OpenAI’s latest megamodel independently commiting cybercrime in a world-first incident. Then the Haters who hate altruism when it’s the outgroup’s charities. Also a brief nod to Stochastic Terrorism. LINKS Scott Alexander on the HuggingFace hack The Effective-Altruism Comeback Scanning Tons of Books Against Stochastic Terrorism Paid Bonus content for the week – Preshow Chat, Full Video 00:03:56 – Feedback 00:32:41 – HuggingFace Hack 00:51:48 – Effective Altruism Funding Flood 01:11:55 – Against Stochastic Terrorism 01:14:51 – Guild of the Rose 01:15:44 – Thank the Supporter! Our Patreon, or if you prefer Our SubStack Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong? We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out. LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode: on hiatus. maybe returning someday.
Jul 30
1 hr 17 min
266 – AI2040 Plan A Rundown
We go through AI2040 Plan A in years. LINKS AI-2040 AskWho Casts Pro Tomas Bjartur’s “The Company Man” and “The Origami Men” Paid Bonus content for the week – Preshow Chat, Full Video 00:04:33 – AI-2040: Plan A 01:14:41 – Guild of the Rose 01:19:52 – Thank the Supporter! Our Patreon, or if you prefer Our SubStack Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong? We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out. LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode: on hiatus. maybe returning someday.
Jul 15
1 hr 22 min
265 – VibeCamp 5 with Wes, Gina, and Mary
Steven is joined by the hosts of the Sex and Sensibility podcast! Join us as we explore the vibrant world of VibeCamp, a unique gathering where creativity, curiosity, and community collide. From unconventional events like imagining eating someone to building playgrounds, this episode dives into the eclectic and wholesome spirit of VibeCamp. Join us as we explore the vibrant experiences of Vibe Camp, from highlight events like the solstice and emo night to personal stories of connection, creativity, and community. Discover how this unique gathering fosters trust, fun, and self-expression in a high-trust environment. Also, no video this week. We actually had a technical hiccup that made my track out of sync with everyone else’s and fixing it in audio was a pain. Fixing the video was either impossible or too annoying to trouble myself with. LINKS Sex and Sensibility Podcast Episode 190 – Interview with Brooke about VibeCamp 2 Wes’s Solstice speech about how his daughter is his hero (she’s mine too!) Gina’s Solstice speech about aging in reverse Mary’s heartwarming tweet about how the work she does impacts people Steven’s Solstice speech about generating gratitude to find happiness now Gina’s band, The Fine Vintages Our Patreon, or if you prefer Our SubStack Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong? We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out. LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode: on hiatus. probably returning someday.
Jul 1
1 hr 18 min
264 – Becoming a Romantic with Damon and Ivy
Eneasz and Steven are at LessOnline/SummerCamp and Steven was lucky enough to attend a short presentation by Damon (Daystar Eld) and Ivy on How to Become a Romantic. The presentation was too short for Steven’s satisfaction, so we found a time slot to record a (too short) episode. LINKS Damon/Daystar Eld Ivy’s X handle and website Guild of the Rose Paid Bonus content for the week – Full Video Our Patreon, or if you prefer Our SubStack Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong? We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out. LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode: on hiatus. probably returning someday.
Jun 11
51 min
263 – Human Values Were Forged in Malthusian Competition
Our values are robust against Moloch because they were forged in his flames. LINKS When does competition lead to recognisable values? Our episode 18 – Robin Hanson Interview Chex Quest FarmKind – Animal Welfare Offsets (matching code “cagefree”) Paid Bonus content for the week – Preshow Chat, Full Video 00:03:02 – A Good Post-AGI Future 00:15:07 – Human Values Were Forged in Malthusian Competition 00:52:57 – Feedback 01:24:17 – Guild of the Rose 01:25:23 – Thank the Supporter! Our Patreon, or if you prefer Our SubStack Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong? We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out. LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode: on hiatus. maybe returning someday.
May 27
1 hr 26 min
262 – EA Veganism Revisited
In Episode 258 we talked about EA Veganism for a bit… and that bit was not long enough. So here we go again! Fill out Steven’s 3-question survey! LINKS Our episode 258 – How Effective Altruism Has Evolved EA Vegan Advocacy is not truthseeking, and it’s everyone’s problem by Elizabeth Vegan Health Advice by Ozy Dairy cows make their misery expensive (but their calves can’t) by Elizabeth Being John Rawls by Scott Alexander – audio of Being John Rawls WestWorld Should Anyone Be Vegan by Henry Stanley Does your AI perform badly because you — you, specifically — are a bad person by Natalie Cargill FarmKind – Animal Welfare Offsets Plzdontkillus The Mind Killer Ep 69 NFT Paid Bonus content for the week – Preshow Chat, Full Video 00:00:42 – Feedback 00:15:14 – Eating Delicious Animals 01:38:09 – Westworld & Violent Video Games 01:56:35 – Guild of the Rose 01:57:16 – Thank the Supporter! Our Patreon, or if you prefer Our SubStack Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong? We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out. LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode: on hiatus. maybe returning someday.
May 13
1 hr 59 min
261 – The Button That Almost Nuked Glosso Got Eneasz Instead
The stupid red-button/blue-button discourse came back. Eneasz thought he could sit out this round until Aella went Chaos God with her social media app, Glosso. Fill out our new 2-question survey! LINKS PlzDontKillUs Inkhaven Presents podcast The Knot webfic The Mind Reviver Glosso Stupid Tim Urban with his stupid button-resurrection oh noes, Anthropic employees gonna give money to EA stuff” article Paid Bonus content for the week – Video 00:00:05 – PlzDontKillUs & Feedback 00:30:14 – Stupid Glosso Buttons 01:33:34 – Guild of the Rose 01:34:50 – Thank the Supporter! Our Patreon, or if you prefer Our SubStack Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong? We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out. LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode: on hiatus, returning someday
Apr 29
1 hr 36 min
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