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E10: Disenfranchised men, AI Doomerism, and the Problems with Effective Altruism, with Amjad Masad

E10: Disenfranchised men, AI Doomerism, and the Problems with Effective Altruism, with Amjad Masad

From"Moment of Zen"


E10: Disenfranchised men, AI Doomerism, and the Problems with Effective Altruism, with Amjad Masad

From"Moment of Zen"

ratings:
Length:
120 minutes
Released:
Feb 26, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

2:15 Replika caused Amjad to downgrade his view of humanity3:15 Some men are down bad5:15 Should we bring back monogamy?8:15 If you’re not a top man, you’re screwed (phew)13:00 Thought experiment16:40 Antonio brings up Israel again (drink!)18:15 “You don’t know what life is until you birth a child and bury a parent”19:15 Unintended policy side effects25:25 How to solve population crisis27:45 WTF happened in 1971?29:15 High and low time preference35:15 Dating app preferences39:00 Group narcissism41:25 Groups that inbreed focus more on kinship45:15 AI doomerism50:45 from New Atheism to SJ to EA to AI Safety1:00:15 Antonio calls out Eliezer Yudkowski1:00:45 Criticizing Utilitarianism/Effective Altruism1:10:15 Jesus vs Nietzsche1:10:45 Bronze Age Pervert1:13:15 Antonio recommends converting to Judaism1:14:30 Why is EA so popular in Silicon Valley?1:18:10 Why are EA just normie liberals1:19:00 EA’s importance1:24:15 The right way to think about alignment1:27:15 Robert Conquest’s second law1:30:15 Entryism1:33:45 is right wing EA a thing?
Released:
Feb 26, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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