Early access to our episode with Hugo Mercier is up for patrons! Who do we believe, why do we conform, why does Vaden Masrani never change his mind, why is Ben Chugg so gullible? Episode on public feed later this week! patreon.com/posts/87-how-g…

"Good works of fiction will grow with you. You read it in your 20s, and then you read it in your 30s, and you're a different person and the book is a different book. Because you're picking up things at a much different level." - Vaden Masrani from Increments

Math olympiad, check! Is Vaden Masrani getting nervous with all his anti-AGI rhetoric? Meanwhile, Ben Chugg confesses confusion over moral realism and AI doomerism. Can one be both? Patreon only! Next public ep dropping next week patreon.com/posts/subscrib…

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New ep! We react to the video "why we're not ready for superintelligence," now at 3.6 million views and scaring the bejesus out of everyone. Vaden Masrani comes in raging and Ben Chugg has no choice but to defend superforecasters youtube.com/watch?v=z59SjK…

New patreon ep! We dive into the low-hanging fruit hypothesis and the great stagnation. Vaden Masrani is having none of it and Ben Chugg is stuck trying to figure out the physics of infinite legroom on airplanes patreon.com/posts/subscrib…

Some real gems in this interview of Ben Recht by Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani about statistics and Bens' ruthless critique of it. Sounds like Ben and David Deutsch should talk some more they have some interesting disagreements too. youtube.com/watch?v=KkyT7T…

New patreon-only ep! The second half of Vaden Masrani and Ben Chugg reacting to the AI 2027 video. Does Vaden tone down the sass? Can Ben convince him to fear agent 4? Can someone, anyone please define their terms?! patreon.com/posts/subscrib…

New patreon ep! Ben Chugg is joined by Sam to talk through some confusions about quantum mechanics and the many worlds interpretation. Does *everything* that can happen really happen? Are coin flips quantum events? Round two at some point! patreon.com/posts/subscrib…