Conversations with a series of people who have nothing in common except that program host Robert Wright is curious about what they’re thinking. nonzero.substack.com
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AI and the China Question (Robert Wright & Nathan Labenz)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nonzero.substack.com 0:28 Anthropic’s CEO comes out as a China hawk 6:38 Why so many China hawks in the AI community? 22:49 Gaming out the AGI takeoff timeline 30:31 Last year’s OpenAI coup: What did Ilya see? 36:43 Underappreciated dangers of the China chip war 53:41 Are US tech leaders…
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Bibi's Legal Troubles, Trump's Confirmation Struggles (Earthling Unplugged)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nonzero.substack.com Robert Wright, Andrew Day, and Connor Echols discuss items from this week’s Earthling. Recorded November 22, 2024. https://twitter.com/NonzeroNews https://twitter.com/NonzeroPodsAv Robert Wright
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Back Down the JFK Rabbit Hole (Robert Wright & Jefferson Morley)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nonzero.substack.com 0:30 Bob’s trip down the JFK rabbit hole gets real 3:07 Will Trump release the JFK files? 7:35 What the CIA actually knew about Oswald, pre-assassination 12:13 The damning Oswald-CIA connection Jeff uncovered 24:59 Was there a second shooter? Bob’s on-the-ground rese…
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Elon vs Bluesky, Jake Paul vs Tyson, AI vs World Peace (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nonzero.substack.com 0:28 Are Bluesky pastures really greener? 10:12 Dissecting SciAm editor’s Bluesky blowup 21:32 Elon’s free speech stolen valor 31:05 The “highlights” of the Paul-Tyson “fight” 39:48 Has the military-industrial complex conquered the AI industry? 48:39 Heading to Overt…
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Will Trump Go Full-On Authoritarian? (Robert Wright, Derek Davison, and Daniel Bessner)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nonzero.substack.com 0:28 Another high-synergy, brilliant collaboration 1:39 Is Elon our first true oligarch? 10:21 Trump assembles his Justice League of hawks 16:53 Biden’s awful foreign policy team 21:49 Trump’s plan to purge the military 33:30 Will Trump go full-on authoritarian? 40:4…
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Is Trump a Good Fit for the AI Era? (Robert Wright & Samuel Hammond)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nonzero.substack.com 0:28 Sam’s place on the AI accelerationist-pauser spectrum 4:55 Predicting AI’s near-term impact 12:17 Is regulating AI a fool’s errand? 18:32 Does strong AI governance court authoritarianism? 30:26 Can Trump and Elon be trusted on AI? 37:08 How Sam thinks AI should …
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Is Trump Going Full-On Hawk? (Earthling Unplugged)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nonzero.substack.com Robert Wright, Andrew Day, and Connor Echols discuss items from this week’s Earthling. Read it here: https://nonzero.substack.com/p/how-to-fight-trump-mindfully Recorded November 08, 2024. https://twitter.com/NonzeroNews https://twitter.com/NonzeroPods…
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Post-Election Reflection Edition (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nonzero.substack.com 0:28 Election 2024: The view from Canada 5:44 Paul praises Bob’s pre-election sermonette 10:37 Why did Trump win? And who’s to blame? 18:47 Did DEI doom Kamala? 25:32 A Kamala campaign post-mortem 33:33 What policies will President Trump 2.0 prioritize? 37:12 The art…
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2024 Pre-Election Extravaganza (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus)
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0:28 Is Mickey all-in on Trump? 4:26 The “garbage” wars and their aftermath 7:54 Kamala’s path(s) to victory 10:29 Mickey explains the logic of voting for Trump 19:44 Why Trump sucks, why Kamala sucks 26:05 Bob doles out (p)recriminations 35:37 Will Israel-Iran escalate? 45:00 How Kamala could win Mickey’s vote 49:23 Why did Kamala go negative? 55:…
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China Viewed from China (Robert Wright & Peter Hessler)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nonzero.substack.com 0:28 Peter’s new book, Other Rivers: A Chinese Education 3:24 Have Chinese people become less hostile to America? 13:12 What Americans get wrong about China 17:38 Why Peter thinks Covid didn’t come from a lab 20:59 China’s transformative recent decades 31:10 Respect …
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Ukraine War Escalates, Kamala Goes Full Cheney (Earthling Unplugged)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nonzero.substack.com Andrew Day, Connor Echols, and a SPECIAL MYSTERY GUEST discuss items from this week’s Earthling. Read it here: https://nonzero.substack.com/p/are-we-inching-toward-world-war-iiiAv Robert Wright
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Elon, Trump, and Other Enigmas (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nonzero.substack.com 0:28 Bob: The oligarchy has arrived 8:24 What do the odd 2024 betting markets mean for the race? 17:51 Trump on Palmer’s manhood: a closer look 25:24 The Elon empathy enigma 34:51 Coates’s controversial cognitive-empathizing 43:06 Heading to Overtime Robert Wright (N…
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The Middle East After Sinwar (Earthling Unplugged)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nonzero.substack.com Robert Wright, Andrew Day, and Connor Echols discuss items from this week’s Earthling. Read it here: https://nonzero.substack.com/p/why-israel-wont-take-the-win Recorded October 18, 2024.Av Robert Wright
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Is the Chip War against China Backfiring? (Robert Wright & Paul Triolo)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nonzero.substack.com 0:28 What is the chip war intended to accomplish? 11:44 How China sees the chip war 19:02 Is Huawei a threat to US national security? 30:21 Paul: The chip restrictions on China are unprecedented 39:39 How Biden boosted China’s chip industry 52:40 Clear costs and uncl…
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Israel's Looming Attack on Iran (Earthling Unplugged)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nonzero.substack.com Andrew Day and Connor Echols discuss items from this week’s Earthling. Read it here: https://nonzero.substack.com/p/israel-assassination-backfires-and Recorded October 11, 2024.Av Robert Wright
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October 7th: One Year Later (Robert Wright & Ron Kampeas)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nonzero.substack.com 0:00 The time Ron helped un-cancel Jimmy Carter 3:36 How has 10/7 affected American Jews? 15:38 Israel’s place in US politics post-10/7 21:59 What a second Trump term could mean for Israel-Palestine 28:31 Could the current trauma in the Middle East eventually revive …
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Elon Goes Full-on Trump (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nonzero.substack.com 0:28 Elon takes the stage with Trump 5:025 The logic behind Elon’s Trump gamble 11:21 Who won the Vance-Walz vibe war? 14:56 A few kind words about Elon from Paul 27:50 Bob and Paul debate the CBS Coates controversy 48:06 Paul gets philosophical about Mission: Imposs…
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Israel's Plan for Wider War (Earthling Unplugged)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nonzero.substack.com Robert Wright, Andrew Day, and Connor Echols discuss items from this week’s Earthling. Read it here: https://nonzero.substack.com/p/bibis-plan-for-peace-through-wider Recorded October 04, 2024.Av Robert Wright
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AI Snake Oil (Robert Wright & Arvind Narayanan)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nonzero.substack.com 0:28 Arvind’s book and newsletter: AI Snake Oil 3:02 A taxonomy of AI observers 7:41 The impact of generative AI 20:21 Why predictive AI sometimes fails 25:03 Uses and misuses of AI in law and healthcare 41:22 Can social media be saved? 52:25 Heading to Overtime Robe…
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Is the Middle East Headed toward a Regional War? (Earthling Unplugged)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nonzero.substack.com Robert Wright and Connor Echols discuss items from this week’s Earthling. Read it here: https://nonzero.substack.com/p/biden-and-blinken-israels-lawyers Recorded September 27, 2024. https://twitter.com/NonzeroNews https://twitter.com/NonzeroPods…
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Bob v. Mickey on Trump v. Harris (Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus)
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0:28 Bob crestfallen over Mickey’s hat switcheroo 2:41 Mickey blames DEI for Kamala tic he finds annoying 8:20 Who’s less impressive, Kamala or Trump? 15:27 Why Bob prefers Kamala’s foreign policy team to Biden’s 29:46 The Vance dossier, revealed at last 34:08 More arguments about Kamala 48:08 Preliminary election analysis 59:05 Trump, Vance, and S…
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Elon, Trump, and Other Scary Billionaires (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nonzero.substack.com 0:28 Deep insights about coffee and sleep from Paul 5:11 Mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy 7:58 Oligarchy + paranoid billionaires = disaster 14:38 Ackman and Thiel join Elon in billionaire la la land 22:02 Is Trump anti-Semitic or just really pro-Israel? 3…
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Israel-Hamas, Year One (Robert Wright, Derek Davison, and Daniel Bessner)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nonzero.substack.com 0:28 Would a different US president have made a difference for Gaza? 14:32 Saudi-Israel normalization takes a step back 19:36 Is all hope lost for a two-state solution? 26:51 Making sense of Israel’s pager attacks in Lebanon 35:28 Heading to Overtime—and an AP PSA Ro…
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A New Kind of Artificial Intelligence (Robert Wright & Timothy B. Lee)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nonzero.substack.com 0:28 Why didn’t OpenAI call its new o1 AI GPT? 12:27 Tim’s first impressions of o1 16:30 What’s the secret to o1’s better reasoning? 27:21 Inspecting AI introspection 30:31 Does o1’s capability for deception bring us closer to doom? 35:59 AI doomers’ Hollywood proble…
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Putin's Warning, America's Blunders (Earthling Unplugged)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit nonzero.substack.com Robert Wright and Andrew Day discuss items from this week’s Earthling.Av Robert Wright
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