Today's Top Episodes
AI Bubble, Inflation, and the Limits of Monetary Policy | Jason Furman
Is the AI boom a bubble waiting to burst? Dive into the economic forces shaping our future, from inflation to the limits of central banks.
James Tour: Super Humans, Genetic Engineering, Cloning, Lies of Evolution, and What Really Is Life?
A nanotechnology expert dares to question the very foundations of life, evolution, and genetic engineering. What if everything you thought you knew was wrong?
Jailbreaking AGI: Pliny the Liberator & John V on AI Red Teaming, BT6, and the Future of AI Security
Beyond the hype: discover the hidden war being waged to break and secure AI, and what it means for our future.
#262 Aliia Roza - Russian Sex Spy on Seduction Perfumes, Sexpionage and Honeypot Tradecraft
From seduction to defection: A former Russian sex spy reveals the dark art of 'honeypot' espionage and how it targets the powerful.
Everything is gambling now
Is every decision becoming a bet? Explore how 'prediction markets' are turning everything into a gamble, and what it means for our society.
#208 Alex Wang - CEO of Scale AI
- The guest believes waiting to have children until brain-computer interfaces, like Neuralink, are more developed will allow children to learn and use them in unprecedented ways due to their heightened neuroplasticity.
- While potentially dangerous, the guest argues that humans will eventually need a direct brain-to-AI connection to keep pace with rapidly evolving artificial intelligence, emphasizing the need for the US to lead in this technology to govern its use responsibly.
- Data powering AI is becoming increasingly important from both a military and a civilian perspective, and, at present, China spends approximately 12 times more on data than the US.