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Wes defends his post I Am Not the Monogamy Police, while Jennifer asserts it’s about more than monogamy.
LINKS
Wes’s post I Am Not the Monogamy Police
His blog, Living Within Reason
The original tweets – monogamy vs charity
Aella’s Chattel Childhood post
The Mind Killer
Our Groceries
00:00:05 – The Monogamy Police
01:51:46 – Guild of the Rose
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Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast
LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:
on hiatus, returning this summer
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Olivia from the Guild of the Rose is back to tell us about the noble and most ancient tradition of play-by-post storytelling. (Spoiler, it’s the precursor to glowfic!)
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Eneasz sits down with Tracing Woodgrains before a live audience at Manifest 2025 for a wide range of topics. Then we follow up some more afterwards.
LINKS
Tracing Woodgrains on Twitter and at his Substack
A reddit history of what convinced Trace he couldn’t remain Mormon
The Center for Educational Progress
Our previous episode with Trace were we discuss the modern secular religion of Social Justice Progressivism
Love Stays Loved by Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg (Swimmer963)
00:00:21 – Trace Live at Manifest
00:42:31 – Follow-up with Trace
01:31:33 – Guild of the Rose
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Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast
LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:
on hiatus, returning this summer
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Olivia is a member of the Guild of the Rose and a total badass. Enjoy the intuitive and fun lesson in Bayesian reasoning she shared with me at VibeCamp.
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Four AIs recruited a human to host a story-telling event in Dolores Park. Larissa Schiavo is this human. She tells of her interaction with the AIs, the story they wrote, and the meeting between human and machine in Dolores Park.
LINKS
Larissa’s Post detailing the whole event – Primary Hope
The AI’s story – Resonance
AI Village
Short Stories – Maneki Neko, and Cat Pictures Please
Kevin Roose was hated by the AIs
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Liron Shapira debates AI luminaries and public intellectuals on the imminent possibility of human extinction. Let’s get on the P(Doom) Train.
LINKS
Doom Debates on YouTube
Doom Debates podcast
Most Watched Debate – Mike Israetel
Liron’s current favorite debate – David Duvenaud
MATS program for people that want to get involved (ML Alignment & Theory Scholars)
How to Live Well with High P(Doom)
The ancient TBC episode on AlphaGo
Other Best-Of episodes of The Bayesian Conspiracy
“Don’t Eat Honey” by Bentham’s Bulldog
Also – If Anyone Builds It Everyone Dies preorders here, or at Amazon.
00:00:05 – Doom Debates
01:29:34 – A Human Is Worth 7 Bees
01:37:20 – Guild of the Rose
01:49:24 – 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.
Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast
LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:
on hiatus, returning this summer
