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Can TikTok Survive? (Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis)
March 14, 2024

Should TikTok be banned? ... Why did Ken Buck quit? ... Will the Hur report hurt Biden? ... Is Biden's new ad any good? ...

Biden’s Gaza Failures (Robert Wright & Daniel Levy)
March 12, 2024

Should Biden pursue regime change in Israel? ... How the White House mishandled Netanyahu's far-right government ... Daniel: Israel has lost this war ... What a ceasefire deal would look like ... Bidens immense, unused leverage over Netanyahu ...

Kyrsten Sinema Says Goodbye (Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis)
March 06, 2024

Did Super Tuesday tell us anything? ... What should Biden do in the SOTU? ... Is Trump losing it? ... Did Sinema's retirement mean bipartisanship is dead? ...

Elon v. OpenAI, Google vs Itself (Robert Wright & Timothy B. Lee)
March 06, 2024

The other Tim B. Lee ... Unpacking the Elon v. OpenAI case ... How did Googles Gemini go wrong? ... The unsung ingenious side of Gemini ... Is AI a bubble? ... Are some LLM issues insoluble? ... How Sora changes the AI picture ... Heading to Ove

Nikki Haley Voters Could Sink Trump (Matt K. Lewis & Bill Scher)
February 27, 2024

Can Trump win back Haley voters? ... Does it matter how many Democrats vote "Uncommitted" in Michigan? ... Is there any logic to Trump's messaging to African-American voters? ... Do people vote for president like it's a TV show? ...

Google’s AI, Biden’s Brain, and Other Enigmas (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
February 27, 2024

Big trouble with Small Potatoes ... What makes a good podcast? ... Googles AI goes wild(ly woke) ... Is Biden a super-ager or just super old? ... On the psychology of self-immolation ... Are we thinking right about mental illness? ... Heading to

Does AI Understand Things? (Robert Wright & Gary Marcus)
February 22, 2024

Garys background and place in the AI world ... Are Garys views on AI paradoxical? ... Bob: Searles Chinese Room argument is dead ... Have LLMs demonstrated "theory of mind"? ... Arguing the semantics of an LLM's semantic space ... Do LLM repres

What Navalny Meant (Robert Wright & Nikita Petrov)
February 20, 2024

Nikitas memories of Navalnys emergence as a political force ... The time Nikita was detained for protesting election fraud ... Navalnys success as a political organizer ... What did Navalny represent? ... Navalnys courageous post-poisoning return