Jim talks with Erik Torenberg about the ideas in his Substack series on navigating the statusgames of today.

Jim continues his conversation with Forrest Landry on his arguments that continued AI development poses certain catastrophic risk to humanity.

Jim talks with Melanie Mitchell about her critique of applying standardized exams to LLMs and the debate over understanding in AI.

Jim talks with Brad DeLong about his bookSlouching Toward Utopia:An Economic History of the Twentieth Century.

Jim talks with Shivanshu Purohit about open-source AI models and a significant open-source LLM coming soon from Stability AI and EleutherAI.

Jim talks with recurring guest Forrest Landry about his arguments that continued AI development poses certain catastrophic risk to humanity.

Jim talks withMonicaAndersonabout her paper "Bubble City Design Proposal: A Twitter Alternative Which Is Not a Social Medium."

Jim has a wide-ranging conversation with Jonny Miller about self-development and emotional resilience.

Jim talks with Mirta Galesic about the ideas in her co-authored paper "Stewardship of Global Collective Behavior."

Jim talks with Lynne Kiesling about the electrical grid and what could and should change in its architecture in the years to come.