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Ilya Sutskever (OpenAI Chief Scientist) — Why next-token prediction could surpass human intelligence
Mar 27, 2023I went over to the OpenAI offices in San Fransisco to ask the Chief Scientist and cofounder of OpenAI, Ilya Sutskever, about: * time to AGI * leaks and spies * what's after generative models * post AG...
Nat Friedman (Github CEO) — Reading ancient scrolls, open source, & AI
Mar 22, 2023It is said that the two greatest problems of history are: how to account for the rise of Rome, and how to account for her fall. If so, then the volcanic ashes spewed by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD - which...
Brett Harrison — FTX US former president speaks out
Mar 13, 2023I flew out to Chicago to interview Brett Harrison, who is the former President of FTX US President and founder of Architect. In his first longform interview since the fall of FTX, he speak in great de...
Marc Andreessen — AI, crypto, 1000 Elon Musks, regrets, vulnerabilities, & managerial revolution
Feb 01, 2023My podcast with the brilliant Marc Andreessen is out! We discuss: * how AI will revolutionize software * whether NFTs are useless, & whether he should be funding flying cars instead * a16z's biggest v...
Garett Jones — Immigration, national IQ, & less democracy
Jan 24, 2023Garett Jones is an economist at George Mason University and the author of The Cultural Transplant, Hive Mind, and 10% Less Democracy. This episode was fun and interesting throughout! He explains: * Wh...
Lars Doucet — Progress, poverty, Georgism, & why rent is too damn high
Jan 09, 2023One of my best episodes ever. Lars Doucet is the author of Land is a Big Deal, a book about Georgism which has been praised by Vitalik Buterin, Scott Alexander, and Noah Smith. Sam Altman is the lead ...
Holden Karnofsky — History's most important century
Jan 03, 2023Holden Karnofsky is the co-CEO of Open Philanthropy and co-founder of GiveWell. He is also the author of one of the most interesting blogs on the internet, Cold Takes. We discuss: * Are we living in t...
Bethany McLean — Enron, FTX, 2008, Musk, frauds, & visionaries
Dec 21, 2022This was one of my favorite episodes ever. Bethany McLean was the first reporter to question Enron’s earnings, and she has written some of the best finance books out there. We discuss: * The astoundin...
Nadia Asparouhova — Tech elites, democracy, open source, & philanthropy
Dec 15, 2022Nadia Asparouhova is currently researching what the new tech elite will look like at nadia.xyz. She is also the author of Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software. We talk...
Byrne Hobart - FTX, Drugs, Twitter, Taiwan, & Monasticism
Dec 01, 2022Perhaps the most interesting episode so far. Byrne Hobart writes at thediff.co, analyzing inflections in finance and tech. He explains: * What happened at FTX * How drugs have induced past financial b...