The Bayesian Conspiracy

Oct 30 2024 278 ep. 93 mins 44.9k
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A conversational podcast for the less hardcore rationalist, who wants to level-up their rational skills while having fun.

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224 – Cringe Gates and Cultural Drift

Oct 30 2024 101 mins  
We discuss Eneasz’s Shrimp Welfare Watches The EA Gates, briefly touch on Hanson’s Cultural Drift, and tackle a lot of follow-ups and feedback. LINKS Shrimp Welfare Watches The EA Gates (also at TwitterX) Cultural Drift Significant Digits is here! From AskWho Eneasz has a boomer crisis about his AI clone Deep Utopia review Utopia, LOL? (Jamie Wahl’s story) (with a

Bayes Blast 36 – AI Grifters in Birmingham

Oct 23 2024 13 mins  
AskWho just attended a “lecture” by AI Grifter Tania Duarte Slide The “TESCREAL” Bungle by Ozy Brennan AskWho Casts AI podcast

223 – Going Back to the Classics

Oct 14 2024 126 mins  
Classic, season one adventure this week! Eneasz and Steven have a loosely structured conversation about the sequences’ value, the virtue of silence, scissor statements, and the value of philosophy. LINKS Cryonics is Free! Dan Dennett – Where Am I? The Virtue of Silence Scissors Statements 00:00:05 – Pre-pre show Discussion 01:41:43 – Guild of the Rose 01:44:48 – L

Bonus – Discord Culture (preview)

Oct 14 2024 16 mins  
Eneasz chats with TBC Discord member Delta about the cultivation of small online cultures. Get the full episode via our Patreon or our SubStack!  

Bayes Blast 35 – Disproving The Blindsight Thesis

Oct 13 2024 9 mins  
GPT-o1 demonstrates the Blindsight thesis is likely wrong. Peter Watts on Blindsight Andrew Cutler on origins of consciousness part 1 and part 2 Thou Art Godshatter

Bayes Blast 34 – Content Moderation is Infosec

Oct 06 2024 15 mins  
Steven wanted to share an interesting idea from an article that draws a neat parallel between content moderation and information security. The post discussed here is Como is Infosec.

222 – Consciousness As Recursive Reflections with Daniel Böttger

Oct 02 2024 119 mins  
We talk with Daniel about his ACX guest post that posits that thoughts are conscious, rather than brains. LINKS Consciousness As Recursive Reflections Seven Secular Sermons Seven Secular Sermons video on TwitterX LightHaven’s Eternal September 0:00:05 – Recursive Reflections 01:29:30 – Personal News from Eneasz 01:31:04 – Guild of the Rose 01:32:15 – Feedback 01:36:39

Bayes Blast 33 – Porn Sims

Sep 27 2024 7 mins  
Can we achieve our true potential? based on – Interview Day At Thiel Capital also mentioned: Meetups Everywhere 2024 Are You Jesus or Hitler

221 – Why The Field? Why Zombies?? with Liam

Sep 18 2024 148 mins  
Eneasz tries to understand why someone would posit a Chalmers Field, and brings up the horrifying implications. LINKS Zombies! Zombies? 2 Rash 2 Unadvised (the Terra Ignota analysis podcast) The previous TBC episode, where we first discussed other aspects of this The Conscious Mind by David Chalmers 0:00:05 – Even More Zombies 01:59:12 – Feedback 02:02:03 – Guild of the Rose

Bayes Blast 32 – Canadian Health Care

Sep 16 2024 5 mins  
A surprising update for two previously maple-pilled Yanks