We Are Not Saved

Transcript: https://www.wearenotsaved.com/p/the-ideas-of-nassim-nicholas-taleb-20d?sd=pf

For many years this was the most listened to episode of my podcast. So it seemed logical to update it, but al…

Transcript: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatchesendofworld/2023/06/a-judgment-day-for-ais/

If AIs are going to act as independent agents then they should be praised for the virtues and judged for…

Transcript: https://www.wearenotsaved.com/p/the-politics-of-the-zombie-apocalypse-e4c

Per Scott Alexander it's possible that the right optimizes for survival, while the left optimizes for thriving. …

Transcript: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatchesendofworld/2023/06/morality-for-robots-and-ais/

AI risk has been in the news a lot lately. One way to reduce that risk is to make sure that AIs ar…

Transcript: https://www.wearenotsaved.com/p/burning-man-dreamtime-and-dragons-8b8

Burning Man aspires to reinvent the culture of the Earth. I don't think it's going to, which is to say in 1,000 year…

Artificial Intelligence has many attributes, which previously have been qualities we've only associated with the divine. 

This is cross posted from my Patheos column which you can find here: https://…

Transcript: https://www.wearenotsaved.com/p/the-10-books-i-finished-in-may-and 

I'm still figure out how to do anchor links. Also I really need to figure out how to write shorter reviews...

Religion and technology relate to each other in strange and subtle ways. Religion must, of necessity grapple with technology, but how to do that remains unclear.

This is the first post of my new Path…

Transcript: https://www.wearenotsaved.com/p/nukes-2023 

A updating of one of my past posts. I actually changed a lot more than I thought would. Also since it's not appearing on Substack I went a litt…

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2023/05/25/decisions-as-a-barbell-also-a-very-meta-post/ 

At the end of this episode I announce some significant changes to my blog, so make sure to stay till t…

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2023/04/30/eschatologist-28-if-ye-are-prepared-ye-shall-not-fear/

I'm not a hardcore prepper, but I'm always surprised by how little preperation most people are …

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2023/04/27/the-modern-landscape-of-harm/

It is not just our ability to cause harm, but our ability to mitigate harm which has grown in an unprecedented fashion.…

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2023/03/31/eschatologist-27-golems-and-genies/ 

I recently read a book which claimed to describe the central problem of the modern world, What's Our Problem by …

Transcript: https://wearenotsaved.com/2023/02/28/eschatologist-26-a-crisis-of-change-and-choice/ 

In my last newsletter we talked about spiritual health, and a few options for acquiring that health…