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Robert Wright's Nonzero

Conversations with a series of people who have nothing in common except that program host Robert Wright is curious about what they’re thinking.

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Is AI Humanity’s Last Exam? (Robert Wright, Curt Mills, and Andrew Day)

1:23:05

Is AI Humanity’s Last Exam? (Robert Wright, Curt Mills, and Andrew Day)

Listen now | 0:00 Grandpa Bob and author Bob 3:30 Why Bob stopped being an AI doom skeptic 6:59 Can AI solve China’s demographic crisis? 14:09 The irony…

13 hrs ago • Robert Wright

1:02:06

The God Test: Why artificial intelligence may require a moral upgrade (Executive Functions Chat w/ Jack Goldsmith)

Listen now | (Description via Executive Functions Chat podcast) Jack chats with Robert Wright about his forthcoming book, The God Test: Artificial…

Jun 26 • Robert Wright

1:06:14

AI and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning (Robert Wright & Nikita Petrov)

Listen now | 0:00 Bob’s pub-day pitch for his new book on AI, The God Test 1:04 Is AI killing the nonfiction star? 5:32 Geoffrey Hinton’s path from AI…

Jun 24 • Robert Wright

1:35:46

The World After the Iran War (Robert Wright & Joshua Landis)

Listen now | 0:00 Was “losing” this war good for America? 6:02 Israel’s post-war situation 9:35 A more stable Middle East? Or less? 17:43 The impact on…

Jun 18 • Robert Wright

1:33:33

The US-China AI Race (Robert Wright & Ryan Fedasiuk)

Listen now | 0:00 A brief message from Bob 1:15 Ryan’s tech policy bona fides 3:53 Is true “recursive self-improvement” near? 8:40 AI agents as…

Jun 17 • Robert Wright

1:23:59

The AI Lobby’s Dirty Tricks (Robert Wright & Tyler Johnston)

Listen now | 0:00 Teaser 2:43 The Midas Project and the OpenAI files 12:19 What’s “Build American AI” up to? 21:00 Nathan Leamer, astroturfer and sock…

Jun 11 • Robert Wright

1:45:51

The Secret of AI’s Power (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)

Listen now | 0:00 Whose baby is cuter? 2:49 Bob’s new book on AI, The God Test 9:52 Varieties of AI awe 13:23 Geoffrey Hinton’s vision 17:50 How LLMs do…

Jun 10 • Robert Wright

1:38:57

Seeing China Clearly (Robert Wright & Tianyu Fang)

Listen now | 0:00 Teaser 0:45 How Tianyu became a “China explainer” 3:15 American vs Chinese exceptionalism 8:09 What you can and can’t say in China…

Jun 4 • Robert Wright