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Can Humanity Survive Superintelligence? (with Robert Wright)
Robert Wright on AI as humanity’s “God Test”: AI progress, superintelligence, the US-China race, global coordination, evolution’s purpose, and…
Jul 3
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Dan Williams
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Henry Shevlin
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Robert Wright
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1:32:55
June 2026
How Tribes Construct Rival Realities
Henry Nowak, George Floyd, and the hidden interpretive machinery that drives political conflict.
Jun 22
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Dan Williams
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What If Artificial Intelligence Progress Explodes? (with Benjamin Todd)
Benjamin Todd on whether transformative AI is only a few years away, the feedback loops that could compress decades of progress into months, and how to…
Jun 16
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Dan Williams
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Henry Shevlin
, and
Benjamin Todd
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1:16:20
The Most Important Decision For Animals in American History
The factory farms are trying to keep pigs in cages so they don't have to feed them as much. It's up to us to stop them.
Published on Bentham's Newsletter
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Jun 3
Academics Must Wake Up on AI (with Alexander Kustov)
Is AI already better at many research tasks than humans? And if so, is this a reflection of how good AI is, or how bad much existing research is?
Jun 2
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Dan Williams
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Alexander Kustov
, and
Henry Shevlin
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1:09:06
May 2026
In Europe, There Is No Simple Immigration-Crime Story
Here are some statements that you might have heard at different times and in different venues concerning immigrants and crime in Europe:
May 28
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Tibor Rutar
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Are We Building Conscious AI Servants?
Was Richard Dawkins right to attribute consciousness to Claude? Can we turn to consciousness "experts" to settle such questions? Is it ethical to design…
May 21
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Dan Williams
and
Henry Shevlin
36
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1:18:58
"Speaking Truth to Power" Is Bad Epistemology
If intellectuals want to hold power accountable, they should focus less on power and more on truth.
May 17
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Dan Williams
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Aliens, Superintelligence, and the Future of Science (with David Kipping)
What the search for alien life can teach us about AI — and vice versa
May 4
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Dan Williams
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Henry Shevlin
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1:21:50
April 2026
How Brexit Created Britain’s New Political Tribes
This is a guest post by James Tilley, a Professor of Politics at the University of Oxford, about his excellent new book with Sara Hobolt, Tribal…
Apr 24
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Should We Care About AI Welfare? (with Robert Long)
We spend a lot of time worrying about what AI might do to us. What about what we might be doing to it?
Apr 18
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Dan Williams
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Henry Shevlin
, and
Robert Long
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1:28:36
On Becoming Less Left-Wing (Part 3)
The reality of progress, the fragility of civilisation, the left’s role in making the world both better and worse, the case for capitalism, and how to…
Apr 2
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Dan Williams
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