Stephan Wäldchen at Lighthaven

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Out of this Box – the AI Musical

A bunch of Rationalist gossip and updates, and a meta discussion about the podcast.

LINKS
Caroline Ellison has joined Manifund
TracingWoodgrains on Austin + WBE
OpenAI Scraps Release of New AI Model Over Safety Concerns
Clause stopped cheating
Anthropic gave their AI a biolab
Department of War going after Effective Altruism
The Economist calls EA “the 21st century’s most important social movement”
Our Episode #28 – Effective Altruism
AI Pain Vector found
AI Torture Chamber built
The Curve impressions
The first anti-slutcon tweet :/
SFF announcing they are defunding Wentworth
Habryka re Wentworth
HPMOR is a Tomione ship!
The “Hard Problem” in a nutshell
BayesWatch

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Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong?

LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:

on hiatus. maybe returning someday

Moma talks about how Aella’s influence makes her community safer for women. Also her SlutCon 2026 experience.

See video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk9EKkpDMFg&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss

We talk to Keltan, from MIRI, about his opinions of short form video, PlzDontKillUs, telling our parents about AI, and how Eneasz’s first short-form video fares.

LINKS
Keltan’s Twitter (and secret substack, don’t tell him we linked it!)
Eneasz’s prior interviews with PlzDontKillUs fellows Milo and Vishal
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
Eneasz’s 7 Reasons video on TikTok, Insta, YouTube, and Twitter

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LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:

on hiatus. maybe returning someday

We asked Matt to come on for a different topic, and we had to pivot to the latest AI stuff because it’s so big.

LINKS
Rick Rescorla, a 9/11 hero we talk about
Our previous episodes on The Void pt1 and pt2, and GPT3
Richard Ngo on how AI Safety only increased Capabilities

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We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out.

LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:

on hiatus. maybe returning someday.

A lot of updates and feedback before the main post. Then we get into The Power to Demolish Bad Arguments by Liron.

LINKS
The Power to Demolish Bad Arguments
The Overhang forecasting & futurism conference in DC
I Think Knot read-through podcast of The Knot (or get audio) at HPMORpodcast.com
BayesWatch
Ordinary Abundance

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00:01:14.000 – Side-projects and feedback
00:54:58.000 – Specificity
01:41:12.000 – Guild of the Rose

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LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:

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Vishal talks about PlzDontKillUs and short form video culture. Plus AI Doom!

Vishal’s Blog

Vishal’s Compute Cop video, and also all the rest