Eneasz and Steven are at LessOnline/SummerCamp and Steven was lucky enough to attend a short presentation by Damon (Daystar Eld) and Ivy on How to Become a Romantic. The presentation was too short for Steven’s satisfaction, so we found a time slot to record a (too short) episode.

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Damon/Daystar Eld

Ivy’s X handle and website

Guild of the Rose

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Our values are robust against Moloch because they were forged in his flames.

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When does competition lead to recognisable values?
Our episode 18 – Robin Hanson Interview
Chex Quest
FarmKind – Animal Welfare Offsets (matching code “cagefree”)

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01:24:17 – Guild of the Rose
01:25:23 – Thank the Supporter!

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In Episode 258 we talked about EA Veganism for a bit… and that bit was not long enough. So here we go again!

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Our episode 258 – How Effective Altruism Has Evolved
EA Vegan Advocacy is not truthseeking, and it’s everyone’s problem by Elizabeth
Vegan Health Advice by Ozy
Dairy cows make their misery expensive (but their calves can’t) by Elizabeth
Being John Rawls by Scott Alexander
– audio of Being John Rawls
WestWorld
Should Anyone Be Vegan by Henry Stanley
Does your AI perform badly because you — you, specifically — are a bad person by Natalie Cargill
FarmKind – Animal Welfare Offsets
Plzdontkillus
The Mind Killer Ep 69 NFT

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01:38:09 – Westworld & Violent Video Games
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The stupid red-button/blue-button discourse came back. Eneasz thought he could sit out this round until Aella went Chaos God with her social media app, Glosso.

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PlzDontKillUs
Inkhaven Presents podcast
The Knot webfic
The Mind Reviver
Glosso
Stupid Tim Urban with his stupid button-resurrection
oh noes, Anthropic employees gonna give money to EA stuff” article

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We discuss how far the right to be wrong goes, a recent intra-rat kerfuffle, and why random violence is bad. And it’s secretly all about AI Doom.

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One Week in the Rat Farm
Kelsey’s religious liberalism tweet
Scott’s tweet in response to Robby from MIRI
Scott’s tweet in reply to Ronny from Lightcone
Only Law Can Prevent Extinction by Eliezer Yudkowsky
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00:06:29 – Right to be Wrong about Doom
01:23:47 – Steven likes Huel a lot
01:25:28 – Guild of the Rose
01:27:50 – Thank the Supporter!

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Matt returns to discuss a post urging us to chill out on AI if there isn’t imminent doom in 2028.
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Consider chilling out in 2028
The Scary Bridge
Kill Your Friend’s Cat
The UnSlop AI Fiction competition
The new Guild of the Rose

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We talk about three EA-adjacent articles, hitting veganism, directing your donations, and community.

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Why you should eat meat – even if you hate factory farming by KatWoods
Donations, The Fifth Year, by Jenn
Promises, by Harri
Bayesian Conspiracy 28 – Effective Altruism
The Case For Sardines
“oh noes, Anthropic employees gonna give money to EA stuff” article
Gwern on AI Slop
Jenn on AI Slop & Virginia Woolf

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01:40:12 – Thank the Supporter!

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We relive the last 48 hours of the future of humanity being wrestled over. The Pentagon wants to use Claude for comprehensive mass surveillance of Americans and autonomous kill-bots, and Anthropic says no. The Pentagon retaliates with extreme prejudice. With guest-star Matt.

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Washington Post summary
Anthropic’s response
Trump’s response
Hegseth’s unhinged lunacy
We Will Not Be Divided – Goggle and OpenAI employees open letter
Eliezer on the tech/govt war
Scott Alexander tweet
RSP comment
Opus3 Retirement

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