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#12: Arthur Wright and I discuss whether the Givewell suite of charities are really the best way of helping humans alive today, the value of…
Please follow Arthur on Twitter and check out his blog! Thank you for just summarizing my point in like 1% of the words -Aaron, to Arthur, circa 34:45…
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Aaron Bergman
2:13:25

March 2024

Drunk Pigeon Hour!
You earned it
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Aaron Bergman
1:35:52

January 2024

Best of Pigeon Hour
A highlight from each episode 😊
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Aaron Bergman
1:47:32

December 2023

#10: Pigeon Hour x Consistently Candid pod-crossover: I debate moral realism* with Max Alexander and Sarah Hastings-Woodhouse
*Or something like that
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Aaron Bergman
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Max Alexander
1:08:17

November 2023

#9: Sarah Woodhouse on discovering AI x-risk, Twitter, and more
Note: I can’t seem to edit or remove the “transcript” tab. I recommend you ignore that and just look at the much higher quality, slightly cleaned up one…
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Aaron Bergman
1:14:46
#8: Max Alexander and I solve ethics, philosophy of mind, and cancel culture once and for all
Episode #8 of Pigeon Hour
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Aaron Bergman
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Max Alexander
1:10:41

October 2023

#7: Holly Elmore on AI pause, wild animal welfare, and some cool biology things I couldn't fully follow but maybe you can
Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts Be sure to check out and follow Holly’s Substack and org Pause AI. Blurb and summary from Clong Blurb Holly and…
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Aaron Bergman
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Holly Elmore
1:37:43

August 2023

#6 Daniel Filan on why I'm wrong about ethics (+ Oppenheimer and what names mean in like a hardcore phil of language sense)
This wide-ranging conversation between Daniel and Aaron touches on movies, business drama, philosophy of language, ethics and legal theory. The two…
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Aaron Bergman
2:05:22

July 2023

I regret to report that I've started a podcast (again)
Tl;dr and links I started a low-effort “recorded conversation” podcast Spotify Google Podcasts Apple Podcasts RSS feed to paste wherever…
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Aaron Bergman
#5: Nathan Barnard (again!) on why general intelligence is basically fake
Follow Nathan’s blog Summary from Clong: The discussion centers around the concept of a unitary general intelligence or cognitive ability. Whether this…
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Aaron Bergman
1:09:34
#4 Winston Oswald-Drummond on the tractability of reducing s-risk, ethics, and more
Note: skip to minute 4 if you’re already familiar with The EA Archive or would just rather not listen to my spiel Summary (by Claude.ai) This informal…
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Aaron Bergman
1:11:48
#3: Nathan Barnard on how financial regulation can inform AI regulation
Note: the first few minutes got cut due to technical difficulties, so it sounds like we start in the middle of our conversation. Follow Nathan’s blog…
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Aaron Bergman
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