Archive - Aaron's Blog

#14: Jesse Smith on HVAC, indoor air quality, and generally being an extremely based person

An actual adult for once

May 14 •

and

1:29:52

March 2025

Preparing for the Intelligence Explosion (paper readout and commentary)

In which I read and then briefly discuss a paper by Fin Moorhouse & Will MacAskill

Mar 25 •

2:25:21

September 2024

#13: Max Alexander and I debate whether total utilitarianism implies the very repugnant conclusion

(Pigeon Hour x Consistently Candid Crossover)

Sep 10, 2024 •

1:54:24

April 2024

#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!

Apr 11, 2024 •

2:13:25

March 2024

Drunk Pigeon Hour!

Mar 9, 2024 •

1:35:52

January 2024

Best of Pigeon Hour

A highlight from each episode 😊

Jan 24, 2024 •

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

Dec 28, 2023 •

and

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.

Nov 15, 2023 •

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

Nov 6, 2023 •

and

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

Oct 17, 2023 •

and

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…

Aug 7, 2023 •

2:05:22

July 2023

I regret to report that I've started a podcast (again)

Tl;dr and links

Jul 31, 2023 •

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