Robert Wright and I meet every once in a while to discuss the issues of the day. This is a joint production of Small Potatoes and Bob’s Non-Zero Podcast. Here’s the most recent meeting.
0:00 Teaser
0:31 Paul attains potato hegemony
4:10 Bob’s book: Gateway drug to AI doomerism?
7:42 Nathan Fielder’s view of Elizabeth Holmes (via Paul)
22:27 Bob TORCHES Fielder
34:02 Are art and artist really separable?
38:50 What Trump and Musk say about our times
44:20 Heading to Overtime
Paid subscribers get the overtime segment, which includes:
Bob reveals his anti-Fielder bias.
Gibney’s view of Musk (via Bob).
What kind of show is Widow’s Bay?
Paul: DO talk to strangers.
Paul’s date with an AI companion.
OpenAI’s (semi-)secret sales model.
Are there human domains safe from AI?
All-In’s epistemic short stack.
Fielder vs the field of journalism.
Bob’s post-rant remorse.
They also get an astonishing 50% discount on Bob’s podcast/newsletter.
