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#56 - Txana Tuwe - Amazon Indigenous Elder on Ancient Technologies and AI

Can indigenous wisdom help us navigate these modern times? Fresh perspectives are in short supply these days, and it's not often you get to interview someone who has live

#55 - Dean Ball x Daniel Kokotajlo Anti-Debate - Should GOVERNMENTS or MARKETS control AI?

Advanced AI is coming. Is it time for the government to step in and regulate? Or is it better in the hands of the market and tech CEOs? Or is there a more nuanced way to

#54 - Greg Lukianoff - Free Speech in the Age of AI

Free speech is often treated as a political issue. But what if it’s the foundational technology that makes peaceful civilization possible in the first place? I sat down

#53 - John Schultz - Why Google Made ChatGPT, Gemini & Claude Play 900,000 hands of Poker...

Which LLM is best at POKER? What about the social deception game Werewolf? This week I'm collaborating with ⁠ @googledeepmind ⁠ and ⁠ @kaggle ⁠ to explain their new “AI G

#52 - Will MacAskill - What Comes AFTER Superintelligence?

Superintelligence is predicted to arrive within a decade. If that's true, then what comes AFTER? And how can we prepare for it?Which is why I sat down with one of the few

#51 - Tyler Cowen - Markets, Institutions and Why AI Hype is (Probably) Overblown

What if the biggest risk from AI isn’t superintelligence gone rogue, but the inflexibility of our human institutions? My guest today, Tyler Cowen, thinks so. Tyler is a

#50 - Samantha Sweetwater - Why Indigenous Wisdom Is Important In The AI Age

What if the purpose of life is to find ways of harmonizing the forces of nature, including the nature of ourselves? My guest this week thinks so. I sat down with systems

#49 - British Politician Katie Lam - Defeating Grooming Gangs, Stagnation & Safetyism

Britain was once a beacon of liberty, and the birthplace of the industrial revolution. So why is its economy floundering, while the USA is surging? Has a culture of extre

#48 - Jim Rutt - Why Capitalism Is Now A Game of Mind Control

Capitalism has historically been our biggest blessing. But what if it's now turning into our biggest curse? Is it time to change the game? My guest today believes so. Ji

#47 - Emmett Shear - Why NATURE Holds the Answers To AI Alignment

Superintelligent AI is rapidly approaching, and humanity (specifically, the labs building it) is still a long way from proving it can be safely controlled. But what if th

#46 - Isabelle Boemeke - Why Nuclear Power Is The Rad Future We Need

Energy is the lifeblood of civilization. Is nuclear power the source of abundant clean energy that's been under our noses this whole time? In this episode of the Win-Win

#45 - Dominic Cummings - Stagnation, Corruption & Rebooting The System

Dominic Cummings is one of the most polarizing figures in Britain. He's a political strategist who masterminded the main campaign for Brexit. He was also Chief Advisor to

#44 - Dean Spears - Population Decline Is Worse Than You Think

The world is having fewer babies than ever. But how bad is this, really? What's causing it? Is there a win-win solution out there that can help people have more babies, i

#43 - Jamie Joyce - Democracy, Digitization and Debates

Democracy is in deep trouble. Could replacing politicians with real data save it? In this episode Liv sits down with Jamie Joyce – founder of the Society Library — to exp

#42 - Anthony Aguirre and Malo Bourgon - Why Superintelligent AI Should Not Be Built

Humanity is in a race to build superintelligent AI gods. What happens if we create beings smarter than us—and can no longer steer them? In this special Win-Win IRL episo

#41 - Harper Carroll - AI & The Spirituality of Silicon Valley

What if AI isn’t replacing us—but redefining what it means to be skilled? Liv talks with engineer and educator Harper Carroll about how AI is transforming education, leve

#40 - Lewis Bollard - How to End Factory Farming

Factory farming is one of the most universally loathed industries on Earth —so why is it still growing? Today I chat with Lewis Bollard, a leading researcher in farm ani

#39 - Daniel Kokotajlo - Wargames, Superintelligence & Quitting OpenAI

AI is developing at breakneck speed—but are we properly prepared for what’s coming? To explore this question Igor and I grabbed leading AI researcher and forecaster Dan

#38 - Manu Meel - Healing Political Polarization

Protests, lock-ins, encampments…the culture on university campuses is certainly fraught these days! As political discourse worsens among young people, I couldn’t think of

#37 - Tim Urban - Beating Procrastination, Parenthood, and Politics

In this episode of the Win Win Podcast, Liv and Igor sit down with Wait But Why creator Tim Urban to explore everything from his unexpected pet tortoise, Winston, to the