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Rob Wiblin speaks with FiveThirtyEight election forecaster and author Nate Silver about his new book: On the Edge: The Art... more
"In the human case, it would be mistaken to give a kind of hour-by-hour accounting. You know, 'I had +4... more
In this episode from our second show, 80k After Hours, Luisa Rodriguez and Keiran Harris chat about the consequences of... more
"For every far-out idea that turns out to be true, there were probably hundreds that were simply crackpot ideas. In... more
"Perception is quite difficult with cameras: even if you have a stereo camera, you still can’t really build a map... more
"It’s very hard to find examples where people say, 'I’m starting from this point. I’m starting from this belief.' So... more
"I do think that there is a really significant sentiment among parts of the opposition that it’s not really just... more
"This is a group of animals I think people are particularly unfamiliar with. They are especially poorly covered in our... more
The three biggest AI companies — Anthropic, OpenAI, and DeepMind — have now all released policies designed to make their... more
"In the 1980s, it was still apparently common to perform surgery on newborn babies without anaesthetic on both sides of... more
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