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Manifold
Steve Hsu

Steve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Join him for wide-ranging conversations... more

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Episodes

Seeking Truth From Facts: Israel and Iran, Missile Defense, China Economic Development

This is a crossover episode with the Seeking Truth From Facts podcast. (00:00) - Iranian missile attack vs Israel and missile... more

24 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
Samo Burja: Intellectuals, Culture. and the Technosphere — #70

Samo Burja founded Bismarck Analysis, a consulting firm that investigates the political and institutional landscape of society. He is a... more

10 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 37 minutes
Deus Ex Machina: A Man, Machines, and God

This is a crossover episode in which https://x.com/loubohan interviews me for his podcast Deus Ex Machina.I was obviously in an... more

26 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 30 minutes
Seeking Truth From Facts: Alf & Steve Hsu — #68

This is a crossover episode in which Alf of the Seeking Truth from Facts podcast interviews Steve Hsu about the... more

12 Sep 2024 · 55 minutes
Letter from Reykjavik: Genomics, Chess, Hyperscaling genAI, and Quantum Black Holes — #67

This is a short episode recorded at the end of a trip to Caltech (LA), Frankfurt, and Reykjavik.Black hole information... more

29 Aug 2024 · 35 minutes
Robin Hanson: Prediction Markets, the Future of Civilization, and Polymathy — #66

Robin Hanson is a professor of economics at George Mason University. He has worked in a variety of fields, including... more

15 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 20 minutes
China Today: Myths and Realities — #65

Steve discusses China myths and realities with Victor, a tech founder who ran a company in Beijing for 7 years.... more

01 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 21 minutes
Ivy League Anonymous: Great Awokening and Campus Radicals — #64

Earlier episode, Harvard Veritas:https://www.manifold1.com/episodes/harvard-veritas-interview-with-a-recent-graduate-anonymous-18Chapter markers:(00:00) - Introduction and Guest Welcome (02:12) - Campus Protests and Media Perception (06:29) - Student Political Views... more

18 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 11 minutes
AI Global Odyssey: REAL Situational Awareness — #63

Steve talks about AI in light of his recent travels to SF, Singapore, Manila, Berkeley, and Silicon Valley.Chapters:(00:00) - Overview:... more

04 Jul 2024 · 59 minutes
Philippe Lemoine: Bad Covid Science, Ukraine Analysis, and Philosophy — #62

Philippe Lemoine is a PhD candidate at Cornell University in philosophy and a widely-read public intellectual. We discuss philosophy, the... more

20 Jun 2024 · 2 hours, 17 minutes
John Seo: Catastrophe Bonds and the Investor Choice Problem — Manifold #61

Dr John Seo is co-founder and a managing director at Fermat Capital Management, LLC. He has over 30 years’ experience... more

06 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
Molson Hart: China and Amazon, Up Close — #60

Molson Hart is the CEO of Viahart, an educational toy company. He has deep experience selling products manufactured in China,... more

16 May 2024 · 1 hour, 25 minutes
Jaan Tallinn: AI Risks, Investments, and AGI — #59

Jaan Tallinn is a billionaire computer programmer and investor. He was a co-founder of Skype, and has invested in companies... more

02 May 2024 · 43 minutes
Glenn Luk: China’s economic evolution, GDP, and high speed rail — #58

Glenn Luk has worked as an investment banker, private equity investor, and startup founder. He has closely analyzed aspects of... more

18 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 29 minutes
Casey Handmer: Terraform Industries and a carbon-neutral future — #57

Casey Handmer (PhD, Caltech, general relativity) is the founder of Terraform Industries. He is one of the most capable and... more

04 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
Russell Clark: Japan, China, and USD reserve status — #56

Russell Clark is a hedge fund investor who has lived and worked in both Japan and China. He writes the... more

21 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
Stephen Grugett: Predicting the Future with Manifold Markets — #55

Stephen Grugett is the co-founder of Manifold Markets, the world's largest prediction market platform where people bet on politics, tech,... more

07 Mar 2024 · 50 minutes
Ray McGovern: CIA, JFK, Deep State, and Ukraine Crisis — #54

Raymond McGovern is a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst, serving from 1963 to 1990. His CIA career began under... more

22 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Lecture: Fermi Paradox, AI, Simulation Question — #53

Steve discusses DNA and the origin of life on Earth, the Fermi Paradox (is there alien life?), AI and its... more

08 Feb 2024 · 53 minutes
Utah AG Sean Reyes: “Sound of Freedom” and Human Trafficking — #52

Sean Reyes is Utah’s Attorney General and a producer for the movie “Sound of Freedom.” Steve and Sean discuss his... more

25 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 10 minutes
Military Technology and U.S.-China War in the Pacific — #51

TP Huang returns for the third time to discuss the US-China strategic competition in terms of military technology.Previous episodes with... more

11 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 24 minutes
Louis-Vincent Gave: Understanding China’s Economy, and U.S. Competition — #50

Louis-Vincent Gave of Gavekal discusses China's economic growth, its focus on education, and the global implications of its economic and... more

14 Dec 2023 · 1 hour, 27 minutes
Charles Miller: Satellite Technology and the Future of Mobile Connectivity — #49

Charles Miller is co-founder and CEO of Lynk. He is a serial space entrepreneur with 30 years of experience in... more

30 Nov 2023 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
China's EV Market Dominance and the Challenges Facing Tesla — #48

TP Huang is a computer scientist and analyst of global technology development. He posts often on X: https://twitter.com/tphuang.0:00 Introduction2:21 How... more

16 Nov 2023 · 1 hour, 23 minutes
Taylor Ogan, Snow Bull Capital: China's tech frontier, the view from Shenzhen — #47

Taylor Ogan is Chief Executive Officer of Snow Bull Capital, based in Shenzhen, China.Follow him on X @TaylorOgan.Steve and Taylor... more

02 Nov 2023 · 1 hour, 30 minutes
Bharat Karnad: India geostrategy, nuclear arsenal, and assassination of Homi Bhabha, the Oppenheimer of India — #46

Bharat Karnad is an Emeritus Professor in National Security Studies at the Center for Policy Research in Delhi. He was... more

19 Oct 2023 · 1 hour, 43 minutes
Yasheng Huang: China's Examination System and its impact on Politics, Economy, Innovation — #45

Yasheng Huang is the Epoch Foundation Professor of Global Economics and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His... more

05 Oct 2023 · 1 hour, 31 minutes
Huawei and the US-China Chip War — #44

TP Huang is a computer scientist and analyst of global technology development. He posts often on X: https://twitter.com/tphuang.Steve and TP... more

21 Sep 2023 · 1 hour, 17 minutes
Meritocracy, SAT Scores, and Laundering Prestige at Elite Universities — #43

Steve discusses 10 key graphs related to meritocracy and university admissions. Predictive power of SATs and other factors in elite... more

07 Sep 2023 · 1 hour, 1 minute
Aella: Sex Work, Sex Research, and Data Science — #42

Aella is a sex worker, sex researcher, and data scientist.Aella on X: https://twitter.com/Aella_GirlInterviews with ex-prostitutes on the pimp life (Las... more

24 Aug 2023 · 1 hour, 39 minutes
AI on your phone? Tim Dettmers on quantization of neural networks — #41

Tim Dettmers develops computationally efficient methods for deep learning. He is a leader in quantization: coarse graining of large neural... more

10 Aug 2023 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
Paul Huang, the real situation in Taiwan: politics, military, China — #40

Paul Huang is a journalist and research fellow with the Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation. He is currently based in Taipei,... more

27 Jul 2023 · 1 hour, 16 minutes
Richard Hanania & Rob Henderson: The Rise of Wokeness and the Influence of Civil Rights Law — #39

Steve Hsu, Richard Hanania, and Rob Henderson were scheduled for a June 2023 panel as part of the University of... more

13 Jul 2023 · 1 hour, 34 minutes
Richard Sander (UCLA Law) on the Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling — #38

Richard Sander is Jesse Dukeminier Professor at UCLA Law School. AB Harvard, JD, PhD (Economics) Northwestern.Steve and Richard discuss the... more

01 Jul 2023 · 47 minutes
AI Cambrian Explosion: Conversation With Three AI Engineers — #37

In this episode, Steve talks to three AI engineers from his startup SuperFocus.AI.0:00 Introduction1:06 The Google memo and open-source AI 14:41... more

08 Jun 2023 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
David Goldman: US-China Competition, AI, Electric Vehicles, and Manufacturing — #36

David Paul Goldman is an American economic strategist and author, best known for his series of online essays in the... more

25 May 2023 · 1 hour, 16 minutes
Artificial Intelligence & Large Language Models: Oxford Lecture — #35

This week's episode is based on a lecture Steve gave to an audience of theoretical physicists at Oxford University. The... more

11 May 2023 · 1 hour, 24 minutes
Simone Collins: IVF, Embryo Selection, Dating on the Spectrum, and Pronatalism — #34

In collaboration with her husband Malcolm Collins, Simone is an author (The Pragmatist's Guide to Life, Relationships, Sexuality, Governance, and... more

27 Apr 2023 · 1 hour, 30 minutes
Katherine Dee: Culture, Identity, and Isolation in the Digital Age — #33

Katherine Dee is a writer, journalist, and internet historian.Steve and Katherine discuss:0:00 Introduction1:15 Katherine’s early life and background21:52 Mass shootings,... more

13 Apr 2023 · 1 hour, 56 minutes
Marc Martinez: "Dream Big" and the Golden Age of Bodybuilding — #32

Marc Martinez is the director of Dream Big, a documentary about Gold's Gym and the golden age of bodybuilding in... more

16 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 16 minutes
Gilles Saint-Paul: The Yellow Vests, French Politics, and Hypergamy — #31

Gilles Saint-Paul is Professeur à l'Ecole Normale Supérieure. He is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique in Engineering and received his... more

02 Mar 2023 · 1 hour, 10 minutes
Bing vs. Bard, US-China STEM Competition, and Embryo Screening — #30

Steve discusses the competition between Microsoft and Google, the competition between the U.S. and China in STEM, China’s new IVF... more

16 Feb 2023 · 49 minutes
ChatGPT, LLMs, and AI — #29

Steve discusses Large Language Model AIs such as ChatGPT.

02 Feb 2023 · 41 minutes
Dominic Cummings: Vote Leave, Brexit, COVID, and No. 10 with Boris — #28

Dominic Cummings' time in No. 10 Downing Street as Boris Johnson's Chief Advisor was one of the most interesting and... more

19 Jan 2023 · 2 hours, 7 minutes
Sahil Lavingia: Founding Gumroad, The Minimalist Entrepreneur, and our AI LLM future — #27

Sahil Lavingia founded Gumroad at the age of 19 and built it into a leading digital commerce platform. He is... more

05 Jan 2023 · 59 minutes
Geoffrey Miller: Evolutionary Psychology, Polyamorous Relationships, and Effective Altruism — #26

Geoffrey Miller is an American evolutionary psychologist, author, and a professor of psychology at the University of New Mexico.

15 Dec 2022 · 1 hour, 42 minutes
Anna Krylov: The Politicization of Science in Academia — #25

Anna I. Krylov is an outspoken advocate of freedom of speech and academic freedom.

01 Dec 2022 · 1 hour,
Abdel Abdellaoui: Genetics, Psychiatric Traits, and Educational Attainment — #24

Abdel Abdellaoui is a geneticist who has been involved in a wide range of studies on psychiatric genetics, behavioral genetics,... more

17 Nov 2022 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Richard Sander on SCOTUS Oral Arguments: Affirmative Action and Discrimination against Asian Americans at Harvard and UNC

Richard Sander has studied the structure and effects of law school admissions policies. He coined the term "Mismatch" to describe... more

03 Nov 2022 · 59 minutes
Discovering the Multiverse: Quantum Mechanics and Hugh Everett III, with Peter Byrne — #22

Peter Byrne is an investigative reporter and science writer based in Northern California.

20 Oct 2022 · 58 minutes
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Steve discusses Large Language Model AIs such as ChatGPT.