
Paul Bloom's Interviews
Bob defends the Unabomber (kind of) ... Paul nurses his Mickey-inflicted wounds ... Bob deflates the GPT-5 deflation ... How big a deal are LLM hallucinations? ... AI's coming social and economic disruptions ... How Bob and Paul use AI ... The ideas of Hanno Sauer ... Heading to Overtime ...
Must We Discuss Sydney Sweeney? (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
Substack glory and livestream anxiety ... Reading eugenics into a dopey jeans ad ... Does Sydney Sweeney spell the end of “inclusive marketing”? ... Bob vs. Paul on IQ and “general intelligence” ... Paul reviews the new Billy Joel documentary ... The Epstein prison video snafu: a Bayesian take ... Ghislaine gets a free
Jeffrey Epstein, MechaHitler, and Other Ills (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
The full reason for Bob’s absence—revealed ... What’s the real story with Trump and Epstein? ... A peek down the Epstein rabbit hole ... Grok goes full Nazi-pornbot ... The promise and perils of AI companions ... Bob on dealing with cancer in the age of AI ... Heading to Overtime ...
Elon’s Pathetic Surrender (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
The Trump-Musk blowup, reconciliation, and fallout ... Trump vs Elon: a psycho-analysis ... Where do Trump and Elon go from here? ... Remembering Brian Wilson and Sly Stone ... Will AI turn us all into narcissists? ... Heading to Overtime ...
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Trump’s Next-Level Corruption (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
A note about this podcast ... Paul aces Bob’s worthwhile Canadian pop-quiz ... Trump’s corruption: Illegal or just unprecedentedly gross? ... Elon bows out ... Trump’s crusade against elite colleges continues ... Is JD Vance more dangerous than Trump? ... Are AI doomers walking their talk? ... Trump makes Canada a gold
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