The Human Podcast
by The Human Podcast
Exploring Human Lives.
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Podcast episodes
Host of 'Doom Debates' Podcast, Liron Shapira | AI SAFETY SERIES, Ep #3
WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/0KmaotctziE WELCOME TO THE NEW AI SAFETY SERIES, FEATURING FILMED CONVERSATIONS WITH INDIVIDUALS WORKING IN THE AI SAFETY FIELD, ABOUT THEIR LIVES AND WORK. In this episode, I speak to Liron Shapira,host of the 'Doom Debates' Podcast. Doom Debates' Mission is to raise mainstream awareness of imminent extinction from AGI and build the social infrastructure for high-quality debate. The Human Podcast explores the lives and ideas of inspiring individuals. Subscribe for new interviews every week. 🕒 TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 0:05 - What is 'Doom'? 0:57 - How could AI cause doom? 4:08 - What is P(doom)? 6:02 - How do you determine P(doom)? 8:16 - Hosting the 'Doom Debates' Podcast 10:17 - Most people are worried about AI 11:51 - Journey into AI safety 14:25 - Liron's mind and life 17:55 - Beliefs about AI 20:14 - Best argument against AI doom 22:49 - Who would you like to see debate AI? 25:19 - Why do you believe we're doomed? 28:48 - Other risks such as nuclear & virus doom 31:05 - Rogue AI vs AI misuse risks 31:54 - What can be done to stop AI doom? 37:23 - Don't we need to build AGI because of bad actors? 40:35 - Richard Feynmann painting 41:15 - CLOSING QU: What is a good life? 👤 LIRON SHAPIRA / DOOM DEBATES: Liron's X - https://x.com/liron Doom Debates YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@DoomDebates 'Doom Debates' Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4v2mFQwcDa8vQvCnYceCfs 'Doom Debates' Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/doom-debates/id1751366208 'Doom Debates' Substack - https://lironshapira.substack.com/ 📱 SOCIAL: 𝕏 - https://twitter.com/heyhumanpodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/heythehumanpodcast/ Email - heythehumanpodcast@gmail.com 🎥 EQUIPMENT: Provided by Kintek, who provide organisations with outstanding technology services - https://kintek.co.uk 🎵 MUSIC: Music by penguinmusic - Better Day from Pixabay
Life Stories: World's Most Fun Psychologist & Magician, Professor Richard Wiseman
WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/VTGBHcPnJXo Meet the world's most fun psychologist & magician, Professor Richard Wiseman, Britain's only Professor in the Public Understanding of Psychology. He's consulted for top magicians like Derren Brown, published a dozen influential books and over 100 papers, amassed an astonishing 800+ million YouTube views and helped shape the Edinburgh Fringe as a board member. The Human Podcast explores the lives and ideas of unique individuals. Subscribe for new interviews every week. 🕒 TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 0:19 - Richard's many achievements 1:09 - How have you achieved so much? 2:24 - Richard's research journey 4:42 - Parapsychology research 7:02 - Practising magic early on 8:39 - Richard's supportive parents 9:58 - Pursuing psychology instead of magic 13:37 - Magic's psychology lessons 15:28 - Edinburgh Fringe: Working on the board 16:24 - World's funniest joke 18:54 - Apollo moon landing research 21:36 - 'in59seconds' YouTube channel 22:36 - 59 second ideas that will change how you think 24:10 - 'Quirkology' YouTube channel 27:14 - Derren Brown: Helping as a creative consultant 28:42 - Luck research: How to I be lucky? 31:44 - Changing my mind at the last minute 32:53 - Has your career been stressful? 34:02 - Watching no TV 35:31 - Taking no holidays as I love my work 36:45 - How has your research impacted your life? 38:24 - How would your friends and family describe you? 39:37 - CLOSING QU: What is a good life? 👤 PROFESSOR RICHARD WISEMAN: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wiseman Amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B001IGSOSK?ingress=0&visitId=5aa7397a-318f-4298-9682-707c19bbd4fc&ref_=ap_rdr Website - https://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/ X - https://x.com/RichardWiseman Quirkology - https://www.youtube.com/user/Quirkology In59seconds - https://www.youtube.com/@In59seconds 📱 SOCIAL: 𝕏 - https://twitter.com/heyhumanpodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/heythehumanpodcast/ Email - heythehumanpodcast@gmail.com 🎥 EQUIPMENT: Provided by Kintek, who provide organisations with outstanding technology services - https://kintek.co.uk 🎵 MUSIC: Music by penguinmusic - Better Day from Pixabay
Historian of Philosophy, Peter Adamson | 10 QUESTIONS 10 MINUTES (Ep 5)
WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/1PqGHUSADKE Welcome to the new quickfire series where I'm asking a wide range of people, from different careers, 10 Questions in 10 Minutes! Episode 5 is with Peter Adamson - a philosopher at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and King’s College London. He has also been the host of the extremely popular podcast, ‘History of Philosophy without any gaps’ for over 10 years. Subscribe for new episodes every week! Full series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdXqMrbQhkyuTGEVeaxGtPXUe_Vcpn_6l 🕒 TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 0:07 - Qu 1: Most Interesting Period Of Philosophy? 0:47 - Qu 2: Most Fascinating Philosopher Ever? 1:17 - Qu 3: Best Philosophers To Teach Us How To Live? 2:21 - Qu 4: How Has Philosophy Impacted Your Life? 2:52 - Qu 5: Most Underrated Philosopher? 4:02 - Qu 6: How'd Ancient Philosophers React To The World Today? 5:12 - Qu 7: What Does History of Philosophy Tell Us About History? 6:13 - Qu 8: What Does History of Philosophy Tell Us About Philosophy? 7:11 - Qu 9: Why Did You Start Your Podcast? 7:32 - Qu 10: What Would You Be Doing If You Weren't A Philosopher? 👤 GUEST: Podcast (History of Philosophy without any Gaps) - https://historyofphilosophy.net Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Adamson_(philosopher) Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/histphilosophy.bsky.social Twitter - https://twitter.com/HistPhilosophy 📱 SOCIAL: 𝕏 - https://twitter.com/heyhumanpodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/heythehumanpodcast/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@heythehumanpodcast Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/heythehumanpodcast.bsky.social Email - heythehumanpodcast@gmail.com 🎥 EQUIPMENT: Provided by Kintek, who provide organisations with outstanding technology services - https://kintek.co.uk 🎵 MUSIC: Music by penguinmusic - Better Day from Pixabay
The Effective Altruist | 10 QUESTIONS 10 MINUTES (Ep. 4)
WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/dhww--wcPnk Welcome to the new quickfire series where I'm asking a wide range of people, from different careers, 10 Questions in 10 Minutes! Ep .4 is with an 'effective altruist' - Stefan Schubert. 'Effective altruists' aim to find the best ways to help others and put this into practice. Stefan is a researcher in philosophy and psychology at Effective Altruism Sweden. Subscribe for new episodes every week! Full series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdXqMrbQhkyuTGEVeaxGtPXUe_Vcpn_6l 🕒 TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 00:02 - Qu 1: What Is Effective Altruism? 00:09 - Qu 2: Easiest Way to Improve the World? 01:11 - Qu 3: Are Humans More Altruistic or Selfish? 01:56 - Qu 4: Most Important Problem in the World? 02:39 - Qu 5: Why We're Often Ineffectively Altruistic? 03:49 - Qu 6: Biggest Existential Risk Humanity Faces? 04:52 - Qu 7: What Gives You Hope for the Future? 05:37 - Qu 8: What Does It Mean To Be Rational? 06:54 - Qu 9: What Is Sleepwalk Bias? 08:31 - Qu 10: Who Inspires You? 👤 GUEST: 𝕏 - https://x.com/StefanFSchubert LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefanfschubert/ Substack - https://stefanschubert.substack.com/ Academia - https://lse.academia.edu/StefanSchubert Effective Altruism - https://www.effectivealtruism.org/people/stefan-schubert 📱 SOCIAL: 𝕏 - https://twitter.com/heyhumanpodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/heythehumanpodcast/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@heythehumanpodcast Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/heythehumanpodcast.bsky.social Email - heythehumanpodcast@gmail.com 🎥 EQUIPMENT: Provided by Kintek, who provide organisations with outstanding technology services - https://kintek.co.uk 🎵 MUSIC: Music by penguinmusic - Better Day from Pixabay
Interviewing Historian of Propaganda (WW1, WW2 & Contemporary), Professor Jo Fox | The Human Podcast
Interviewing Historian of Propaganda (WW1, WW2 & Contemporary), Professor Jo Fox | The Human Podcast
WATCH ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/ETj4sMNAwgs This interview is with Professor Jo Fox, a historian of propaganda. She is an expert in psychological warfare in twentieth-century Europe and propaganda in Britain & Germany during WW1 & WW2. Jo is also the Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research and Public Engagement at the University of London. The Human Podcast explores the lives and ideas of unique individuals. Subscribe for new interviews every week. 🕒 TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Research Overview 1:39 - What are misinformation & disinformation 3:12 - What is propaganda? 5:06 - What are rumours? 6:31 - WW2 propaganda 8:11 - Measuring the impact of propaganda 10:23 - Film propaganda (WW1 & WW2) 13:29 - Woman in propaganda 15:34 - Ethics of propaganda (Britain's in WW1/WW2) 19:08 - How to avoid propaganda 24:05 - Decreased trust in the media 26:11 - Institutional corruption 27:51 - AI/Technology & future of propaganda 29:57 - Why the motivation to research propaganda? 31:25 - How's your research influenced your life? 33:28 - Where did interest in propaganda come from? 34:48 - Jo's PhD 35:58 - Benefits of learning history 37:32 - Tech leaders should understand history 39:17 - George Orwell's 1984 Ministry of Truth: Filming location? 42:03 - SHOW ENDING TRADITION: What is a good life? 👤 GUEST: LinkedIn - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Fox Uni of London Page - https://www.london.ac.uk/about/senior-executive-team/professor-jo-fox Amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Jo-Fox/author/B001JOYKW0 📱 SOCIAL: 𝕏 - https://twitter.com/heyhumanpodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thehumanpodcastinsta TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thehumanpodcasttiktok Email - heythehumanpodcast@gmail.com 🎥 EQUIPMENT: Provided by Kintek, who provide organisations with outstanding technology services - https://kintek.co.uk 🎵 MUSIC: Music by penguinmusic - Better Day from Pixabay