#343 — What Is "Islamophobia"?

Sam Harris speaks with Cameron Berg about whether AI systems are or could become conscious. They discuss self-reports in LLMs, what models say when deception is switched off, the "bliss attractor" state, consciousness and sentience, the hard problem of consciousness, parallels be ...  Show more

Sam Harris speaks with Kathryn Paige Harden about behavioral genetics, moral luck, and the problem of blame. They discuss Harden's book Original Sin, the controversy over Charles Murray and Ezra Klein, why behavioral genetics remains taboo, the meaning of heritability, nature and ...  Show more

In a bumper 2 hour episode neuroscientist, author and fellow podcaster Sam Harris and I discuss the effects and rationality of religious belief, the illusion of freedom, Western intervention in the Middle East and where true power lies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...  Show more

Written Summaries: https://www.owltail.com/summaries/26758-waking-up-with-sam-harris Other podcast summaries if you're on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summaries Or in other apps: search 'podcast summaries'. Original episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/making-sen ...  Show more

Written Summaries: https://www.owltail.com/summaries/26758-waking-up-with-sam-harris Other podcast summaries if you're on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summaries Or in other apps: search 'podcast summaries'. Original episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/making-sen ...  Show more

Written Summaries: https://www.owltail.com/summaries/26758-waking-up-with-sam-harris/kInF6-254-The-Mating-Strategies-of-Earthlings Other podcast summaries if you're on Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/5-min-summaries Or in other apps: search 'podcast summaries'. Original episode: ht ...  Show more