I'm happy to announce that the first episodes of Harvard Effective Altruism's podcast, the Turing Test, are already online.
The first four episodes feature
- Larry Summers on his career, economics and EA
- Irene Pepperberg on animal cognition and ethics
- Josh Greene on moral cognition and EA
- Adam Marblestone on incentives in science, differential technological development etc.
My co-host Holly Elmore and I recorded a couple more, including Lant Pritchett, Bryan Caplan, Scott Weathers, Spencer Greenberg and Brian Tomasik. Among other things, the guest has to pass an "ideological Turing Test" - i.e. state opposing views as clearly and persuasively as their proponents.
You should be able to subscribe on your favorite platform. We're looking forward to hearing your feedback!
Thanks :) The idea behind the Ideological Turing Test is (a) to put epistemic rationality into the spotlight (b) to see how good a model the guests have of the debate and how well they considered the other side, which should help you think about how seriously you should take their claims (c) we think it's kind of fun :)