The Bayesian Conspiracy

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The podcast currently has 316 episodes available.

The Bayesian Conspiracy episodes:

October 15, 2025 248 – Seeking Alpha, with Jay
Jay talks with us about finding Alpha – returns above the base rate – in every day life (and what this means).
LINKS
Optimize Everything, Jay’s substack
Jay on Twitter
Arbor Trading Bootcamp
Kelsey’s argument that We Need To Be Able To Sue AI Companies
00:00:05 – Alpha with Jay
01:28:53 – Guild of the Rose
01:31:00 – Miscellanea
01:40:58 – Thank the Supporter!
Our Patreon, or if you prefer Our SubStack
Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong?
We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out.
LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:
on hiatus, returning soon
...more
1h 44min
October 01, 2025 247 – The Void, with Matt Freeman, part 2
We continue discussing Nostalgebraist’s “The Void” in the context of how to relate to LLMs. If God imagines Claude hard enough, does Claude become real?
LINKS
The Void
Audio reading of The Void, from AskWho
The referenced episode where the three of us spoke of Janus’s post “Simulators”
Claude-Clark post – Simulacra Welfare: Meet Clark, by Grace Kind
Golden Gate Claude
Vox on Shrimp Welfare
Kelsey Piper on UBI not helping Americans
Eneasz story collection “Dear Grom” and his novel “What Lies Dreaming”
Paid Bonus content for the week – The lads get sniped by DoofMovies.com (patreon, substack)
00:00:05 – The Void
01:32:08 – Guild of the Rose
01:35:41 – Miscellanea
01:41:45 – Thank the Supporter!
Our Patreon, or if you prefer Our SubStack
Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong?
We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out.
LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:
on hiatus, returning soon
...more
1h 44min
September 17, 2025 246 – The Void, with Matt Freeman, part 1
We discuss Nostalgebraist’s “The Void” in the context of how to relate to LLMs.
“When you talk to ChatGPT, who or what are you talking to?”
LINKS
The Void
Audio reading of The Void, from AskWho
The referenced episode where the three of us spoke of Janus’s post “Simulators”
The Measure of a Man episode
Darmok episode
Kyle Fish on 80,000 Hours podcast
Contra Shrimp Welfare
UBI Doesn’t Work
00:00:05 – The Void
01:29:17 – Guild of the Rose
01:31:10 – Miscellanea
01:40:57 – Thank the Supporter!
Our Patreon, or if you prefer Our SubStack
Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong?
We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out.
LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:
on hiatus, returning soon
...more
1h 44min
September 17, 2025 pre246 note
Audio reading of The Void, from AskWho
...more
1min
September 03, 2025 245 – AI Welfare, with Rob Long and Rosie Campbell of Eleos
Do we need to be concerned for the welfare of AIs today? What about the near future? Eleos AI Research is asking exactly that.
LINKS
Eleos AI Research
People for the Ethical Treatment of Reinforcement Learners
Bees Can’t Suffer?
Lena, by qntm
When AI Seems Conscious
Experience Machines, Rob’s substack
The War on General Computation
WaPo on Blake Lemoine
Discordianism
Twitter for: Eleos, Rob Long, Rosie Campbell
Apply for InkHaven
00:00:05 – AI Welfare
01:22:33 – InkHaven
01:27:49 – Guild of the Rose
01:31:55 – Thank the Supporter!
Our Patreon, or if you prefer Our SubStack
Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong?
We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out.
LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:
on hiatus, returning this summer
...more
1h 34min
August 20, 2025 244 – How and Why to Form a Church, with Andrew Willsen
Andrew Willsen tells us how incorporating as a church allows you to navigate modernity, and gives us the basic steps to doing so.
LINKS
Andrew’s church substack – The Church of the Infinite Game
To incorporate in CA file ARTS-PB-501(c)(3)
CA Form FTB3500 booklet
IRS document 1828 (see also the summary)
Nonprofit Compliance Checklist
The Ethical Cult Checklist
AI Anxiety Dinners
Eneasz’s follow-up post to Monogamy Police
Paid Bonus content for the week – Andrew on the End of Capitalism (patreon, substack)
Paid Bonus content for the week – Mononormativity follow-up (patreon, substack)
00:00:05 – Take Me To Church
01:09:35 – Guild of the Rose
01:11:19 – Feedback & Follow-up on Monogamy Police
01:21:28 – Thank the Supporter!
Our Patreon, or if you prefer Our SubStack
Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong?
We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out.
Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast
LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:
on hiatus, returning this summer
...more
1h 24min
August 14, 2025 Bayes Blast 45 – Bees Blast
Is a bee worth 1/7th of a human? Can a bee suffer at all? Nathan joins us to discuss what neural structures are needed for this question to make sense.
Map of all the fruitfly neurons
...more
14min
August 06, 2025 243 – Wes Is Not The Monogamy Police, with Wesly Fenza and Jennifer Kesteloot
Wes defends his post I Am Not the Monogamy Police, while Jennifer asserts it’s about more than monogamy.
LINKS
Wes’s post I Am Not the Monogamy Police
His blog, Living Within Reason
The original tweets – monogamy vs charity
Aella’s Chattel Childhood post
The Mind Killer
Our Groceries
Paid Bonus content for the week – Mononormativity follow-up (patreon, substack)
00:00:05 – The Monogamy Police
01:51:46 – Guild of the Rose
Our Patreon, or if you prefer Our SubStack
Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong?
We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out.
Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast
LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:
on hiatus, returning this summer
...more
1h 54min
August 04, 2025 Bayes Blast 44 – Play-By-Post Storytelling
Olivia from the Guild of the Rose is back to tell us about the noble and most ancient tradition of play-by-post storytelling. (Spoiler, it’s the precursor to glowfic!)
...more
17min
July 23, 2025 242 – TracingWoodgrains, live at Manifest 2025
Eneasz sits down with Tracing Woodgrains before a live audience at Manifest 2025 for a wide range of topics. Then we follow up some more afterwards.
LINKS
Tracing Woodgrains on Twitter and at his Substack
A reddit history of what convinced Trace he couldn’t remain Mormon
The Center for Educational Progress
Our previous episode with Trace were we discuss the modern secular religion of Social Justice Progressivism
Love Stays Loved by Miranda Dixon-Luinenburg (Swimmer963)
00:00:21 – Trace Live at Manifest
00:42:31 – Follow-up with Trace
01:31:33 – Guild of the Rose
Our Patreon, or if you prefer Our SubStack
Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong?
We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out.
Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast
LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode:
on hiatus, returning this summer
...more
1h 34min

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