The Local Maximum with Max Sklar

The Local Maximum with Max Sklar

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The Local Maximum with Max Sklar episodes

  • Ep. 207 - Max Returns with Priors
    Max returns for an in-person recording. Discussion of political comedy and the return of Jon Stewart. Then we ask: how do you form uninformed Bayesian priors?

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    1 hr 8 min
  • Ep. 206 - Topics for the New Year
    Max brings up a bunch of new news topics and expands on some old ones that are likely to be important in the new year.
    - Is the New York Times being sneaky in the Tech Section?
    - Would you like an alexa that moves around in your house?
    - Recognizing that there is a war for truth.

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    32 min
  • Ep. 205 - Developer Hegemony with Erik Dietrich
    Max exchanges views with author Erik Deitrich on the drawbacks of software engineering organizations and what to do about it.

    localmaxradio.com/205

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    39 min
  • Ep. 204 - Free Speech, Moderation, and Censorship with Johnny Nelson
    Max talking to Johnny Nelson (@generativist) about how platforms that use a top-down approach to content moderation can lead to the worst of all worlds, and how we might build a bottom-up system.

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    54 min
  • Ep. 203 - Iraq and Social Choice Theory
    Max and Aaron discussion the rule change that the Iraqi government has made in their elections and what this means from a social choice theory stand point. They compare world political systems, and discuss the problem of apportionment and the mathematical paradoxes it creates.

    localmaxradio.com/203

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    50 min
  • Ep. 202 - Tech Giants at their Saturation Points
    Max discusses recent developments in Twitter, Facebook, and Google, all tech giants who have reached their saturation points and how they are dealing with it. Jack Dorsey ditches Twitter and hands it off to go off the rails towards a editorial/propaganda network. Facebook's "Meta" change is like Mark Zuckerberg's Mid-Life Crisis according to Marc Cenedella. Chris Dixon's Tweet Storm about Web 3 explains what's happening.

    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit localmaximum.substack.com
    41 min
  • Ep. 201 - Andrew Gelman, Statistical Insights
    Max interviews Professor Andrew Gelman of Columbia on Bayesian Inference, Research, Political Prognostication, Descriptive vs Causal work, and areas of computational research.

    localmaxradio.com/201

    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit localmaximum.substack.com
    34 min
  • Ep. 200 - Milestone Metachat
    Max and Aaron pull out some interesting stats from the first 200 episodes of the Local Maximum

    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit localmaximum.substack.com
    56 min

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Join Max Sklar and guests in this podcast about AI, technology, and society. Email [email protected] for questions and feedback.