The Turing Test

By Holly Elmore

Society & Culture Government & Organizations Non-Profit

What's The Turing Test about?

Harvard student Effective Altruism members Holly Elmore and Ales Flidr interviews thinkers, movers, and shakers to "test" whether they can see important issues from different perspectives. Season 1 guests include Larry Summers, Josh Greene, Irene Pepperberg, and more!

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The Turing Test episodes:

09.24.2019
The Turing Test #9: Lant Pritchett
In this episode, we interview Lant Pritchett, Professor of the Practice of International Development at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. After obtaining his PhD in Economics from MIT, he worked at the World Bank for many years,...
05.13.2019
The Turing Test #8: Spencer Greenberg
How to introduce Spencer Greenberg? He’s a man who wears many hats– entrepreneur, doctorate in applied math from New York University, researcher, startup founder, and he’s extremely productive in his spare time, too! He founded Spark Wave, a startup foundry...
04.14.2019
The Turing Test #7: Bryan Caplan
Bryan Caplan is an economist and professor of economics at George Mason University, research fellow at the Mercatus Center, adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute and a frequent contributor to Freakonomics as well as publishing his own blog, EconLog. He’s...
09.25.2017
The Turing Test #6: Scott Weathers
Scott is a student at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health and the Associate Project Director of Charity Science: Health – a new charity founded within the effective altruism community with the goal of becoming one of the most...
09.17.2017
The Turing Test #5: Brian Tomasik
Brian Tomasik writes about ethics, animal welfare, and far-future scenarios from a suffering-focused perspective, all of which you can find on reducing-suffering.com. He helped to found Foundational Research Institute, a think tank that explores crucial considerations for reducing suffering in the...
08.31.2017
The Turing Test #4: Josh Greene
Joshua Greene is a professor in the Harvard Department of Psychology where he runs the Moral Cognition Lab. He received his bachelor’s degree from Harvard and then a PhD in philosophy at Princeton where he was mentored by many bright...
08.24.2017
The Turing Test #3: Adam Marblestone
Adam Marblestone is Chief Strategy Officer of Kernel, and a part-time research scientist with the Synthetic Neurobiology group at MIT. His PhD was in Biophysics at Harvard, under George Church. There he co-authored experimental and theoretical papers on molecular recording...
07.24.2017
The Turing Test #2: Irene Pepperberg
In episode 2, we test Irene Pepperberg on animal cognition and symbolic communication. Dr. Pepperberg worked with Alex the African Grey Parrot for 30 years, until his untimely death, and continues to work with other African Greys (Athena and Griffin)...
06.10.2017
The Turing Test #1: Larry Summers
In our first episode, we “test” Larry Summers, the famous economist. Now a professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Dr. Summers has served as Vice President of Development Economics and Chief Economist of the World Bank, Secretary of the...

What's The Turing Test about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Turing Test episodes:

The Turing Test #9: Lant Pritchett

The Turing Test #8: Spencer Greenberg

The Turing Test #7: Bryan Caplan

The Turing Test #6: Scott Weathers

The Turing Test #5: Brian Tomasik

The Turing Test #4: Josh Greene

The Turing Test #3: Adam Marblestone

The Turing Test #2: Irene Pepperberg

The Turing Test #1: Larry Summers