Theo Jaffee Podcast
Episodes
Luke Drago - AGI, The Intelligence Curse, and Hip-Hop
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Luke Drago is the co-author of The Intelligence Curse and previously researched AI governance and economics at BlueDot Impact, served on the leadershi...
Alok Singh - AI, Math, Philosophy, and Erewhon
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alok Singh researches provable AI safety via formal verification using Lean at Max Tegmark’s Beneficial AI Foundation, and writes about mathematics ...
#19: Samo Burja - Superintelligence and History, Ideology, and 21st Century Philosophy
22 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Samo Burja is a writer, historian, and political scientist, the founder of civilizational consulting firm Bismarck Analysis, and the editor-in-chief o...
#18: Alec Stapp - The Institute for Progress, American Dynamism, and Fixing Governance
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alec Stapp is the co-founder and co-CEO of the Institute for Progress, a non-profit think tank dedicated to accelerating scientific, technological, an...
#17: Casey Handmer - Terraform, solar, space, Hyperloop, and how to think
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Casey Handmer is the founder and CEO of Terraform Industries and a physicist, immigrant, pilot, dad, solar enthusiast, Caltech physics PhD and former ...
#16: Stephen Grugett and Austin Chen - Manifold, Manifund, Manifest, prediction markets, and EA
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Grugett and Austin Chen are co-founders of Manifold Markets, an online play-money prediction market and competitive forecasting platform. Step...
#15: Perry Metzger - Extropians, Nanotech, AI Optimism, and the Alliance for the Future
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Perry Metzger is an entrepreneur, technology manager, consultant, computer scientist, early proponent of extropianism and futurism, and co-founder and...
#14: Robin Hanson - Cultural Drift, Ems, Elephants, Institutions, and The Future
27 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Robin Hanson is a professor of economics at George Mason University, the author of The Age of Em and The Elephant in the Brain, the writer of the blog...
#13: Nick Simmons - All About Urbit
14 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Simmons is a founding partner at Octu Ventures, a member-driven venture DAO investing in teams building on Urbit. Urbit is a new computing paradi...
#12: Paul Buchheit - Creating Gmail, Fixing Google, Narrative Understanding
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Buchheit is a programmer and entrepreneur who joined Google as its 23rd employee. He created Gmail, developed the first prototype of Google AdSen...
#11: Bryan Caplan - You Will Not Stampede Me: Essays on Non-Conformism
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bryan Caplan is a professor of economics at George Mason University, research fellow at the Mercatus Center, adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, wr...
#10: Liron Shapira - AI doom, FOOM, rationalism, and crypto
26 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Liron Shapira is an entrepreneur, angel investor, and CEO of counseling startup Relationship Hero. He’s also a rationalist, advisor for the Machine ...
#9: Dwarkesh Patel - Podcasting, AI, Talent, and Fixing Government
03 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dwarkesh Patel is the host of the Dwarkesh Podcast, where he interviews intellectuals, scientists, historians, economists, and founders about their bi...
#8: Scott Aaronson - Quantum computing, AI watermarking, Superalignment, complexity, and rationalism
13 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Aaronson is the Schlumberger Chair of Computer Science and Director of the Quantum Information Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Prev...
#7: Nora Belrose - EleutherAI, Interpretability, Linguistics, and ELK
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nora Belrose is the Head of Interpretability at EleutherAI, and a noted AI optimist. Nora’s Twitter: https://x.com/norabelrose EleutherAI Websit...
#6: Razib Khan - Genetics, ancient history, rationalism, IQ
15 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Razib Khan is a geneticist, the CXO and CSO of a biotech startup, and a writer and podcaster with interests in genetics, genomics, evolution, history,...
#5: Quintin Pope - AI alignment, machine learning, failure modes, and reasons for optimism
01 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Quintin Pope is a machine learning researcher focusing on natural language modeling and AI alignment. Among alignment researchers, Quintin stands out ...
#4: Rohit Krishnan - Developing Genius, Investing, AI Optimism, and the Future
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rohit Krishnan is a venture capitalist, economist, engineer, former hedge fund manager, and essayist. On Twitter @krishnanrohit, and on his Substack, ...
#3: Zvi Mowshowitz - Rationality, Writing, Public Policy, and AI
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Zvi Mowshowitz is a former professional Magic: The Gathering player who is a Pro Tour and Grand Prix winner, and member of the MTG Hall of Fame. He’...
#2: Carlos de la Guardia - AGI, Deutsch, Popper, knowledge, and progress
12 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Carlos de la Guardia is an independent AGI researcher inspired by the work of Karl Popper, David Deutsch, and Richard Dawkins. In his research, he see...
#1: Greg Fodor - AI, knowledge acceleration, aliens, & VR
29 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Fodor is a software engineer who’s been involved in augmented and virtual reality for over a decade. He co-founded Altspace VR, a virtual event...