One Decision

This is a good and entertaining podcast presented in the main by two highly intelligent people. But listening to them, I get the impression that their Achilles heel is that neither of them are quite as bright as they think they are. Dearlove is a pro US Brexiteer (and we know what a great idea that was) whilst Julia Macfarlane seems to like the sound of her own voice and in her interviews talks far more than her interviewees. This is no better illustrated than in her interview with Eliezer Yudkowsky on the dangers of AI, a subject she hasn’t thought through and knows next to nothing about. This doesn’t stop her rambling interminably when we’d sooner listen to the expert. Richard Dearlove doesn’t seem to be any more insightful on the subject. Still, generally a good listen if a slightly complacent one.