The Turing Test

Holly Elmore

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SOCIETY & CULTURE

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! hollyelmore.substack.com

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, and was a contributor to the first Copenhagen consensus, a project that seeks to establish … Continue reading "The Turing Test #9: Lant Pritchett" Get full access to Holly Elmore at hollyelmore.substack.com/subscribe

1h 15m
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 which creates novel software products designed to solve problems in the world. A few of … Continue reading "The Turing Test #8: Spencer Greenberg" Get full access to Holly Elmore at hollyelmore.substack.com/subscribe

1h 15m
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 also the author of the books The Myth of the Rational Voter, Selfish Reasons to … Continue reading "The Turing Test #7: Bryan Caplan" Get full access to Holly Elmore at hollyelmore.substack.com/subscribe

1h 47m
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 cost-effective organizations in the global health space. Before joining the Charity Science team, Scott conducted … Continue reading "The Turing Test #6: Scott Weathers" Get full access to Holly Elmore at hollyelmore.substack.com/subscribe

52 min
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 long-run future. (Full-disclosure, Holly is currently a contractor for FRI.) Previously, Brian earned to give … Continue reading "The Turing Test #5: Brian Tomasik" Get full access to Holly Elmore at hollyelmore.substack.com/subscribe

1h 23m
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 lights of analytical philosophy, including Peter Singer, who served on his comittee. After doing a … Continue reading "The Turing Test #4: Josh Greene" Get full access to Holly Elmore at hollyelmore.substack.com/subscribe

1h 5m
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 devices and road-mapped approaches for whole-brain mapping. He also participated in the development of new … Continue reading "The Turing Test #3: Adam Marblestone" Get full access to Holly Elmore at hollyelmore.substack.com/subscribe

1h 37m
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) to explore the limits of their congnitive abilities. Long story short: she still hasn’t reached … Continue reading "The Turing Test #2: Irene Pepperberg" Get full access to Holly Elmore at hollyelmore.substack.com/subscribe

48 min
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 Treasury under the Clinton adminstration, Director of the National Economic Council under Obama. Since economics is … Continue reading "The Turing Test #1: Larry Summers" Get full access to Holly Elmore at hollyelmore.substack.com/subscribe

20 min

9 Episodes

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brian is great but

09/18/2019

kerietrax

i wish that ya'll wouldn't spend the whole interview giggling. brian was excellent though.

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Holly Elmore
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2017 - 2019
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9
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The Turing Test

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

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brian is great but

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