Robert Wright's Nonzero
Hosted by Robert Wright · Nonzero
4.6from 709 ratings
- 601
- Episodes
- 244
- Transcribed
- 709
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
- 15M
- YouTube views
About Robert Wright's Nonzero
Conversations with a series of people who have nothing in common except that program host Robert Wright is curious about what they’re thinking. www.nonzero.org (https://www.nonzero.org?utm_medium=podcast)
- Publisher
- Nonzero
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 21 May 2019
- Latest episode
- 22 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
244 of 601 episodes have a transcript.
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Superintelligence, the Singularity, and the Singleton (Robert Wright & Nick Bostrom)
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
What’s Driving Dario? (Robert Wright, Derek Davison, and Daniel Bessner)
16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Is the AI "Slowdown" for Real? (Robert Wright & Zvi Mowshowitz)
Inside a recent episode
Superintelligence, the Singularity, and the Singleton (Robert Wright & Nick Bostrom)
Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So I think that's an interesting question. I think it's not the only relevant question. I think helping existing people is not the only thing that should factor into our decision calculus. I think we should also put some weight on you know ensuring that the the further future goes well whether or not we are parts of it. So in an all things considered evaluation you would need to add in other analysis as well that takes into account how it affects levels of existential risk. But if we zoom in and focus on the impact of currently existing people, then what I meant by the condition being terminal is that we look very likely to die soon in the absence of some radical change, a breakthrough in AI that could sort of unlock almost magical technological powers. […]
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- Nick Bostrom
- Derek Davison
- Daniel Bessner
- Zvi Mowshowitz
- Liron Shapira
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 14,986,437
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 594 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 115 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 82 / 100
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- Quality
- 100
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 67
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