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
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Another DeepSeek Moment? | NonZero World feat. Robert Wright
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47:08This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org 0:29 Connor’s Cuba adventure 1:41 Chinese-owned Manus AI makes waves 8:35 Is Manus just a fancy ‘wrapper’ for US AI? 15:20 Why Manus makes global AI cooperation more urgent 23:39 Can Trump deport a green card holder over political speech? 34:58 Making sense of Trump's Ukr…
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Canada, Tesla, and Other Trump-Musk Troubles (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
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41:00This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org 0:28 Does Paul have CDS (Chaos Desensitization Syndrome)? 4:06 Worthwhile Canadian backlash 9:54 Elon’s Tesla problem 15:34 Trump 2.0’s free speech crackdown 18:28 The primal psychology of Trump and Elon 26:10 Bezos and university presidents bow to Trump 36:29 Heading to …
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50 Days of Trump 2.0 (Robert Wright & Eric Levitz)
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45:00This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org 0:28 Is the chaos starting to subside? 11:46 Trump’s tariff strategy (or lack thereof)18:56 Trump’s baffling, backfiring Canada obsession 26:01 Elon’s darkly weird grandfather 38:01 Has America gone full oligarchy? 43:16 Heading to Overtime Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evo…
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Trump’s Disruptive Foreign Policy (Robert Wright, Derek Davison, and Daniel Bessner)
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29:05This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org 0:28 What could go right with Trump’s foreign policy? 8:11 Trump’s Bibi-pleasing Middle East path 13:49 How would Europe-led defence of Europe work? 15:55 What most miss about the Oval Office blowup 19:44 Has relying on America doomed Ukraine? 26:53 Heading to Overtime Ro…
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Mutually Assured AI Malfunction (Robert Wright & Dan Hendrycks)
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1:06:26This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org 0:28 Dan’s new paper, “Superintelligence Strategy” 2:58 “Mutually assured AI malfunction” 7:46 Does China see America’s AI policy as a grave threat? 14:45 How likely is US-China conflict over superintelligence? 25:26 How America’s chip war makes war over Taiwan more likel…
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Trump vs. Zelensky: The Morning After (Robert Wright & Andrew Day)
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35:17This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org 0:28 Andrew’s new gig (and gifts) 3:38 Play-by-play of the Oval Office blowup 9:28 Zelensky’s and Trump’s obsessions 16:55 What are Russia’s red lines? 26:36 Guaranteeing Ukraine’s (and Europe’s) security 33:49 Heading to Overtime Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of …
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How to Slash the Pentagon Budget | NonZero World feat. Julia Gledhill
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32:30This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org 0:30 Introduction 2:21 How the Pentagon budget got so big 6:55 How to cut $60 billion in military spending this year 15:11 The privatization of weapons acquisitions 19:12 Prospects for military budget reform under Trump Recorded February 28, 2025. Read this week's edition…
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Hockey, Trump, and Other US-Canada Issues (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
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41:38This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org 0:28 Paul’s cold take on US-Canada relations 4:38 How representative is representative government, really? 11:36 Bob’s plan to end hockey fights 17:24 A worthwhile Canadian initiative to dump Musk 21:55 What makes James Bond James Bond? 32:05 Bob’s reign as TV analysis ki…
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Trump 2.0 and the Law (Robert Wright & Jack Goldsmith)
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1:49:110:28 Jack’s experience with presidential power 1:56 Unpacking Trump’s Pentagon and DOJ purges 10:57 Which legal battles could Trump win? 19:39 The Trump-Musk chaos: bug or feature? 27:07 How Trump is putting “unitary executive theory” into practice 36:34 Is a unitary executive unconstitutional? 50:33 Heading to Overtime Robert Wright (Nonzero, The …
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Trump: Peacemaker or Chaos Agent? | NonZero World feat. Robert Wright
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36:46This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org 0:30 Intro and housekeeping 2:02 Trump's very good, very bad week on Ukraine 13:18 Trump vs his foreign policy team? 19:42 Great-power competition and its discontents 24:32 Musk runs roughshod over DC Recorded February 21, 2025. Read this week's edition of the Earthling: …
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Interpreting AI’s Acceleration (Robert Wright & Nora Belrose)
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50:34This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org 0:28 Nora’s work on AI alignment and interpretability 2:21 Is *a* singularity near? 9:52 Nora: AI may take my job within two years 14:56 The reason(ing) behind AI’s latest acceleration 24:14 Thinking through the “chain-of-thought” process 41:44 AI “thinking” vs human thin…
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The Perils of a New Cold War | NonZero World feat. Van Jackson
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33:55This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org 0:29 Van's new book, The Rivalry Peril 2:28 What policymakers forget about the first Cold War 12:54 The roots of the US-China cold war 19:33 The end of globalization and the rise of economic nationalism 26:54 How rivalry deepens inequality in both the US and China Recorde…
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Canada vs Trump, OpenAI vs Google (and Musk) (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
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45:40This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org 0:28 The newly united state of Canada 9:21 What’s Elon’s endgame? 17:32 Ross Douthat gives doubting Paul pause 22:56 Which AI ad won the Super Bowl? 31:57 The real stakes of Elon’s OpenAI bid 38:27 Trump 2.0's free speech hypocrisy 44:14 Heading to Overtime Robert Wright …
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Why Wokeness Failed (Robert Wright & Musa al-Gharbi)
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54:50This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org 0:28 Musa’s track record as Trump-reader and his new book, We Have Never Been Woke 2:19 The reason Trump won—twice 14:49 Messaging that works for the working class 20:58 Has the left lost the faith(ful)? 27:39 Who is wokeness even for? 33:44 Biden’s bad messaging 36:04 Wh…
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Trump's Shock-and-Awe: Madness or Method? | NonZero World Feat. Robert Wright
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42:17This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org 0:00 Housekeeping 3:20 Making sense of the USAID cuts 15:52 Trump's push for ethnic cleansing in Gaza 24:27 How Trump's tariffs undermine US power 32:54 Deep Research and the AI arms race Recorded February 07, 2025. https://twitter.com/Nonzero Newshttps://twitter.com/Nonz…
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The Truth About DeepSeek (Robert Wright & Paul Triolo)
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1:00:34This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org 0:28 Paul’s new newsletter, AIStackDecrypted 2:33 Sketchy DeepSeek narratives: debunked 15:15 How connected are DeepSeek and the Chinese government? 27:22 China, Meta, and the open source AI debate(s) 38:58 Paul’s problem with AGI “takeoff” 47:23 The real lesson to take f…
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Trump vs International Law (Robert Wright & Mark Leon Goldberg)
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41:16This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org 0:28 Mark’s newsletter, podcast, and Bloggingheads roots 3:45 Is Trump really anti-internationalist? 8:30 Who was the most pro-UN post-Cold-War president? 13:25 Is global governance doomed? 17:16 Scoring the UN’s post-Cold War track record 24:08 ICC and ICJ 101 33:17 Why …
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The China AI Panic | NonZero World Feat. Elizabeth Beavers
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53:05This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org 0:13 Some brief NonZero World housekeeping 5:37 Trump, China and AI 31:35 Connor's interview with national security law expert Elizabeth Beavers about Trump's use of terror designations Recorded January 31, 2025.Av Robert Wright
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The AI Tsunami Approaches (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
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45:25This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org 0:28 Two theories of Musk’s “salute” 6:18 DeepSeek-R1: Salvo or olive branch? 16:23 The misappropriation of Musk’s AI doomerism 23:43 Is the AI avatar era already upon us? 39:26 Paul fills Bob in on his “empty threat” theory 43:44 Heading to Overtime Robert Wright (Nonzer…
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Bonus Episode: The Meaning of the DeepSeek Shock
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13:20This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org Robert Wright and Connor Echols discuss the panic over R1, a new, open-source AI model from Chinese startup DeepSeek.Av Robert Wright
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An American Jew Reflects on Gaza (Robert Wright & Peter Beinart)
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53:47This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org 0:28 Peter’s new book, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza 1:42 Is it anti-Semitic to say Israeli policies foster anti-Semitism? 7:24 Zionism’s many meanings 10:44 How are American Jews grappling with Israel-Gaza? 16:44 The Democrats’ Israel bind 24:11 Is all hope …
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American Problems, Global Solutions | NonZero World Feat. Natasha Hakimi Zapata
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45:370:00 Intro 1:35 Natasha's new book, Another World Is Possible: Lessons for America from Around the Globe Recorded January 14, 2025. https://twitter.com/NonzeroNewshttps://twitter.com/NonzeroPods This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.nonzero.org/subscribe…
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Human Agency vs "Agentic” AI (Robert Wright & Kanjun Qiu)
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47:31This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org 0:28 Kanjun’s role as CEO of AI research lab Imbue 2:45 Worrying about a “Wall-E world” 13:32 Building human-centric AI agents 22:05 How far away is truly “agentic” AI? 32:00 The road to AI serfdom 40:42 Does the AI revolution call for a psychological revolution? 45:24 He…
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Trump 2.0 and US Foreign Policy (Robert Wright & Thomas Friedman)
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1:04:550:00 Tom’s Pulitzer-Prize hat trick 1:03 Why Beijing is relatively calm about Trump’s reelection 9:33 China hawkism in the AI community 15:24 What’s Trump’s logic re Greenland and Panama? 22:44 On Israel-Palestine, is a two-state solution still possible? 31:06 How a stable ceasefire in Gaza could transform Israeli politics 36:17 Why Trump may be be…
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Trump’s Gaza Win, Biden’s Legacy Woes | NonZero World Feat. Robert Wright
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50:50This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.nonzero.org 0:30 News bites 17:28 Gaza ceasefire deep dive 33:24 Bob joins to talk about Biden's legacy and Trump's imminent return to the White House Read this week's edition of the Earthling: https://nonzero.substack.com/p/the-looming-tech-takeover Recorded January 17, 2025.…
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