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Ep. 218 - Sampling Bias Correction Mar 22, 2022

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Max talks to Aaron about his newly published academic paper, "Sampling Bias Correction for Supervised Machine Learning".
Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2203.06239.pdf
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Ep. 217 - Voices from Ukraine Mar 15, 2022

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Max talks to and accepts submissions from Ukrainians who are living in that country and around the world to tell their stories about the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war. These uncensored stories give a different side to what's happening on the ground.
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Ep. 216 - Corona-Fascism with Alu Axelman Mar 08, 2022

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Today's guest is Alu Axelman, author of Corona-Fascism that excoriates policies and attitudes imposed to fight the coronavirus.
Max talks about his strategy on covid.
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Ep. 215 - Polina Shevchenko: Growing up in Donetsk Mar 03, 2022

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Today's conversation is with Polina Shevchenko, who is a data analyst at Bolt in Tallinn. She grew up in Donetsk, which is one of the breakaway regions related to the Russia invasion. Max talks to Polina about growing up in Donetsk, and what the last week has been like for Ukrainians abroad and in their home country.
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Ep. 214 - War in Ukraine, New York Times Bias Mar 01, 2022

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In a late night discussion, Max and Aaron think about recent developments in Ukraine and Max's trip there a few years ago.
Max finds headlines in the New York Times that are using the crisis to disparage cryptocurrencies and Duck Duck Go, while also getting some interesting information from those same articles.
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Ep. 213 - Artificial Consciousness Controversy Feb 22, 2022

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Max discusses the recent tweet by OpenAI scientist leaving open the possibility of their AI being a little bit conscious, and the ensuing ridicule and strong disagreement from the AI community. He goes in-depth on the philosophy and thinking that drives AI research, and how to frame the debate around consciousness and intelligence.
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Ep. 212 - Bitcoin and the Lightning Network with Guy Swann Feb 15, 2022

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Max talks to Bitcoin Audible host Guy Swann about the developing lightning network, including (recent) historical background and how to use it.
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Ep. 211 - Competition, Consolidation, and Shock Feb 08, 2022

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The drop in Meta stock shows the effects of increased competition over users, ad dollars, and privacy controls. Max talks about this along with other industry updates.
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Ep. 210 - Metaverse Hype and Infinite Sets Feb 01, 2022

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Max and Aaron discuss the hype around the metaverse with Microsoft's recently monster-sized acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Then, they move on the philosophical discussion of the axiom of infinite sets, and the meaning of numbers.
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Ep. 209 - Wiped Off the Face of the Internet Jan 25, 2022

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Max talks about the ultimately futile attempts by tech companies to silence their critics and political enemies.
- includes a tweet storm that was recently banned even from the internet archive.
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