Episode 76 - Can You Believe This Clown Show?

Wes, Eneasz, and David discuss the news from the last two weeks from a rationalist perspectiveSupport us on Substack!News discussed:A pretty good open-source LLM with a webapp interface has been releasedIran Followup - young couple give (combined) 10year jail sentence for dancing in public (and filming it)Iran’s Revolutionary Guard increasingly deployed in protest crack-downs.East Palestine, Ohio local police department declares unrestricted chemical warfare on OhioSummaryOn-the-ground footageMoreReporters trying to find out what the heck happened getting arrestedTurkey hit with 7.8 & 7.5 mag earthquakes. 35K dead. Reports that building codes were waived for years partly responsible. Jobs for everyone!H5N1 can/has spread to mammalsOpenAI released an AI safety policy proposal. It sucks unbelievable quantities of ass.Getty Images suing Stable Diffusing for 1.8 TrillionThe eighth seal of the apocalypse has broken, and the deepfake boner pill scams have poured forth to cover the EarthA judge in Colombia used ChatGPT to make a court rulingDemocrats made South Carolina the first primary instead of IowaNew Hampshire is not playing ballCovid is over… on May 11thHappy News!California nuked its zoning codeDevelopers are sharing creative ideasIndia discovers 5.9m tonnes of Lithium!Only 13 human cases of Guinea worm disease in 2022SpaceX successfully static-fire tests StarshipA new way to significantly increase the potency of almost any vaccine has been developed by International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) at Northwestern University. The paper is here.Brain Cancer Vaccine being developedGot something to say? Come chat with us on the Bayesian Conspiracy Discord or email us at [email protected]. Say something smart and we’ll mention you on the next show!Follow us!RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themindkillerGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iqs7r7t6cdxw465zdulvwikhekmPocket Casts: https://pca.st/vvcmifu6 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-mind-killer Apple: Intro/outro music: On Sale by Golden Duck Orchestra This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindkiller.substack.com