Ben Chugg
Co-Host of Increments
I'm a PhD student in machine learning and statistics at CMU, where I work on various problems in mathematical statistics and probability theory. My background involves some math, some computer science, and a stint at a law school where I learned to pretend that I knew something about law.
Ben Chugg has hosted 83 Episodes.
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#17 - Against Longtermism
December 18th, 2020 | 1 hr 30 mins
bayesianism, effective altruism, expected value, longtermism
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#16 - Social Media II: Conversation, Privacy, and Odds & Ends
December 9th, 2020 | 50 mins 12 secs
outrage, privacy, progress, social media, technology, violence
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#15 - Social Media I: Manipulation, Outrage, and Documentaries
November 11th, 2020 | 1 hr 22 mins
disagreement, documentaries, echo chambers, ideology, polarization, social media
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#14 (C&R Series, Ch.16) - Prediction, Prophecy, and Fascism
October 24th, 2020 | 1 hr 8 mins
communism, fascism, historicism, prediction, prophecy, social science
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#13 - Privacy with Stephen Caines
October 15th, 2020 | 1 hr 1 min
facial recognition, privacy, security, surveillance
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#12 (C&R Series, Ch. 17) - Public Opinion and Liberal Principles
October 12th, 2020 | 1 hr 15 mins
diversity, free speech, horseshoe politics, polarization, public opinion
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#11 - Debating Existential Risk
September 16th, 2020 | 1 hr 29 mins
bayesianism, existential risk, probability, progress, rationality
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#10 (C&R Series, Ch. 4) - Tradition
August 13th, 2020 | 1 hr 15 mins
criticism, knowledge, progress, rationality, tradition
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#9 - Facial Recognition Technology with Stephen Caines
August 6th, 2020 | 1 hr 22 mins
ai, clearview, creepy af, facial recognition, law
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#8 - Philosophy of Probability III: Conjectures and Refutations
July 28th, 2020 | 1 hr 10 mins
ben does a 180, conjectures and refutations, karl popper, probability
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#7 - Philosophy of Probability II: Existential Risks
July 7th, 2020 | 1 hr 37 mins
ai, bayesianism, existential risk, expected value
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#6 - Philosophy of Probability I: Introduction
July 1st, 2020 | 1 hr 17 mins
bayesianism, epistemology, frequency, induction, probability
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#5 - Incrementalism Revisited: Defund the Police
June 17th, 2020 | 1 hr 16 mins
conversation, error-correction, police, politics
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#3 - Incrementalism vs Revolution: Prison Abolition
May 24th, 2020 | 1 hr 22 mins
abolition, incrementalism, progress, revolution