
Vaden Masrani
Co-Host of Increments
I’m currently a Ph.D student at the University of British Columbia where I focus on machine learning, probabilistic programming, bayesian inference and other topics included under the umbrella term "artificial intelligence." I'm also interested on the applied side of machine learning, and have worked on computer vision, natural language processing for biomedical applications, and particle physics in my masters and undergraduate days.
Here, however, I try to avoid all the technical mumbo-jumbo and just shoot the s*** with my good buddy, and childhood friend, Ben Chugg. Some philosopher we never talk about once said "because knowledge is an adventure of ideas", and that's our only goal with the podcast - to enjoy the adventure.
Vaden Masrani has hosted 86 Episodes.
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#21 (C&R Series, Ch.1) - The Problem of Induction
March 23rd, 2021 | 53 mins 58 secs
epistemology, induction, natural law, philosophy of science, popper
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#20 (HTI crossover episode) - Roundtable Longtermism Discussion
March 8th, 2021 | 3 hrs 14 mins
debate, effective altruism, longtermism
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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