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Variance

Arun Rao

Society & Culture

Science

Frequency: 1 episode/119d. Total Eps: 3

Discover how bold ideas are born. In each episode, we sit down with trailblazers in science, tech, art, and design to uncover the variant mindsets and views that spark breakthroughs. Tune in for insights into what it takes to upend convention—and create something truly new.

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4 | Teaching AI How to Be Moral (Jared Moore of Stanford) 31 JAN 2026

Season 1 · Episode 4

Sunday, February 1, 2026 • Duration 01:02:54

Can we make moral AI agents? Can these agents get good enough to provide therapy and other personal services to humans, and even if they can, is that a good idea? Are language models sentient and deserving of moral concern - and how would we know? How do we incorporate a pluralistic set of views into AI systems?

Join Jared Moore, a computer scientist, AI alignment researcher, and educator probing how large language models understand (and sometimes misunderstand) human minds and values. Now at Stanford University, he investigates social reasoning, theory-of-mind, and the pitfalls of machine deception while co-creating courses like "How to Make a Moral Agent." Jared blends rigorous research with creative outreach—publishing on pluralistic alignment, writing a satirical novel about conscious AI, and building installations that turn code into poetry—to push the question: how can we make AI systems reliably do what we want, for everyone's benefit?

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Jared's Personal Website

How to Make a Moral Agent

Why LLMs Won't Replace Therapists Anytime Soon

Are Large Language Models Consistent over Value-laden Questions?

The Strength of the Illusion: a satirical novel about AI

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2 | AI Reliability and Humans Testing Language Models (Anastasios Angelopolous of LM Arena) - - 20-AUG-2025

Season 1 · Episode 2

Wednesday, August 20, 2025 • Duration 57:00

How fast is AI really improving, and how do we know? What guarantees can we expect from AI systems to be robust and reliable? What is AGI and have we gotten there? Can AI systems show creativity or even sentience?

Join Anastasios Angelopoulos as he lays out his thoughts to these hard questions, as he and his partners build the world's most sophisticated ways to test LLMs as they get better faster than everyone expects.

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Anastasios's Personal Website
Conformal Prediction (Science of AI reliability)
LM Arena (Humans testing LLMs)
DeepSeek and DeepSeek R1

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Architecture for Housing Crises, Wildfires, and Electric Cars (Dan Spiegel of SAW Architects) - 25-MAY-2025

Season 1 · Episode 1

Monday, June 9, 2025 • Duration 51:59

Why does it cost so much to build housing? How can we build to live in a world of climate change and wildfires? How will electric cars and charging stations change gas station architecture?

Join Dan Spiegel of SAW Architects as he lays out his solutions to these problems, as he and his partner spend time between San Francisco, Osaka, and Rome.

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SAW Website
SAW Instagram Page
Community project - Lots will Tear us Apart
Saana Japanese house steel plates
Looking After the Fires
Expo 2025 Pavilions in Osaka Japan
Grave of the Fireflies

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