Sam Altman Part 2: Doomsday Prepping and Simulation Hypothesis
Dystopia Now · Kate Willett and Emile Torres
April 17, 20251h 15m
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This episode we began with a discussion of Peter Singer and eugenics ideas in the Effective Altruism community. And more Sam Altman-- his firing at Open AI, his doomsday prepping and his version of utopia.
Sam Altman & OpenAI
- Moore's Law for Everything – Sam Altman's Blog
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Is a Survivalist Prepper – Futurism
- Sam Altman's Manifest Destiny – The New Yorker
- The Most Powerful Man in AI – New York Magazine
OpenAI Controversy
- The Real Story Behind Sam Altman's Firing From OpenAI – WSJ
- Former OpenAI Employee Sounds Alarm on Altman – Futurism
- Sam Altman Reinstated at OpenAI – The Guardian
Tech Utopias & Praxis
- Altman-Backed Praxis Eyes Kyiv and Athens for Tech Utopia – Bloomberg
- Praxis: Tech Dystopia as the Next America – The Nerd Reich
Science, Ethics & Philosophy
- Dyson Sphere – Wikipedia
- Simulation Hypothesis – Wikipedia
- The Matrix as Reality: Simulation Hypothesis Explained – Vox
Longevity & Biohacking
- Sam Altman Invested $180M in Anti-Aging Startup Retro Biosciences – MIT Technology Review
Ethics, Exploitation & Effective Altruism
- Red Cobalt: Mining in the Congo – NPR
- Shrimp Welfare Project – Official Site
- Introducing the Shrimp Welfare Project – Effective Altruism Forum
- Against Speciesism – Jacobin