{"id":10201,"date":"2026-10-13T15:26:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T20:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottaaronson.blog\/?p=10201"},"modified":"2026-10-13T15:26:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T20:26:33","slug":"podcasts-about-the-topic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottaaronson.blog\/?p=10201","title":{"rendered":"Podcasts about the Topic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The Topic&#8221; being, of course, the Mathocalypse, except sometimes with AI alignment and even quantum computing and complexity theory and other stuff thrown in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ORlscppGGh4\">With Ryan Peterman:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ORlscppGGh4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notably, near the end of the above podcast, you can watch my <strong>live reaction<\/strong> to the news that an Anthropic model found algorithms for the 3SUM and the All-Pairs-Shortest-Path problems beating records that stood for generations&#8212;news that hadn&#8217;t yet reached me when I woke up and logged in.  (If you don&#8217;t feel like watching, my reaction is basically: &#8220;uh, wow &#8230; if I hadn&#8217;t been so overstuffed with delicacies right now from history&#8217;s biggest math breakthrough buffet, I&#8217;d surely be giving this one the individual amazement that it deserves&#8230;&#8221;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MZrXulP7sVc\">with &#8220;Modern CTO&#8221;<\/a>, on a similar set of topics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MZrXulP7sVc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enjoy, and thanks to the hosts of both podcasts!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Topic&#8221; being, of course, the Mathocalypse, except sometimes with AI alignment and even quantum computing and complexity theory and other stuff thrown in. 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