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The only show devoted to the greatest building system in the world, LEGO! Interviews with MOC builders, webmasters of LEGO sites, and general LEGO news on all the greatest themes, from Star Wars and Indiana Jones to Castle and Space. We even do Bionicle and Exo-Force news!
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When will the world create an artificial intelligence that matches human level capabilities, better known as an artificial general intelligence (AGI)? What will that world look like & how can we ensure it's positive & beneficial for humanity as a whole? Tech entrepreneur & software engineer Soroush Pour (@soroushjp) sits down with AI experts to discuss AGI timelines, pathways, implications, opportunities & risks as we enter this pivotal new era for our planet and species. Hosted by Soroush P ...
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We speak with Stephen Casper, or "Cas" as his friends call him. Cas is a PhD student at MIT in the Computer Science (EECS) department, in the Algorithmic Alignment Group advised by Prof Dylan Hadfield-Menell. Formerly, he worked with the Harvard Kreiman Lab and the Center for Human-Compatible AI (CHAI) at Berkeley. His work focuses on better unders…
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We speak with Katja Grace. Katja is the co-founder and lead researcher at AI Impacts, a research group trying to answer key questions about the future of AI — when certain capabilities will arise, what will AI look like, how it will all go for humanity. We talk to Katja about: * How AI Impacts latest rigorous survey of leading AI researchers shows …
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We speak with Rob Miles. Rob is the host of the “Robert Miles AI Safety” channel on YouTube, the single most popular AI alignment video series out there — he has 145,000 subscribers and his top video has ~600,000 views. He goes much deeper than many educational resources out there on alignment, going into important technical topics like the orthogo…
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We speak with Thomas Larsen, Director for Strategy at the Center for AI Policy in Washington, DC, to do a "speed run" overview of all the major technical research directions in AI alignment. A great way to quickly learn broadly about the field of technical AI alignment. In 2022, Thomas spent ~75 hours putting together an overview of what everyone i…
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We speak with Ryan Kidd, Co-Director at ML Alignment & Theory Scholars (MATS) program, previously "SERI MATS". MATS (https://www.matsprogram.org/) provides research mentorship, technical seminars, and connections to help new AI researchers get established and start producing impactful research towards AI safety & alignment. Prior to MATS, Ryan comp…
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We speak with Adam Gleave, CEO of FAR AI (https://far.ai). FAR AI’s mission is to ensure AI systems are trustworthy & beneficial. They incubate & accelerate research that's too resource-intensive for academia but not ready for commercialisation. They work on everything from adversarial robustness, interpretability, preference learning, & more. We t…
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We speak with Jamie Bernardi, co-founder & AI Safety Lead at not-for-profit BlueDot Impact, who host the biggest and most up-to-date courses on AI safety & alignment at AI Safety Fundamentals (https://aisafetyfundamentals.com/). Jamie completed his Bachelors (Physical Natural Sciences) and Masters (Physics) at the U. Cambridge and worked as an ML E…
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In this episode, we speak with Prof Richard Dazeley about the implications of a world with AGI and how we can best respond. We talk about what he thinks AGI will actually look like as well as the technical and governance responses we should put in today and in the future to ensure a safe and positive future with AGI. Prof Richard Dazeley is the Dep…
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In this episode, we have back on the show Hunter Jay, CEO Ripe Robotics, our co-host on Ep 1. We synthesise everything we've heard on AGI timelines from experts in Ep 1-5, take in more data points, and use this to give our own forecasts for AGI, ASI (i.e. superintelligence), and "intelligence explosion" (i.e. singularity). Importantly, we have diff…
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In this episode, we have back on our show Alex Browne, ML Engineer, who we heard on Ep2. He got in contact after watching recent developments in the 4 months since Ep2, which have accelerated his timelines for AGI. Hear why and his latest prediction. Hosted by Soroush Pour. Follow me for more AGI content: Twitter: https://twitter.com/soroushjp Link…
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In this episode, we speak with forecasting researcher & data scientist at Amazon AWS, Ryan Kupyn, about his timelines for the arrival of AGI. Ryan was recently ranked the #1 forecaster in Astral Codex Ten's 2022 Prediction contest, beating out 500+ other forecasters and proving himself to be a world-class forecaster. He has also done work in ML & w…
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In this episode, we speak with Rain.AI CTO Jack Kendall about his timelines for the arrival of AGI. He also speaks to how we might get there and some of the implications. Hosted by Soroush Pour. Follow me for more AGI content: Twitter: https://twitter.com/soroushjp LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/soroushjp/ Show links Jack Kendall Bio: Jack i…
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In this episode, we speak with ML Engineer Alex Browne about his forecasted timelines for the potential arrival of AGI. He also speaks to how we might get there and some of the implications. Hosted by Soroush Pour. Follow me for more AGI content: Twitter: https://twitter.com/soroushjp LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/soroushjp/ == Show links =…
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We speak with AGI alignment researcher Logan Riggs Smith about his timelines for AGI. He also speaks to how we might get there and some of the implications. Hosted by Hunter Jay and Soroush Pour Show links Further writings from Logan Riggs Smith Cotra report on AGI timelines: Original report (very long) Scott Alexander analysis of this report…
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In this episode Rob Deakin, Jeremy Younger and Shelly Timson cover news and cool MOCs. Rob Interviews Gary McIntire - Master Model Builder at LEGOLAND California. News 10229 Winter Village Cottage Revealed http://tinyurl.com/9h9upon Elrond minifigure with Prepurchase of LEGO LOR game http://tinyurl.com/99ng22c Thinking with Portals! http://lego.cuu…
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In this episode Rob Deakin, Jeremy Younger and Shelly Timson cover news and cool MOCs. The crew here from visitors to Sydney Brick Show and look in what is new on Cuusoo. News Brick LIGHTS http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/280880460756?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_12432wt_1399 Minifig MMO Game http://www.funcom.com/news/funcom_to_…
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In this episode Rob Deakin, Jeremy Younger and Shelly Timson cover news and cool MOCs. The crew then talk with Christoph Bartneck about his awesome Unofficial LEGO Minifigure Catalog and robotics. News Iphone #D app http://www.lego.com/en-us/lens/Default.aspx?icmp=COUS19HomeWN2LensNewApp LOTR Game http://www.digitalspy.com.au/gaming/news/a381076/le…
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In this episode Rob Deakin, Jeremy Younger and Shelly Timson cover news and cool MOCs. Rob talks with Hong Kong LEGO Ambassador Andy Hung (Andy Bear) about AFOLs and shows in Hong Kong. Rob then has an extended interview with world class builder Schneider Cheung about his amazing creations. News The Tower Of Orthanc http://flic.kr/p/bGSbqV Color So…
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In this episode Rob Deakin, Jeremy Younger and Ryan McNaught cover news, cool MOCs and talk about the Brickvention 2012 experience. Veteran exhibitor Ryan talks about the creation of his 5.6m tall Saturn V rocket and we find out from Jeremy what it was like to be a first time exhibitor at a big expo. Robin Sather Torii Gate http://www.brickville.ca…
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In this episode Rob Deakin and Matthew Clarkson chat with Sue Ann Barber about her involvment in the hobby and the road to Brickvention 2012. We also have a guest appearance by Ryan McNaught to tell us about the 50years of LEGO Downunder. MOCs of the Moment Garbage Truck Set #4432 www.brickset.com/detail/?set=4432-1 Imperial Chinese Navy Poster www…
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In this episode Rob Deakin interviews Joe Meno about his latest adventures including his contribution to The Cult of LEGO book. Joe is the founder of BrickJournal, a print and online LEGO® fan magazine. http://www.brickjournal.com/ The Cult of LEGO http://nostarch.com/ 2012 Rail Calendar - http://www.lulu.com/product/calendar/sava-railways-2012-leg…
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In this episode Rob Deakin interviews Japanese LEGO Certified Professional Jumpei Mitsui, with help from Rohan Gillett,Travis Matheson and Andrew Bowyer. Jumpei's site is http://jumpei-mitsui.com/ Battleship - http://www.geocities.jp/jun_brick/yamato_m.html Space Battle ship - http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=58795 Japanese LEGO part…
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In episode 104 of LAMLradio James Wadsworth chats with Rob Deakin and Matt Clarkson about the latest happenings in the LEGO universe (yes, that word choice is intentional). LEGO Universe ends -To be shut down January 31st, 2012115 employees to be laid off (sort of) LEGO Design byME to close January 2012 -“Design byME has proven to be too complex fo…
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In this episode of LAMLradio Kevin Hall is interviewed by Rob Deakin and Matt Clarkson. Kevin is a long time contributor to the Classic Castle community and also builds professionally. See some of Kevin Creations on flickr. -The Kingdom of Andrastavia -Contact Kevin via his website Feedback? Email podcast@laml.org or comment in the blog below. In t…
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In episode #97 of LAMLradio I pickup the Skype phone and give Justin "BrickMiner" Carmien a call. Feedback? Email podcast@laml.org or comment in the blog It has been a long time, hasn't it? I'm not going to give the usual excuses and promises that normally mark a new episode's release, but I will say this episode was recorded WAYYYY back in the spr…
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LAMLradio is back! Its been sometime since our last interview show, so this episode we’ve got the incredibly talented “FancyPants” on to talk about his latest Brickfilm, The Force Unleashed. Links/Resources Mentioned -mindgame -filmyguy -Keshen -How to make LEGO fly -freesounds.org Feedback? Email podcast@laml.org or comment in the blog…
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We are back! And beyond that, we're three weeks late for our "Yearin Review" show. Yes, this is the LAMLradio you know (and likely hate)!I'm joined by Aaron Andrews to take a look back at some of the bestMOCs of 2009. You won't be happy with our picks, but you might enjoythem. Bionicle Castle Military Technic/Mindstorm Town Train Space Star Wars Pi…
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In episode #94 of LAMLradio Aaron lets James in on the secret of what his problem really is... Star Wars. We are also joined by Jonathan Bender, author of the newly titled book LEGO: A Love Story,to discuss everything from what the world would look like after theapocalypse to how to best camp out for the upcoming LEGO movie. Jamesalso sits down wit…
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In Episode #93 of LAMLradio we cover all the news that has beencoming out over the last few months. From LEGO Atlantis to the Pirateadvent calendar, we blaze through it all. Excuse the awful drawing. On a side note, this will be last news centric show for sometime. We're going to spend more time on interviews in future shows. Feedback? Email podcas…
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In Episode #92 of LAMLradio James is joined by cohosts Aaron Andrews and Matthew "Brickapolis" for a quick look at BrickCon 2009and the MOCs of the Week. An update on what James and Aaron are doingis given, Bill Ward joins us to talk about his time in Seattle atBrickCon, and Anthony Sava comes on to talk about his latest train model. MOCs of the We…
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In Episode #87 James is joined by the "meanest guitarist in the LEGOcommunity" to talk about all the latest news, including newlyreleased LEGO Rockband. We also discuss the troubles one might run into when building a mountain. Clearly, the task of building a mountain has had an adverse mental effect on our cohost. MOCs of the Week Feedback? Email p…
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Its Monday which means James and Aaron are back at it. Talking about their favourite MOCs from the past week. P.S. If your calendar is telling you its really Tuesday, Isuggest you get it checked! Because my internal calendar is clearlytelling me its a Monday. MOCs of the Week Feedback? Email podcast@laml.org or comment in the blog below.…
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In Episode #81 of LAMLradio, James is joined by Magnus and Aaronto talk about the latest news in the LEGO world. From rumors of a LEGOHobbit to the flickr 2009 LEGO Military Group Build Contest. [display_podcast] News -LEGO Hobbit? -New Brickmaster Sets -New LEGO Books -Board Game Images -New BrickForge items -Flickr Military Contest MOCs of the We…
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In Episode #80 it is a return to the slandered news you've grownlove, or hate. James and Aaron run down the huge list of news topics,bringing you up to date with the latest in the LEGO world. [display_podcast] -Neo Classic Space.com -LEGO Profits Up 32% -Lego to increase spend after record profits -Rising prices of oil, rising prices of sets, recor…
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