Manifold
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Manifold

by Steve Hsu

Steve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Join him for wide-ranging conversations with leading writers, scientists, technologists, academics, entrepreneurs, investors, and more.

100 episodes
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1
Shenzhen is the Technology Capital of the World, with Taylor Ogan – #107
1:11:21 Mar 12, 2026
2
AI DOOM: Jesse Hoogland of Timaeus
1:42:37 Feb 26, 2026
3
Dreamers and Doomers: Jeremy Nixon at AGI House – #105
2:14:19 Feb 12, 2026
4
Industrial Maximalism and Its Discontents: Dan Wang on US-China Competition – # 104
1:24:55 Jan 29, 2026
5
Geopolitics 2026, crossover with Seeking Truth From Facts podcast – #103
47:47 Jan 15, 2026
6
Polygenics and Machine SuperIntelligence; Billionaires, Philo-semitism, and Chosen Embryos – #102
1:00:12 Jan 1, 2026
7
Theoretical Physics With Generative AI – #101
1:12:44 Dec 18, 2025
8
Jeffrey Epstein, Israel, and Elite Power, with Murtaza Hussain – #100
1:03:14 Dec 4, 2025
9
Jian Lian on China's Industrial Policy and Global Strategy – #99
1:12:43 Nov 20, 2025
10
Scott Horton on the Russia Hoax and Ukraine War – #98
1:25:35 Nov 6, 2025
11
AIs Win Math Olympiad Gold: Prof. Lin Yang (UCLA) – #97
50:43 Oct 23, 2025
12
The Global AI Race: Z.ai and the View from Beijing — #96
1:06:35 Oct 9, 2025
13
Seeking Truth From Facts: Weeks Where Decades Happen — #95
48:49 Sep 25, 2025
14
Kyle Chan on the Future of US-China Competition — #94
1:10:51 Sep 11, 2025
15
Joleen Liang: 40M+ kids educated by adaptive AI — #93
59:07 Aug 28, 2025
16
Max Dama on HFT: Millisecond Algos and Bid/Ask Dynamics — #92
54:46 Aug 14, 2025
17
Andrew Song: Global Cooling with Sulfur Dioxide in the Stratosphere — #91
1:04:37 Jul 31, 2025
18
Manifold Discord Channel: Live Q&A with Steve — #90
54:45 Jul 17, 2025
19
Omar Shams: AI Founder and Google AI Agent Lead — #89
1:05:29 Jul 3, 2025
20
Patrick McGee: Apple In China — #88
59:33 Jun 19, 2025
21
GODZILLA DOWN! India-Pakistan Clash and Chinese Military Technology with TP Huang — #87
1:02:24 Jun 5, 2025
22
Robots, Small Models, and RL with DeepSeek Alumnus Zihan Wang — #86
1:07:22 May 22, 2025
23
Dan Collins: Tariffs and the Future of US Manufacturing — #85
1:18:03 May 8, 2025
24
Seeking Truth From Facts: AI, China, Tariffs, Geopolitics — #84
45:42 Apr 24, 2025
25
Incels, Evo Psych, and Modern Literature with ARX-Han — #83
1:25:16 Apr 10, 2025
26
Callum Williams: Economics, AI, and Technological Progress — #82
1:46:14 Mar 27, 2025
27
Misha Laskin, Reflection.ai — From Physics to SuperIntelligence
53:48 Mar 13, 2025
28
Taylor Ogan, Snow Bull Capital: China's tech frontier, the view from Shenzhen, Part 2
1:25:38 Feb 27, 2025
29
Ken Liu: Art in the Age of AI — #79
1:07:05 Feb 13, 2025
30
US-PRC Tech War: DeepSeek AI and 6th Generation Fighters — #78
2:01:54 Jan 30, 2025
31
Jim Haslam: Covid Origins and Coronavirus Genetic Engineering — #77
1:55:32 Jan 16, 2025
32
Joscha Bach: Consciousness and AGI — #76
1:21:42 Jan 2, 2025
33
Adventures in Physics, Trump, and more, with the Information Theory podcast — #75
1:19:03 Dec 19, 2024
34
Pascal Lottaz: Neutrality, Geopolitics, and International Conflict — #74
1:37:13 Dec 5, 2024
35
Letter from Shanghai: Reflections on China in 2024 — #73
59:51 Nov 21, 2024
36
Letter from Beijing, with Han Feizi — #72
1:02:09 Nov 7, 2024
37
Seeking Truth From Facts: Israel and Iran, Missile Defense, China Economic Development
1:05:02 Oct 24, 2024
38
Samo Burja: Intellectuals, Culture. and the Technosphere — #70
1:37:03 Oct 10, 2024
39
Deus Ex Machina: A Man, Machines, and God
1:30:15 Sep 26, 2024
40
Seeking Truth From Facts: Alf & Steve Hsu — #68
55:06 Sep 12, 2024
41
Letter from Reykjavik: Genomics, Chess, Hyperscaling genAI, and Quantum Black Holes — #67
35:30 Aug 29, 2024
42
Robin Hanson: Prediction Markets, the Future of Civilization, and Polymathy — #66
1:20:47 Aug 15, 2024
43
China Today: Myths and Realities — #65
1:21:47 Aug 1, 2024
44
Ivy League Anonymous: Great Awokening and Campus Radicals — #64
1:11:52 Jul 18, 2024
45
AI Global Odyssey: REAL Situational Awareness — #63
59:18 Jul 4, 2024
46
Philippe Lemoine: Bad Covid Science, Ukraine Analysis, and Philosophy — #62
2:17:25 Jun 20, 2024
47
John Seo: Catastrophe Bonds and the Investor Choice Problem — Manifold #61
1:14:00 Jun 6, 2024
48
Molson Hart: China and Amazon, Up Close — #60
1:25:44 May 16, 2024
49
Jaan Tallinn: AI Risks, Investments, and AGI — #59
43:04 May 2, 2024
50
Glenn Luk: China’s economic evolution, GDP, and high speed rail — #58
1:29:21 Apr 18, 2024
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