Manifold

Science Podcasts

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,...

Episodes

Embryo Selection and Frontier Genomics with Dr. Alex Young – #111

Iran War is the First Missile War (crossover with Seeking Truth From Facts podcast) – #110

Dreamers and Doomers: Our AI future, with Richard Ngo – #109

China, Acceleration, and Nick Land - with Matt Southey – #108

Shenzhen is the Technology Capital of the World, with Taylor Ogan – #107

AI DOOM: Jesse Hoogland of Timaeus

Dreamers and Doomers: Jeremy Nixon at AGI House – #105

Industrial Maximalism and Its Discontents: Dan Wang on US-China Competition – # 104

Geopolitics 2026, crossover with Seeking Truth From Facts podcast – #103

Polygenics and Machine SuperIntelligence; Billionaires, Philo-semitism, and Chosen Embryos – #102

Theoretical Physics With Generative AI – #101

Jeffrey Epstein, Israel, and Elite Power, with Murtaza Hussain – #100

Jian Lian on China's Industrial Policy and Global Strategy – #99

Scott Horton on the Russia Hoax and Ukraine War – #98

AIs Win Math Olympiad Gold: Prof. Lin Yang (UCLA) – #97

The Global AI Race: Z.ai and the View from Beijing — #96

Seeking Truth From Facts: Weeks Where Decades Happen — #95

Kyle Chan on the Future of US-China Competition — #94

Joleen Liang: 40M+ kids educated by adaptive AI — #93

Max Dama on HFT: Millisecond Algos and Bid/Ask Dynamics — #92