{"podcast":{"title":"Maiden Mother Matriarch with Louise Perry","slug":"maiden-mother-matriarch-with-louise-perry-6030622","podcast_index_feed_id":6030622,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/692d66fb9b21443f851785bb","website_url":"https://www.louiseperry.co.uk/podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/692d66fb9b21443f851785bb/show-cover.jpg","author":"Louise Perry","episode_count":291,"summary":"A podcast about sexual politics www.louiseperry.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-28T06:17:20.497967+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/maiden-mother-matriarch-with-louise-perry-6030622"},"episode":{"title":"The internet subculture shaping the new world | Maiden Mother Matriarch 215","slug":"the-internet-subculture-shaping-the-new-world-maiden-mother-matriarch-215","published_at":"2026-09-27T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/maiden-mother-matriarch-with-louise-perry-6030622/the-internet-subculture-shaping-the-new-world-maiden-mother-matriarch-215","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/maiden-mother-matriarch-with-louise-perry-6030622","url":"https://shows.acast.com/maiden-mother-matriarch-with-louise-perry/episodes/the-internet-subculture-shaping-the-new-world-maiden-mother","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/692d66fb9b21443f851785bb/e/6ab7ec5fa660202471898f13/media.mp3","summary":"Just in the last few weeks, the issue of AI safety has suddenly broken into the political mainstream. What was once a fairly niche debate within the worlds of tech and philosophy is now on the front pages. And the question of AI is, predictably enough, quickly turning into a partisan issue, with the President opposing heavy federal guardrails, and the Democrats calling for aggressive regulation. Today's episode is about the subculture from which the AI safety movement emerged. Rationalism – which is tightly entwined with Effective Altruism – is an intellectual movement popular among millennials working in tech. My guest today is the writer and tech worker Jacob Falkovich, who describes himself as a post-rationalist. As you'll hear, it's pretty hard to find someone who actually calls themselves a 'rationalist' (that's the nature of the subculture), but Jacob is willing to make an earnest defence of rationalism, and of Effective Altruism, and of the AI safety movement. These are interesting and – I think – very influential subcultures. If we want to understand the AI safety movement, then we need to understand rationalism. MMM is sponsored by 321 - a new online introduction to Christianity, presented by former MMM guest Glen Scrivener. Check it out for free at 321course.com/MMM. Just enter your email, choose a password and you’re in — there’s no spam and no fees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Just in the last few weeks, the issue of AI safety has suddenly broken into the political mainstream. What was once a fairly niche debate within the world…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3993,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/maiden-mother-matriarch-with-louise-perry-6030622/episodes/the-internet-subculture-shaping-the-new-world-maiden-mother-matriarch-215/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/maiden-mother-matriarch-with-louise-perry-6030622/the-internet-subculture-shaping-the-new-world-maiden-mother-matriarch-215.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}