{"podcast":{"title":"The Metagame","slug":"the-metagame-5326696","podcast_index_feed_id":5326696,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/31504.rss","website_url":"https://themetagame.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/31504/750c3b474839801e856a20b6acb97c29.jpg","author":"Daniel Kazandjian","episode_count":54,"summary":"Practical philosophy for playing with life.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T04:19:56.976017+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-metagame-5326696"},"episode":{"title":"#40 - Alex Zhu | Rational Spirituality, AI Alignment & Chris Langan's Metaphysics","slug":"40-alex-zhu-rational-spirituality-ai-alignment-chris-langan-s-metaphysics","published_at":"2025-10-17T19:16:36+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-metagame-5326696/40-alex-zhu-rational-spirituality-ai-alignment-chris-langan-s-metaphysics","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-metagame-5326696","url":"https://themetagame.substack.com/p/40-alex-zhu-rational-spirituality","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/176436476/1143b3ec3ab1dbe18070ac4714bff3ec.mp3","summary":"Alex Zhu is a math olympian and researcher exploring the convergence of analytical rationality and religion. He’s also the co-founder of AlphaSheets . He’s currently working on a rigorous framework for bridging AI alignment and mysticism. In this conversation we explore about how he got into spirituality without sacrificing his rigorous epistemics. Resources * Alex’s Twitter and Substack * C. Langan – An Introduction to the Cognitive-Theoretic Model of the Universe (2002) YouTube: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themetagame.substack.com","meta_description":"Alex Zhu is a math olympian and researcher exploring the convergence of analytical rationality and religion. He’s also the co-founder of AlphaSheets . He’…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5275,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-metagame-5326696/episodes/40-alex-zhu-rational-spirituality-ai-alignment-chris-langan-s-metaphysics/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-metagame-5326696/40-alex-zhu-rational-spirituality-ai-alignment-chris-langan-s-metaphysics.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}