Podcast: How Yudkowsky's Writing Helped Lead Leah Libresco to Catholicism
nwilliams030 · x · 2026-08-19
Part two of a Third Oikos conversation between Nicole Ruiz and Leah Libresco Sargeant, on "Is Being Human a Skill Issue?" — covering the new encyclical, Kasparov, and why the question we face is anthropological rather than technological.
They also discuss her "random walk" across careers, her time at CFAR, and how AI-safety figure Eliezer Yudkowsky's writing played a role in her conversion to Catholicism.
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