The three podcasts listed in the original note are:
- Lights On — 不熄灯
- 起朱楼宴宾客
- 鼓腹而游
These are probably among the best Chinese language podcasts I’ve listened to. One commonality these podcasts share is that they all tend to provide a comprehensive view about what’s been happening in the world without being too preachy or overly subjective.
To prove how relevant these podcasts are, here I quote from the latest episode of 起朱楼宴宾客 (EP174):
“Under such circumstances, the most high-utility thing for humans to do right now is, paradoxically, to double down on things that don’t scale: to learn, to grasp the core first principles of various domains, and to cultivate one’s own taste, thereby enabling a more effective leverage of AI.
For while AI has packed immense amounts of useful knowledge and information within its parameters, you cannot extract any real value from it if you don’t know the right questions to ask, or what direction to query.”
— Sheng Cha, Head of Foundational Research, Amazon AGI
The original note also included a Chinese translation of the quote. It is kept out of this first English-language draft so the site’s language remains consistent.