Displaying 3 items of Two Psychologists Four Beers with the tag "bourbon".
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Episode 133: What's the Environmental Cost of AI? (with Andy Masley)
August 31st, 2026 | 1 hr 47 mins
ai, animal welfare, autonomous vehicles, bourbon, data centers, effective altruism, p(doom)
Andy Masley joins Yoel and Mickey to talk about a claim that's made him (in)famous: using AI chatbots doesn't meaningfully affect your carbon footprint or water usage. We ask Andy what data centers actually do with water, why "ten times a Google search" is not a useful metric, and why people really don't want data centers built near them.
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Episode 55: All In (with Maria Konnikova)
October 7th, 2020 | 1 hr 7 mins
bourbon, chance, decision-making, poker
Psychologist and author Maria Konnikova joins the show to talk poker, life, and what one teaches you about the other.
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Episode 32: Measurement Schmeasurement (with Jessica Flake)
October 16th, 2019 | 1 hr 20 mins
bourbon, gre, kentucky, measurement
Jessica Flake joins Mickey and Yoel to talk measurement. What is it, how do you do it well, and do social psychologists care about it? What does measurement theory tell us about the validity of standardized tests like the GRE? Jessica also talks about how she went from high-school dropout to professor at McGill.