Norman Borlaug

23 Podcast Episodes

“Slowing down AI progress is an underexplored alignment strategy” by Norman Borlaug

“Slowing down AI progress is an underexplored alignment strategy” by Norman Borlaug

The emotional burden of watching the world endMy current beliefs about AI timelines have made my life significantly wors... Read more

24 Jul 2023

Minisode 2: The Green Revolution and Feeding One Billion (Norman Borlaug)

Minisode 2: The Green Revolution and Feeding One Billion (Norman Borlaug)

In today's episode we're meeting Norman Ernest Borlaug, the man who fed one billion people (and won a Nobel Prize doing ... Read more

2 Aug 2022

21mins

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LW - Slowing down AI progress is an underexplored alignment strategy by Norman Borlaug

LW - Slowing down AI progress is an underexplored alignment strategy by Norman Borlaug

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist ... Read more

12 Jul 2022

8mins

EP018 Iowa Norman Borlaug Heritage Foundation - Tom Spindler

EP018 Iowa Norman Borlaug Heritage Foundation - Tom Spindler

Preservation Oaks highlights Museums, Cultural and Heritage Institutions, Historical and Genealogical Societies across t... Read more

23 May 2022

1hr 47mins

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S1E4: Norman Borlaug

S1E4: Norman Borlaug

Hunger may seem like an unsolvable problem to some, but in India in 1963, something had to be done to save the country f... Read more

6 Jul 2021

58mins

Episode 14 - Say His Name ! Norman Borlaug

Episode 14 - Say His Name ! Norman Borlaug

In this Episode I talk about the father of green revolution Norman Borlaug, and complain on the fact that most people kn... Read more

10 Jun 2021

2mins

Episode 42: Julie Borlaug- Dr. Norman Borlaug and the Green Revolution

Episode 42: Julie Borlaug- Dr. Norman Borlaug and the Green Revolution

Julie Borlaug is vice president of external affairs for Inari.  She is also president of the Norman Borlaug Foundation w... Read more

22 Mar 2021

35mins

How Norman Borlaug Revolutionized Food Production

How Norman Borlaug Revolutionized Food Production

“Genetic modification is not some kind of witchcraft; rather, it is the progressive harnessing of the forces of nature t... Read more

12 Mar 2021

1hr 8mins

Dr. Gary Wingenbach: Peace Corps Volunteer and Norman Borlaug Institute Senior Scientist

Dr. Gary Wingenbach: Peace Corps Volunteer and Norman Borlaug Institute Senior Scientist

Dr. Wingenbach shares how a North Dakota boy raised on a farm can find his way into the Peace Corps and into higher educ... Read more

16 Nov 2020

1hr 3mins

An Unsung Hero: Norman Borlaug

An Unsung Hero: Norman Borlaug

If you don't know who Norman Borlaug is, you are not alone BUT need to listen to this episode.  Norman has been responsi... Read more

3 Nov 2020

31mins

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