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EP 231 Vance Crowe Interviews Jim Rutt on AI Risk

Posted March 27, 202401:04:44

Vance Crowe interviews Jim about how he maps the problem-space of current and future AI risk. They discuss the beginnings of AI, the era of broad AI,...

EP 230 James Lindsay on a National Divorce

Posted March 12, 202401:12:02

Jim talks with James Lindsay about the ideas in his recent essay "National Divorce Is National Suicide." They discuss the meaning of a national divorce...

EP 229 Jonathan Rowson on the Antidebate

Posted March 7, 202400:55:46

Jim talks with Jonathan Rowson of Perspectiva about a new social practice they're creating, the antidebate. They discuss the nature of debate, the spectacle...

EP 228 Jeremy Sherman on the Emergence and Nature of Selves

Posted March 5, 202401:13:02

Jim talks with Jeremy Sherman about the ideas in his book Neither Ghost nor Machine: The Emergence and Nature of Selves. They discuss how Jim found...

EP 227 Stuart Kauffman on the Emergence of Life

Posted February 29, 202401:19:52

Jim talks with Stuart Kauffman about the ideas in the recent paper he co-authored with Andrea Roli, "Is the Emergence of Life an Expected Phase Transition...