Live from Cambridge: Existential Risk

from Prosthetic Gods · host James Hughes and Nir Eisikovits

Live from Cambridge: Existential Risk In this special live episode, recorded before an audience at Long Now Boston, Nir and J dig into existential risk. J takes seriously the prospect of catastrophic AI outcomes even absent consciousness or agency in any rich sense, while Nir worries less about civilization-ending scenarios than about a quieter, lowercase existential threat: the erosion of what makes us distinctively human. Show Notes: Find out more about our hosts, Long Now Boston, here! The Hollow Men by T.S. Elliot Enshitification by Cory Doctorow The Apology by Plato Cyborgs and Space by Manfred E. Clynes and Nathan S. Kline As always, listeners can contact us at [email protected] with questions, comments, and suggestions for future topics. Credits: Hosted by James Hughes and Nir Eisikovits Music & Production by Jake Burley

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