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EPISODE · Sep 4, 2025 · 9 MIN

The Synthetic Neighbor

from The Cerf Report · host David Cerf

AI just wrote a novel, solved a protein folding problem that stumped scientists for decades, and convinced a researcher it was sentient.So here's the question keeping philosophers and programmers up at night: Are we accidentally creating new life forms? And if we are—what happens next? Get full access to The Cerf Report at thecerfreport.substack.com/subscribe

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