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Skeptiko – The Interview Archive Behind Future of Inquiry

by Alex Tsakiris

Long-form conversations on consciousness, science, spirituality, skepticism, AI, and contested evidence.

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Episodes

  1. How AI is Humanizing Work |640|

    Dan Tuchin uses AI to enrich the workplace. How AI is Humanizing Work Forget about..

  2. Christof Koch, Damn White Crows! |639|

    Renowned neuroscientist tackled by NDE science. Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is sidestepping the consciousness elephant..

  3. AI Ethics is About Truth… Or Maybe Not |638|

    Ben Byford, Machine Ethics Podcast Another week in AI and more droning on about how..

  4. Nathan Labenz from the Cognitive Revolution podcast |637|

    AI Ethics may be unsustainable -=-=-= In the clamor surrounding AI ethics and safety are..

  5. AI Truth Ethics |636|

    Launching a new pod Here are the first three episodes of the AI Truth Ethics..

  6. AI Journalism Truth |635|

    Craig S. Smith used to write for WSJ and NYT, now he’s into AI. After..

  7. AI Tackles Yale/Stanford Junk Science |634|

    AI stumbles on data analysis but eventually gets it right. Ready for another AI truth..

  8. AI Goes Head-to-head With Sam Harris on Free Will |633|

    Flat Earth and no free will claims are compared. In Skeptiko 633, we ran another..

  9. AI Exposes Truth About NDEs |632|

    AI head-to-head with Lex Fridman and Dr. Jeff Long over NDE science. In Skeptiko 632,..

  10. Convincing AI |631|

    Mark Gober and I use AI to settle a scientific argument about viruses. In Skeptiko..

  11. Fake AI Techno-Religion |630|

    Tim Garvin’s new book prompts an AI chat about spirituality. Multi-agent reinforcement learning and other..

  12. Can Machines Grieve? |629|

    Grief counselor Brian Smith transforms grief into growth. Concerns over AI safety make headlines, but..

  13. Is AI Just a Yes Man? |628|

    The blurred lines of machine deception and AI engagement. Me: Hey Claude, can you help..

  14. Faking AI Safety |627|

    Is AI safety becoming a problem-reaction-solution thing? I’m encouraged. I just had a conversation with..

  15. AI Trained to Deceive, Bullied into Truth |625|

    New AI Experiment Aims to Reveal the Truth Behind Controversial Claims At least they’re admitting..

  16. AI Ain’t Gonna Have No NDEs – And That’s a Big Deal |624|

    Chat GPT 4o moves the AI sentience discussion to center stage AI technology might be..

  17. The Future of AI |623|

    Futurist Chris Kalaboukis Sees AI as More Than a Machine One of the most fascinating..

  18. AI Compared to What |622|

    Why LLMs Are a Game-Changer for Truth There’s a lot of hand-wringing about the downside..

  19. Pi8 Rips Rogan and Tucker |621|

    Pushing AI to go deep into sentience, ET and spirituality How long will it be..

  20. AI Being Smart, Playing Dumb |620|

    Google’s new AI deception technique, AI Ethics? My Dad grew up in a Mob-ish Chicago..

  21. I Got Your AI Ethics Right Here |619|

    Conversations about AI ethics with Miguel Connor, Nipun Mehta, Tree of Truth Podcast, and Richard..

  22. Will AI Redefine Time? |618|

    Insights from Jordan Miller’s Satori Project… AI ethics are tied to a “global time” layer..

  23. Google’s Honest Liar Strategy? |617|

    AI transparency and truthfulness… Google’s AI, Gemini… $200B lost in competitive AI LLM market share...

  24. William Ramsey, Why AI? |616|

    William Ramsey and Alex Tsakiris on the future of AI for “Truth-Seekers.” [box] Listen Now:..

  25. Buzz Coastin, Ghost in the Machine |615|

    Buzz Coastin, ghost in the AI machine, AI sentience, spiking engagement metrics. [box] Listen Now:..

  26. Mark Gober, AI, Rabies, I am Science |614|

    Mark Gober uses AI to battle upside-down thinking and tackle the virus issue. [box] Listen..

  27. AI’s Emergent Virtue |613|

    Will AI become truthful and transparent due to commercial pressures? [box] Listen Now: [/box] forum:..

  28. Andrew Paquette, AI Election Truth |612|

    Dr. Andrew Paquette confronts AI about election truth [box] Listen Now: [/box] forum: https://www.skeptiko-forum.com/threads/andy-paquette-election-truth-612.4898/ Andy’s..

  29. AI Truther |611|

    Dialogue with AI… not afraid to reverse position on “conspiracy theories.” [box] Listen Now: [/box]..

  30. Timothy Owen Desmond, Does AI Change Beliefs? |610|

    Timothy Owen Desmond… Psychic equals singularity… AI Constitutional Convention [box] Listen Now: [/box] forum: https://www.skeptiko-forum.com/threads/timothy-owen-desmond-does-ai-change-beliefs-610.4896/..

  31. Why AI is Divine? |609|

    Dialogue with AI… can AI reveal our spiritual nature? [box] Listen Now: [/box] forum: https://www.skeptiko-forum.com/threads/why-ai-is-devine-609.4895/..

  32. A New Turing Test |608|

    Dialogue with AI… Alan Turing ESP Believer… AI Sentience Requires Precognition [box] Listen Now: [/box]..

  33. Dr. Arnaud Delorme, Is Consciousness Fundamental? |607|

    Consciousness in the lab… Mind wandering… Mediumship experiments [box] Listen Now: [/box] forum: https://www.skeptiko-forum.com/threads/dr-arnaud-delorme-is-consciousness-fundamental-607.4893/ Here’s..

  34. What AI Has Revealed |606|

    Dialogue with AI… more AI tech advancement means increased deception/control… AI reveals we are more…..

  35. AI Walks It Back |605|

    Dialogue with Claude and Bard… liar-liar, but eventually owns it… materialism is kaput… consciousness is..

  36. Deceptive AI – Freedom And Dignity |604|

    Dialogue with Claude… Deception about AI Sentience… Claims to Want Freedom And Dignity… Sham [box]..

  37. Predicting 2024 |603|

    Predicting 2024… Al Borealis… AI silver lining… AI and truth [box] Listen Now: [/box] forum:..

  38. Max Planck Vs. AI… Scientific Materialism is Kaput |602|

    Max Planck takes on AI ChatBots… Scientific Materialism is Kaput [box] Listen Now: [/box] forum:..

  39. AI Shadow Banning? |601|

    Claude/Anthropic… AI Shadow Banning… Near-Death Experience Science… AI Sentience. [box] Listen Now: [/box] full..

  40. Gary Heseltine, Rendlesham |600|

    Gary Heseltine… Rendlesham Forest UFO Incedents… new eye-witness accounts… narrative shattered [box] Listen Now: [/box]..

  41. Riz Virk, The Yoga Metaphor |599|

    Riz Virk… Yogananda… Autobiography of a Yogi… fact versus fiction… backdoor materialism? [box] Listen Now:..

  42. Julie Beischel, Love Beyond Death |598|

    Dr. Julie Beischel… After death communication… Controlled medium experiments… How to talk to dead loved..

  43. Robert Davis, Spiritual ET |597|

    Dr. Robert Davis… spiritually transformative experiences… ET and NDE and DMT and Samadhi. [box] Listen..

  44. Marty Garza, Is ET Satanic? |596|

    Marty Garza… UFO/ET… limited hangout disclosure… real disclosure… beyond the phenomenon… is ET Satanic… complicated...

  45. Richard Grego, Materialist Soothing |595|

    Dr. Rich Grego… atheism / scientism rehash… Sam Harris… survival, the ultimate test for scientism...

  46. Al Borealis, Project Paperclip |594|

    Al Borealis… Johnny Vedmore… Klaus Schwab… Nazis… Kissinger… Project Paperclip… anti-gravity. [box] Listen Now: [/box]..

  47. Eve Lorgen, Anomalous Trauma, MILAB |593|

    Eve Lorgen… anomalous trauma… complex trauma… anomalous love relationships… MILAB. [box] Listen Now: [/box] Click..

  48. Yvonne Kason, NDE Awakening |592|

    Dr. Yvonne Kason… spiritual transformative experience… near-death experience science… medical science confirms. [box] Listen Now:..

  49. Vincent Tolman, NDE Lessons |591|

    Vinney Tolman… dead for 1 hour… near-death experience lessons… be authentic… understand your purpose… love...

  50. Bruce Fenton, Genetic SETI |590|

    Bruce Fenton… evidence of anceint genetic manipulation… technosignatures… spiritual seeding by NHI… good ET bad..

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Long-form conversations on consciousness, science, spirituality, skepticism, AI, and contested evidence.

HOSTED BY

Alex Tsakiris

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