31. Incarnation (w/ Pete Wolfendale)

Episode 3 of the Disintegrator podcast, hosted by Roberto Alonso Trillo, Marek Poliks, and Helena McFadzean, titled "31. Incarnation (w/ Pete Wolfendale)" was published on May 1, 2025 and runs 64 minutes.

May 1, 2025 ·64m · Disintegrator

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We’re joined by philosopher Peter Wolfendale — a singular voice in contemporary theory, known for his work on autonomy and the metaphysics of cognition. In this episode, we dive deep into the philosophical problems behind artificial general intelligence, not from the angle of safety or speed, but from the standpoint of what it means to think, to revise, and to reproduce. Peter’s blog and twitter account are legendary (@deontologistics) — more Peter here:The Laruelle Thread‘Artificial Bodies and the Promise of Abstraction’An excellent thread on Bayesian Solomonoff on his blog ‘The Reformatting of Homo sapiens’The Pete Wolfendale Nick Land DebateAn excellent interview with Peter on GradientPage for Wolfendale’s new, yet unreleased book The Revenge of ReasonSUPPORT THE POD :) -- preorder our new book!

Episode Description

We’re joined by philosopher Peter Wolfendale — a singular voice in contemporary theory, known for his work on autonomy and the metaphysics of cognition. In this episode, we dive deep into the philosophical problems behind artificial general intelligence, not from the angle of safety or speed, but from the standpoint of what it means to think, to revise, and to reproduce.
Peter’s blog and twitter account are legendary (@deontologistics) — more Peter here:

The Laruelle Thread
‘Artificial Bodies and the Promise of Abstraction’
An excellent thread on Bayesian Solomonoff on his blog
‘The Reformatting of Homo sapiens’
The Pete Wolfendale Nick Land Debate
An excellent interview with Peter on Gradient
Page for Wolfendale’s new, yet unreleased book The Revenge of Reason

SUPPORT THE POD :) -- preorder our new book!

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