Overthink
It is a podcast during which two very good individuals (who occur to be younger and hilarious professors of philosophy) draw surprising philosophical connections between aspects of recent life. Ellie Anderson and David Peña-Guzmán have executed hour-long episodes on every little thing from mommy points to animal justice, with notably sharp segments on tech-adjacent points like biohacking and the connection between AI and artwork. Each time I believe society is coping with a brand-new downside, these two unearth somebody who was pondering it centuries in the past. It’s a deal with to take heed to.
A movie from the tech billionaire bunker
Over the summer season I used to be keen to look at Mountainhead, a darkly humorous movie by Jesse Armstrong, the creator of Succession, that follows 4 unlikable tech founders as they watch the world collapse underneath political turmoil and violence attributable to AI deepfakes. I used to be ready for it to look like a documentary, however to a reporter who’s in frequent dialogue with AI’s movers and shakers, it felt somewhat too actual. From their distant mountain mansion, they discuss AI accelerationism, utilitarian ethics, importing one’s consciousness to the cloud, liberating humanity to different planets—all widespread dialog subjects among the many tech elite that has had a lot affect within the present administration.
Music by human beings
For a lot of final winter I used to be reporting a narrative about simply how far AI-generated music has come. As a lifelong musician (I play guitar, bass, and drums, none notably nicely), I discovered the songs I heard—constructed with fashions whose creators have been sued for coaching on the discographies of artists with out compensation—so convincingly human that they made me deeply uncomfortable. Since then, I’ve had a revitalized zeal for dwell reveals the place actual individuals in punk bands or jazz trios do issues that AI just isn’t able to (Sophie Truax is my newest favourite).
