AI — Societal Collapse
Dawn breaks over a silent suburb. The streets are tidy and the homes well-kept, but an eerie stillness hangs in the air.
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AI: An Uncertain Future
Verified podcast archive exploring artificial intelligence and its uncertain social future.
AI — Geopolitical Unraveling
High above the Atlantic, a surveillance drone traces the faint outline of a submerged fiber-optic cable. In a windowless room thousands of miles away, analysts from one nation’s cyber command watch real-time feeds and…
AI — Irreversibility
A coastal city lies in darkness for twenty-seven minutes. The outage began when an AI managing the regional power grid went offline for an update.
AI — Multipolar ASI: Endgame of Rival AI Systems?
In the first years of intelligent machines at scale, many observers imagined a single decisive breakthrough. The picture was neat and even comforting in a grim way: one entity would win the race to…
AI — Engines of War: The Weaponization of AI
Episode 9 – Engines of War: The Weaponization of AI
AI — Civic Architecture and Procurement
At City Hall on a Tuesday night, the council chambers are packed. On the agenda: whether the city should adopt an AI-driven system for allocating police patrols and a machine-learning platform to streamline welfare…
AI — Synthetic Media and the Collapse of Trust
It’s late in the evening, and a man scrolls through his social media feed. A video autoplay fills the screen: a well-known political figure appears to be speaking at a rally, delivering shocking statements…
AI — Education in the Machine Age
A classroom on a Monday morning: sunlight filters through the windows as students settle in. At the front, a teacher taps a screen to bring up the day’s lesson plan, co-created with the help…
AI — Ownership and the Stack
A new artificial intelligence model bursts onto the scene – it can write, code, draw, answer complex questions. Its potential applications seem limitless.
AI — The Illusion of Objectivity
A hiring manager glances at the dashboard of an AI recruiting system. Hundreds of job applications have been whittled down to a neat shortlist with risk scores and “cultural fit” ratings.