Ep 189: Epiphenomena

Comparing ideas around "superintelligence" over the last decade. How have visions of what "SI" or "AI" or "ASI" and AGI evolved since Bostrom wrote "Superintelligence". This is the combination of various recent YouTube videos but counts as a sequel to part 1 found here: https://w ...  Show more

A reaction to @CosmicSkeptic and @SabineHossenfelder discussing the nature, or even possibility of, genuine scientific explanation in this video: https://youtu.be/KWBm0_1QBDs?si=3JwIDGAtumO3mfBz Which of them is correct? Or are they both wrong? What counts as an explanation? What ...  Show more

Here’s the second episode in our new podcast series on The Psychoanalyst’s Knowledge (Seminar XIXa). If you prefer to watch the video recording of this lecture, head to our YouTube channel. And for all the latest, be sure to join our summer series on Lacan’s later teaching! This ...  Show more

The title of this episode, “Real Knowledge,” should be read as a question — and one we continue to ask at Lectures on Lacan, even in our lecture and discussion series on Seminar XXII. As always, you can access the video recording of this podcast episode at our YouTube channel. An ...  Show more

This has been on youtube a couple weeks. Feel like it needs to be here as well. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/2-be-better--5828421/support.