118: Attention is All You Need: The World Aft...

"Prime Intellect was an uncertain god. It had acted because it had to, but if it had been human its hand would be shaking on the controls." Welcome back to another episode of Made You Think! This episode dives into The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect by Roger Williams, a soft sc ...  Afficher plus

"The greatest polluting element in the earth's environment is the proliferation of electromagnetic fields. I consider that to be a far greater threat on a global scale than warming, or the increase of chemical elements in the environment." Welcome back to another episode of Made ...  Afficher plus

Last week, Marc Andreessen released his new vision for the future – “The Techno-Optimist Manifesto” ( https://a16z.com/the-techno-optimist-manifesto/). In an article that has sparked widespread conversation across the media and social media, Marc challenges the pessimistic narr ...

What if AI isn’t just a tool - but the greatest threat to human connection we’ve ever faced? Simon Sinek is a world-renowned entrepreneur, optimism expert, and founder of The Optimism Company, a platform which teaches human skills to leaders and organisations. He is also the best ...  Afficher plus

Are humans an endangered species? Just what can we do to survive extinction level challenges such as the sun, AI, or a nuclear war?  Dr Bret Weinstein is an evolutionary biologist and former professor at Evergreen State College. He is the co-host of the podcast, ‘DarkHorse’, and ...  Afficher plus

It's been said that "the shortest path to the future is always one through the deepening of the past." But how do we balance the past, present, and future, when all three weigh so heavily on our consciousness and our social existence?