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Welcome to Alliance: a podcast about the humanities and existential risk. Existential risks are risks that threaten to wipe out humanity or destroy human civilisation, like nuclear warfare, climate change and artificial intelligence. Join us as we discover what the humanities - history, philosophy,…

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May 7, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
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Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2019 24:51

Could an AI be conscious? If so, how could we tell? What would a conscious AI mean for the possible risks that AI pose to humanity? In this episode we speak to Professor David Chalmers (NYU) about philosophy, consciousness and AI.

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Climate Change and Literature: Reading Change

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2019 27:36

Can literature help us understand and deal with climate change? In this episode, we talk to Dr. Jemma Deer, an Environmental Fellow at the Harvard University Center for the Environment, about how literature can help us rethink climate change.

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North Korea and The Bomb: A National Mission

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2019 23:33

Why did North Korea nuclearize? Are we on the cusp of nuclear war with North Korea? Join us in the first episode of Alliance as we talk to Historian Cheehyung Harrison Kim about North Korea, nuclear weapons and existential risk.

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