Mind Surge is run by Cody Turner, a fourth year PhD student in philosophy at the University of Connecticut. The podcast features solo commentary on topics in philosophy, technology, poetry and politics. Part of the Shelter from the Storm Podcast Network.
In this episode I discuss virtual reality technology. Here are a few links to relevant articles:
In this episode I read a few poems that I’ve written. The text of the poems can be found at the following link:
In this episode I discuss the idea that we are currently living in an age of heightened existential risk. Here are links to articles/books that I reference in the episode: The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity (Toby Ord 2020): https://www.amazon.com/Precipice-Existential-Risk-Future-Humanity/dp/0316484911
In this episode I discuss the topic of artificial intelligence and automation. Here are links to articles that I reference in the episode: GPT–3 Guardian Article: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/08/robot-wrote-this-article-gpt-3 MIT Task Force Article: https://news.mit.edu/2019/work-future-report-technology-jobs-society-0904 ‘What is AI?’ Article: https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-is-ai-everything-you-need-to-know-about-artificial-intelligence/
In this episode I discuss how social media is deranging society and democracy by turning all of human communication into a public performance.
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