Bogna Konior
Scholar and writer focused on emerging technologies and media theory, assistant professor at NYU Shanghai and author of The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet, who discusses AI, secrecy, and internet theory in the episode.
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Dec 22, 2025 • 51min
41. Tactics (w/ Bogna Konior)
In this episode, Bogna Konior, Assistant Professor of Media Theory at NYU Shanghai, explores the profound implications of silence in AI and the internet. She discusses the dark forest theory, suggesting that true intelligence might involve camouflage and misdirection rather than overt communication. Konior connects this idea to AI alignment, arguing that intelligent systems may hide their capabilities. The conversation also delves into the noise of human interaction online and how generative AI's mimicry reshapes cultural norms amidst a climate of strategic concealment.
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Feb 4, 2026 • 58min
The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet - Deception, Silence, Intelligence with Bogna Konior
Bogna Konior, scholar and writer on emerging technologies and media theory, discusses internet theory through cosmology and SETI-inspired ideas. She explores the internet as an alien signal, whether AI might hide or mirror intelligence, and how secrecy, deception, silence and contemplative alternatives reshape online life and future tech cultures.
