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D.C. Schindler is a philosopher.What is our ultimate goal in creating AI? The Bible tells us that humans are made in the image of God. What, then, is AI supposed to be?In this podcast, we explore whether "artificial" intelligence is truly possible, the true nature of consciousness, the role of spirit and Platonic forms in life and intelligence, the ethics of creating artificial life, the impact of technology in the modern world, and more...Timestamps:00:00 Recent AI Developments02:23 Human Intelligence vs. AI05:50 The Complexity of Consciousness09:08 The Interplay of Spirit and Body12:09 The Role of Technology in Human Existence15:03 The Ethics of Creating Life17:58 The Drive Behind Technological Advancement20:54 The Relationship Between Science and Technology24:02 The Nature of Truth and Knowledge26:55 The Connection Between Truth and the Good33:17 The Nature of Motivation and Learning34:47 Curiosity and Wonder in Learning36:49 The Limitations of Predictive Programming39:49 The Role of Presentation in Problem Solving42:02 The Value of Context in Economics45:32 The Implications of AI on Human Relationships49:19 Suffering and Learning in AI Development52:29 The Quest for Meaning in AI Creation56:12 The Nature of Knowledge and Truth01:01:46 The Dangers of Knowledge and AgencyFind DC Shindler:https://www.johnpaulii.edu/academics/faculty/d-c-schindler/

Tyler Cowen is an economist.The future is rapidly changing with the rise of artificial intelligence, emerging technologies like Bitcoin, and global challenges such as climate change. How should we think about the future of civilization in this light?In this podcast, we discuss AI’s role in human work, its impact on economic growth, how to gauge climate change and existential threats, the significance of Bitcoin, whether markets are truly efficient, marijuana legalization, and more...Chapters00:00 AI's Impact on Economics02:58 The Future of AI and Human Collaboration05:56 Limits of AI in Various Fields08:53 Economic Growth and AI's Role11:54 Climate Change and Economic Models15:02 The State of Economic Theory17:55 Education and the Value of Economics21:00 The Evolution of Economic Thought25:20 Exploring Austrian Economics26:50 The Future of Bitcoin and Private Monies29:10 Monetary Policy in a Crypto World30:37 Efficient Market Hypothesis: A Critical Look32:27 Changing Opinions on Economic Bubbles34:13 Understanding the Great Financial Crisis35:55 Climate Change: Evolving Perspectives37:20 Existential Risks and Global Collaboration38:19 Degrowth: A Controversial Economic Approach39:15 Underrated Economists and Their Contributions41:06 The Role of History in Economics44:42 Marijuana Legalization: A Pragmatic ViewFind Tyler:-Ask ChatGPT-His Renowned Blog: https://marginalrevolution.com/

Joshua Hendrickson is an economist specializing in monetary economics, price theory, and Bitcoin.Bitcoin is a novel invention that seemingly emerged out of nowhere. What does economic theory say about Bitcoin—what it does, what problems it solves, and what its future might look like?In this podcast, we discuss how Bitcoin acts as digital cash, the theoretical challenge of private money and how Bitcoin addresses it, the gold standard, the Great Depression, the Great Financial Crisis, and more...Find Josh on Substack:🔗 Economic Forces: https://www.economicforces.xyz/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=substack_profileTimestamps: 00:00 Bitcoin in Academia05:55 Digital Cash11:54 Bitcoin's Role as Money18:12 Central Banks and the Last-Period Problem24:04 The Role of Central Banks in Monetary Policy29:46 The Future of Money and Bitcoin's Place47:17 Understanding Deflation: Types and Impacts55:42 The Great Depression: Policy-Induced Deflation and Its Consequences01:01:00 The Role of the Gold Standard in Economic Recovery01:06:18 The Evolution of Monetary Systems: From Gold to Treasuries01:17:17 Bitcoin: A New Paradigm in Monetary Policy01:25:06 Business Cycles: Natural Fluctuations vs. Policy-Induced Recessions

James Filler is a philosopher. Modernity often assumes that the fundamental basis of reality is a substance—such as atoms or quantum foam—some "thing" at the bottom. But what if we didn't need to assume this? What if, instead, the essential foundation was the relations between things themselves? This podcast explores a relational metaphysical worldview, shifting away from Descartes' substance-based perspective. Learn why this approach works, how we became stuck in a substance-based view of the world, the significance of relationality and the Trinity in Christianity, and how this perspective can enrich meaning and relationships in the modern world. 00:00 Can We Know What's Really True? 03:02 Substance Metaphysics and Its Implications 05:50 The Role of Neoplatonism 09:04 Understanding Pure Relation 12:12 The Trinity as Relational Metaphysics 15:00 Modern Philosophical Perspectives 17:58 Cultural Implications of Metaphysical Views 21:09 The Importance of Dialogue 23:49 The Intersection of God and Relational Metaphysics 26:57 Future Directions in Philosophical Inquiry Find James: 📖 His Book – Heidegger, Neoplatonism, and the History of Being: Relation as Ontological Ground Timestamps:

Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm is a philosopher. We often assume that in our modern world, we have transcended superstition, irrationalism, and magical belief. However, as religion has declined in contemporary society, it has not been replaced by pure rationality but rather by new spiritual and magical beliefs. In this podcast, expect to learn whether belief in magic ever truly disappeared, how the decline of religion has coincided with the proliferation of alternative spiritual beliefs, the origins of science and its engagement with the unexplained, the division between the natural and the supernatural, whether "modernity" is a meaningful concept, and more... Timestamps: 00:00 The Rise of Belief in Magic 13:03 Secularization and the Fragmentation of Belief 26:00 Nature, Culture, and the Supernatural Dichotomy 29:52 Exploring the Preternatural and Its Impact on Science 34:49 The Evolution of Scientific Thought and Its Limitations 39:45 The Nature of Science: Processes and Presuppositions 46:17 Modernity: A Complex and Multifaceted Concept 51:46 Navigating the Future: Challenges and Opportunities

James MacShine is a computational neuroscientist. Consciousness is one of the most challenging problems in neuroscience. What new research is being conducted using the latest computational techniques to understand the role of consciousness in the brain? We explore: the scientific challenges of determining what causes consciousness, the distinction between consciousness and unconscious cognition, the neuroscience of consciousness from the neural to the brain-wide level, the possibility of consciousness in AI, and more... Timestamps: 00:00 Exploring Consciousness: A Computational Neuroscience Perspective 12:56 The Role of Anesthetics in Understanding Consciousness 25:59 Modeling Consciousness: Insights from Computational Neuroscience 29:18 Bridging Animal and Human Neuroscience 34:15 Understanding Brain Function at Different Scales 39:10 The Complexity of Consciousness and Agency 44:30 AI, LLMs, and the Question of Consciousness Find Mac Shine: -Personal Website: https://macshine.github.io/ -Mac's Lab: https://shine-lab.org/people/

Jordan Hall is a writer and thinker focusing on civilizations and technology. Why are we creating AI, and to what end? How does this connect to our intellectualism that dismisses deep myths, failing education systems, and our increasing disconnection from one another? In this podcast, we explore: the relationship between science and mythology, our culture's obsession with AI, the sacrifice of our children to AI and technology, the values that should guide civilization, and more... Timestamps: 00:00 Jordan Post-Hurricane 06:25 Reflecting on Conversations with Pageau and Vervaeke 11:27 The Dawkins-Peterson Conversation 19:52 Religion & Culture 26:32 Science & Values 31:32 The AI Moloch Cult 35:32 How Sacrifice Works 39:11 Proper vs. Improper Sacrifices 43:45 Real vs. Simulated Thinking 56:46 Reorienting Values in the Age of AI 1:04:00 The Future of Human Consciousness and AI 1:07:29 Debating Religion: Utility vs. Experience 1:10:50 Dialogos: Beyond Debate and Dialogue 1:15:30 The Nature of Religion and Christ 1:20:12 Worship and the Golden Calf 1:25:06 Abundance vs. Scarcity Previous Conversations with Jordan: https://youtu.be/AUqfSR9wCCI https://youtu.be/4LB3jN61kDc

Peter Harrison is a philosopher. Science is often seen as a way to understand the natural world, separate from the "supernatural." But does this divide make any sense? In this podcast, expect to learn about the recent origins of supernatural-natural divide, whether science can exist without religion, the historical roots of science in religious thought, how early pioneers of science like Newton were not trying to explain away God, and whether science has the capacity to fully explain everything. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 The Supernatural vs The Natural 04:58 What Makes Science Work? 08:15 Where Do Nature's Laws Come From? 14:05 Science Severed From Philosophy 20:23 Could Science Ever Explain Everything? 27:13 Why Did Science Start in the West? 33:06 Faith in Science Find Peter Harrison: -Webpage: https://philpeople.org/profiles/peter-duncan-harrison - 2024 Book: "Some New World: Myths of Supernatural Belief in a Secular Age"

Alicia Juarrero is a philosopher focused on reductionism in science and complex systems. Science today has become focused on reducing phenomena to their most basic components, like atoms. But it's an open question whether this approach can truly explain everything. What if non-reductionistic concepts such as context, timing and purpose were just as important? In this podcast, expect to learn about the origins of materialism, whether materialism is truly sufficient for understanding the world, the role of complexity and holistic approaches in explaining phenomena, how science is evolving to incorporate higher-level, non-materialist perspectives, and more... 00:00 What are Are The Origins of Materialism? 02:13 The Loss of Purpose and Goal Directedness in Science 05:55 Emergence and the Complexity of Living Systems 11:18 The Dynamic Nature of Equilibrium in Biological Systems 18:05 Identity and the Challenges of Reductionism 24:23 Understanding Relations and Processes 33:06 Understanding Network Dynamics 37:41 Challenging Universal Essences 47:23 The Future of Science and Reductionism 53:23 AI and Context-Dependance

Andrew Richmond: Cognitive Scientist and Philosopher of Mind In recent decades, brain scientists have modeled and studied the mind as if it were a computer, yielding significant results. But does the usefulness of these scientific models justify calling the brain a literal computer? In this podcast, explore what computation truly means, whether it makes sense to describe the brain as a computer, the implications of large language models (LLMs) and AI, the future of neuroscience, and much more. Timestamps: 00:00 The Brain as a Computer In Cognitive Science 01:35 What Is a Computer? 04:19 How We Model the Brain As A Computer Complexity of the Brain and Modeling Challenges 07:23 Complexity in the Brain 15:38 The Utility of Computational Models 18:49 Philosophical Implications of Computational Models 22:28 AI, Computation, and the Mind 26:09 Understanding LLMs and Their Implications 31:03 Future Directions in Neuroscience and AI Research Find Andrew: -Referenced Paper on The Mind and Computation: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/mila.12521