Natasha Vita-More on transhumanism, brain health, increasing neuroplasticity, and beneficial AGI (AC Ep25)

by shan | Jan 3, 2024 | Podcast

“We can see AI as a tool that will benefit us and give us warmth, insight, and light. If we use the metaphor that fire gave us light and warmth and helped guide us, AI can do the same, and we don’t have to be so afraid of it and halt it.” – Natasha Vita-More...

Dave Snowden on abductive reasoning, estuarine mapping, AI and human capability, and weak signal detection (AC Ep24)

by shan | Dec 20, 2023 | Podcast

“Human beings learn more from anomalies than they do from anything else.” – Dave Snowden About Dave Snowden Dave Snowden is Founder of The Cynefin Centre and Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of The Cynefin Company. He is the creator of the extremely influential...

Byron Reese on the human superorganism, collective intelligence, saving humanity, and being kinder (AC Ep23)

by shan | Dec 13, 2023 | Podcast

“It isn’t that two, three, twelve, or a hundred powerful people, whose names we all know, do the heavy lifting while the rest of us just get dragged along. No, it is every bee going out and doing their small part that makes the hive function.” – Byron Reese...

Heidi Lorenzen on encoding humanity in AI, regulation and possibility, amplifying creativity, and collective vision (AC Ep22)

by shan | Dec 6, 2023 | Podcast

“Those who are so afraid that they don’t want to touch anything related to AI are the ones who, A, are probably going to lose their jobs, or, B, worse, could create some unintended damage.” – Heidi Lorenzen About Heidi Lorenzen Heidi Lorenzen is...

Eliot Peper on writing science fiction, information feeds, inhabiting the edge, and habits for better cognition (AC Ep21)

by shan | Nov 29, 2023 | Podcast

“Doing less allows you to increase the cognitive space you have for what’s actually important.” – Eliot Peper About Eliot Peper Eliot Peper is a novelist, author of 11 successful books including Bandwidth, Reap3r, and most recently Foundry, with...