Mind & Human Nature

Why This AI Moment May Be the Real Deal

This time, believe the hype.

From: They’re Here…

Surveillance Humanism

The unholy union of AI and HR is coming.

Reality Minus

On the depressing fantasy of minds in simulated worlds

From: Saving the Real

Losing Ourselves

Why the prospect of loving machines is so sad

Can Machines Have Common Sense?

“Deep learning” hype misses a basic feature of human intelligence.

From: Available in Audio

Bot Anxiety

What happens to public discourse when everyone fails the Turing Test?

Welcoming Our New Robot Overlords

How warnings of AI doom gave way to primal fear of primates posting

From: Available in Audio

Do We Want Dystopia?

On nightmare tech as the fulfillment of warped desire

From: Available in Audio

The Ancients’ Tech Anxiety

On the shallowness of reading mythology as sci-fi