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EP.14 Andrew Hui on aphorisms and the universal library

In this episode, Ida speaks with Andrew Hui about ruins and monuments functioning as collective memory. They discuss fragments, aphorisms, and humanity’s attempt at collective intelligence through the universal library. They also talk about how classifying knowledge means shaping the world, the pursuit of knowledge as a way to build identity, and what it means to read (and what it means to read too much).

EP.13 Robert Long on the ethics of artificial intelligence

In this episode of Reverb, Ida speaks with Robert Long about his intellectual journey from philosophy to the study of consciousness and AI. They define some of the terminology in this space, such as what we mean by consciousness, sentience, and the hard problem of consciousness. They talk about the field of AI ethics and why it’s so important, and touch on some of the theory around how we can think about sentience and ethics when it comes to AI. Robert and Ida also discuss the semi-recent case with the Google Engineer who concluded that Lamda — a large language model — was a person that deserved rights. How that happened, and what kind of implications we face as a result of these kinds of incidents.

EP.12 Anne-Laure Le Cunff on mindful productivity and idea sex

In this episode, Ida speaks with Anne-Laure Le Cunff about learning in public, mindful productivity, their own experiences with productivity, work, life, and balancing it all. They also discuss combinational creativity, aka idea sex, and a lot more.

EP.11 Dave Cormier on learning in uncertainty and informational abundance

In this episode of Reverb, Ida speaks with Dave Cormier about rhizomatic learning, uncertainty, the educational’s systems obsession with right answers, informational abundance, and more.

EP.10 Anders Sandberg on collective intelligence and grand futures

In this episode, Ida speaks with Dr. Anders Sandberg about collective intelligence (alluding to his recent paper on the matter co-authored with Vicky Chuqiao Yang), existential risk, existential hope, healing society, optimism, and the inner inspiration within all of us to imagine grand futures.