The Natural Intelligence Podcast

Is The AI Alignment Problem a Real Problem?

There is an entire field of research dedicated to the problem of AI alignment. In this episode, Jill Nephew presents and supports the claim that there is no AI alignment problem to be solved and reveals the real alignment problem we need to be focusing on. ======= Produced by Inqwire, a public benefit corporation on a mission to help create a world that makes sense. Inqwire is a technology platform designed to restore, protect, and enhance human natural intelligence for navigating towards what makes sense, alone and together. Learn more: ⁠https://www.inqwire.io/ [https://www.inqwire.io/]

Inquiry and Natural Intelligence

What is the practice or the ‘doing’ of restoring your natural intelligence? What’s special about a practice that restores your natural intelligence? As we’ve been putting out the message of why it’s so important to restore, enhance, and protect our natural intelligence, these are some of the questions we still need to answer. In this episode, Jill Nephew speaks to these questions and more around inquiry as a practice and its relationship to natural intelligence. ======= Produced by Inqwire, a public benefit corporation on a mission to help create a world that makes sense. Inqwire is a technology platform designed to restore, enhance, and protect our natural ability to navigate towards what makes sense, alone and together. Learn more: https://www.inqwire.io/ [https://www.inqwire.io/]

Unpacking the Unexamined Harms of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy: Part 3

This episode is part 3 of a series of conversations prompted by the recent Cover Story, Power Trip [https://www.psymposia.com/powertrip/] podcast episodes exploring the MDMA-Assisted therapy trials by MAPS and the stories of participants who went through severe negative experiences that were previously not publicly known or acknowledged. In this episode we deep dive into a series of thought experiments around the role of the therapist in psychedelic therapy and imagine into what testable mechanisms for good outcomes might look like. More show notes here [https://www.inqwire.io/content/re-imagining-psychedelic-assisted-therapy-through-the-lens-of-natural-intelligence--part-3]. ======= Produced by Inqwire, a public benefit corporation on a mission to help create a world that makes sense. Inqwire is a technology platform designed to restore, enhance, and protect our natural ability to navigate towards what makes sense, alone and together. Learn more: https://www.inqwire.io/ [https://www.inqwire.io/]

Unpacking the Unexamined Harms of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy: Part 2

This episode is part 2 of a series of conversations prompted by the recent Cover Story, Power Trip [https://www.psymposia.com/powertrip/] podcast episodes exploring the MDMA-Assisted therapy trials by MAPS and the stories of participants who went through severe negative experiences that were previously not publicly known or acknowledged. In this episode we continue the conversation where we talk about things like the mechanisms of psychological harm, the role of psychedelics in a therapeutic process, the role of therapists or guides, and thought experiments around how psychedelics introduce new dimensions of harm and meaning, beyond existing mental health interventions. More show notes here [https://www.inqwire.io/content/re-imagining-psychedelic-assisted-therapy-through-the-lens-of-natural-intelligence--part-2]. ======= Produced by Inqwire, a public benefit corporation on a mission to help create a world that makes sense. Inqwire is a technology platform designed to restore, enhance, and protect our natural ability to navigate towards what makes sense, alone and together. Learn more: https://www.inqwire.io/ [https://www.inqwire.io/]

Unpacking the Unexamined Harms of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy: Part 1

This episode is the first part of a series of conversations prompted by the recent Cover Story, Power Trip [https://www.psymposia.com] podcast episodes exploring the MDMA-Assisted therapy trials by MAPS and the stories of participants who went through severe negative experiences that were previously not publicly known or acknowledged. We use this as a launch point for a conversation where we talk about things like the mechanisms of psychological harm, the role of psychedelics in a therapeutic process, the role of therapists or guides, the placebo effect and psychological diagnoses, and the danger of the enhanced placebo effect in psychological interventions. More show notes here [https://www.inqwire.io/content/re-imagining-psychedelic-assisted-therapy-through-the-lens-of-natural-intelligence--part-1]. ======= Produced by Inqwire, a public benefit corporation on a mission to help create a world that makes sense. Inqwire is a technology platform designed to restore, enhance, and protect our natural ability to navigate towards what makes sense, alone and together. Learn more: https://www.inqwire.io/