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AI Sessions #4: The Social AI Revolution - Friendship, Romance, and the Future of Human Connection
Watch now | Is it possible to have a meaningful relationship with a machine? Should we be creating chatbots that represent our dead relatives? Why is…
Nov 20
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Dan Williams
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On Becoming Less Left-Wing (Part 1) (unpaywalled)
Evolution, economics, political psychology, social epistemology, and progress.
Nov 16
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Dan Williams
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AI Sessions #3: The Truth About AI and the Environment
Watch now | Examining AI's true environmental impact, the 'stochastic parrot' debate, effective altruism, technological determinism, and all the ways we…
Nov 2
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Dan Williams
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Andy Masley
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October 2025
On Highbrow Misinformation
On issues like climate change, gender, race, and crime, establishment journalism and punditry are often misleading. One can acknowledge this without…
Oct 26
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Dan Williams
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Should We Blame Institutional Failures For MAGA Insanity?
No. Well, maybe a tiny bit. But mostly, no. (Conversation with Yassine Meskhout).
Oct 19
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Dan Williams
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Yassine Meskhout
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AI Sessions #2: Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness - A Deep Dive
Watch now | In this conversation, Dan Williams and Henry Shevlin explore the complex and multifaceted topic of AI consciousness.
Oct 14
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Dan Williams
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Superintelligence and the Decline of Human Interdependence
What happens to humanity when we no longer need each other?
Oct 11
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Is Social Media Destroying Democracy—Or Giving It To Us Good And Hard?
It’s easier to blame the algorithm than the bewildered herd.
Oct 7
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September 2025
Evolutionary Psychology, Politics, and the Humanities
Several podcast appearances
Sep 28
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Dan Williams
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AI Sessions #1: AI - A Normal Technology or a Superintelligent Alien Species?
Watch now (77 mins) | Is Artificial Intelligence Just Another Technology or Potentially Something Fundamentally Different and Extremely Dangerous?
Sep 18
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Dan Williams
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Against Bluesky (and Blueskyism)
Politics, echo chambers, and the difference between persuasion, propaganda, and performance on social media
Sep 14
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Dan Williams
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Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence: 10-Week Syllabus & Readings
Can computers think and feel? Will "super-intelligent" machines cause human extinction? How will advances in AI transform democracy, society, the…
Sep 7
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