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Ghosts in the Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness, & Capitalism

Ghosts in the Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness, & Capitalism

FromRed Menace


Ghosts in the Machines: Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness, & Capitalism

FromRed Menace

ratings:
Length:
117 minutes
Released:
Apr 11, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode, Alyson and Breht wrestle with the possible rise of artificial general intelligence and its implications. Together they discuss the Silicon Valley Techno-Cult and their dark religious search for immortality, their hubristic attempts to "build god" and escape death, their neoliberal subjectivities and how that manifests in their work, how AI might manifest under the capitalist mode of production, the horrors and contradictions of "capitalism without workers", deflationary critiques of AI, humans as transitional creatures, consciousness and its complexities, intelligence without consciousness (philosophical zombies), Nietzchean nihilism, real religion and what it offers, embracing the inevitability of your own death, and much more!
Released:
Apr 11, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (70)

Red Menace is a podcast that explains and analyzes revolutionary theory and then applies its lessons to our contemporary conditions. Hosted by Alyson Escalante and Breht O'Shea.