Podcast Episodes

Black Mirror

Episode 50

Episode 48 - Black Mirror

Nir and J discuss the show Black Mirror, the now archetypal tech dystopian cultural phenomenon. In almost every episode, te…

8 hours ago

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Are Chatbots Conscious? A Conversation with Henry Shevlin

Episode 49

Episode 47 - Are Chatbots Conscious? A Conversation with Henry Shevlin

Henry Shevlin, DeepMind's first in-house philosopher and associate director of…

2 weeks ago

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Killer Robots

Episode 48

Episode 46 - Killer Robots

This week Nir and J discuss the evolving ethical, political, and strategic landscape of autonomous weapons systems, contra…

4 weeks ago

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Right to Try

Episode 47

Episode 45 - Right to Try

This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J discuss patient autonomy and the "right to try". The debate surrounding medical aut…

1 month, 1 week ago

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Magnificent Humanity: A Conversation with Father Michael Baggot

Episode 46

Episode 44 - Magnificent Humanity

This week, J and Nir talk to Father Michael Baggot about Pope Leo XIV’s recent encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, whi…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Brain-Computer Interfaces

Episode 45

Episode 43 - Brain-Computer Interfaces

This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J discuss the ethics of brain-computer interfaces. What role do they pla…

2 months, 1 week ago

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Live from Cambridge: Existential Risk

Episode 44

Live from Cambridge: Existential Risk

In this special live episode, recorded before an audience at Long Now Boston, Nir and J dig into existential ri…

2 months, 4 weeks ago

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Who Really Needs Ozempic Anyway?

Episode 43

Episode 42 - Who Really Needs Ozempic Anyway?

This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J discuss the tradeoffs of GLP1 drugs. Their use has reversed the…

3 months, 1 week ago

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Disgust

Episode 42

Episode 41 - Disgust

This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J discuss the role of disgust in morality. Neuroscience suggests that feelings of disgust …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

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Nicholas Christakis - Technology and Contagion

Episode 41

Episode 40 - Nicholas Christakis - Technology and Contagion

Dr. Nicholas Christakis is the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale U…

4 months, 1 week ago

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