About this episode
The episode discusses the potential catastrophic consequences of AI and military collaboration, framed as a speedrun to the apocalypse.
Sure feels like some combination of AI, the US military, and the AI military could bring an end to the world any day now, so I figured I'd better record one last show for posterity. Welcome me on this version's speedrun to the apocalypse! So long as the EMP blasts don't nuke all our ham radios, write in to podcast@searls.co and I'll read it on the next release of the program. Over. Be sure to click all these links while the clickin's good: Ninja Creami Deluxe prove_it Agents are ushering in the Antisocial Era Brace for the Fuckening Citrini Research fanfic Would you like your AI singularity benign or extinction-level? Original post by the Dallas Fed Anthropic's Statement on the comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth OpenAI's agreement with the Department of War U.S. Strikes in Middle East Use Anthropic, Hours After Trump Ban Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week Apple introduces a new video podcast experience on Apple Podcasts Foveated Streaming for Apple Vision Pro Huge Xbox shakeup: Phil Spencer retiring, Sarah Bond resigns, Microsoft AI boss becomes new Microsoft Gaming CEO XCOM's Jake Solomon announces his new studio is closing, reveals now-cancelled…
People in this episode
Host: Justin Searls
Topics covered
- AI
- military
- apocalypse
- technology
- gaming
- media
Keywords
- AI
- military
- apocalypse
- gaming
- technology
- OpenAI
- Netflix
- Microsoft
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: US military, Department of War, OpenAI, Dallas Fed, Apple, Microsoft, Netflix
Products: Ninja Creami Deluxe, Apple Vision Pro
Books & works: Doom
Places: Middle East, Warner Bros., Paramount, Unreal Tournament 2004
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