Deus vs. Machina

About this episode

In this episode, Mike and Ben discuss various topics including AI's influence on the internet and remarks made by Chris Olah regarding Pope Leo XIV's encyclical.

Become a Ctrl-Alt-Speech supporter to get extended episodes of the podcast plus the chance to submit stories for us to cover. In this week's episode, Mike and Ben cover: The Boring Internet (Terry Godier)Orkney Library & Archive (Bluesky)Silicon Valley takes its AI pitch to the pope (Politico)Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah's remarks on Pope Leo XIV's encyclical "Magnifica humanitas" (Anthropic)Vance calls Pope Leo’s AI warnings ‘profound’ (NBC News)American heresy: should Peter Thie...

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike Masnick, Ben Whitelaw

Topics covered

• AI
• Internet
• Pope
• Technology
• Business

Keywords

• AI
• Pope
• Internet
• Anthropic
• Silicon Valley
• Terry Godier
• Bluesky
• Peter Thiel

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Organizations: Bluesky, Politico, Anthropic, NBC News

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