Futuristic #39 – Chapter 3: The AI Revolution Will Not Be Televised

About this episode

Cameron and Steve discuss the implications of AI on society, politics, and the future after a six-week break.

After a six-week hiatus, Cameron and Steve return for a sprawling, charged conversation about AI, politics, ethics, and the future of civilization. Steve reveals he’s been 3D printing buildings for TV, while Cam unveils his bold new concept: _Chapter 3_, a movement to engineer the next phase of humanity before AI and robots rewrite society by default. They dig into Mirror World drift, political alignment tools, and why Australia isn’t even remotely ready for the revolution already underway. There’s talk of AI-led political parties, the death of Google search, capitalist collapse, and even starting a cult. Welcome to the next chapter. FULL TRANSCRIPT   [00:00:00] Cameron: This is futuristic, episode 39, recorded on the 16th of May, 2025. Our first show in six weeks. Steve Sammartino Steve: I’m so sorry. I didn’t know it was that long, but we’re back and Cameron’s in the house ready to learn as good, including English and grammar. Cameron: Well, look, there’s been a whole lot of things going on, um, in the world of tech and AI in the last six weeks since we’ve been busy doing other stuff. Steve, do you wanna gimme a quick burst of, uh, what…

People in this episode

Host: Cameron Reilly

Guest: Steve Sammartino

Topics covered

• AI
• politics
• ethics
• future of civilization
• 3D printing
• technology
• society

Keywords

• AI revolution
• 3D printing
• political alignment
• Mirror World
• capitalist collapse
• future of humanity
• cult

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google

Places: Australia

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