About this episode
The episode explores the concept of language as a historical totem and discusses various philosophical ideas related to it.
What happens when we treat language as a historical totem? Xiq walks with me at UBC campus for https://atmosphereconf.org ! We discuss swarms of AI fairies, openness and game theory, hyperstition and psychomagic, the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, and why thinking heaven is boring is a failure of imagination and misunderstanding of the infinite.
People in this episode
Host: Henry Zhu
Guest: Xiq
Topics covered
- language
- etymology
- AI
- philosophy
- Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
- imagination
Keywords
- language
- etymology
- AI fairies
- game theory
- hyperstition
- psychomagic
- Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: UBC, atmosphereconf.org
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