About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of artificial intelligence on human meaning, starting from cultural references and moving through political commentary.

We start on Baudrillard, hyperreality and Happy Days' The Fonz, then move into failing Australian politics, and finally we get to the real subject: artificial intelligence and the crisis of meaning. The future is coming at us fast, and we wonder what role will remain for humans.

People in this episode

Host: Matt Wong

Guest: Christian Cunningham

Topics covered

• artificial intelligence
• crisis of meaning
• Australian politics
• hyperreality
• Baudrillard

Keywords

• artificial intelligence
• meaning
• Baudrillard
• hyperreality
• Australian politics
• The Fonz
• Happy Days

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Happy Days

Places: Australia

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