AI Warfare! Killer Robots! Jim Carrey Clones?! With Van Lathan

AI Warfare! Killer Robots! Jim Carrey Clones?! With Van Lathan

From Wait a Second... by The Ringer

March 5, 2026 · 1h 11m

About this episode

The episode features a discussion on various topics including AI, killer robots, and cloning with guest Van Lathan.

Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker welcome Higher Learning’s Van Lathan for a grab bag of an episode that covers everything from killer robots to cloning your pets. Buckle up! In this episode: (2:45) Anthropic AI (12:42) A communist streak (19:38) 'Project Hail Mary' (33:25) Starting five killer robots (42:24) Jim Carrey replicant? (54:31) The LUSID score (57:04) The Doomscroll: Missing general, Bohemian Grove, and Rachel Dolezal Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker Guest: Van Lathan Producers: Cory McConnell, Donnie Beacham, and Justin Sayles Art direction: David Shoemaker Motion graphics and animations: Chris Calleton Engineering: Sarah Reddy Set design: Hannah Leiken and Jonathan Ratliff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Jason Concepcion, Tyler Parker

Guest: Van Lathan

Topics covered

  • AI
  • cloning
  • robots
  • society
  • culture
  • news

Keywords

  • AI Warfare
  • killer robots
  • cloning
  • Jim Carrey
  • Project Hail Mary
  • Bohemian Grove
  • Rachel Dolezal

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Higher Learning

Products: Anthropic AI

Books & works: Project Hail Mary

Places: Bohemian Grove

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