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