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What does AI mean for our relationship with technology? What does it mean for authenticity and creative expression? Will AI make us better or worse?

This is a subject I've been obsessed with for a while, and I finally plucked up the courage to record a podcast about it.

I talked about my concerns with the creeping inevitability of AI, and ask what it might mean for our sense of health, fulfillment and purpose. Enjoy!

Timestamps:

00:00 - how would ChatGPT take over the world? (credit to yazandferas)

02:07 - why this topic matters

09:36 - how AI can help solve humanity's greatest problems

11:41 - Concern 1 - tech's impact on our health

21:41 - The productivity paradox

27:38 - creative expression

34:09 - an optimistic ending

Shownotes:

Yazandferas podcast clip

10 wonderful examples of using AI for good 

Have we reached peak cognition? 

Generation Anxiety 

John Maynard Keynes quote

Paul Millerd / Tina He  

Ghost-produced music on Spotify - The Ghosts in the Machine by Liz Pelly

We're Watching Facebook Die

Neal Moore’s Pro Human substack

Ditch the Doomscroll