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Dystopia NowPro-Natalism, Anti-Natalism and Efilism with Briahna Joy GrayTo join us on Patreon go here: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow This week we were joined by Briahna Joy Gray to talk about natalism and Efilism. We also had a great discussion about the philosophy of human extinction. Bad Faith Podcast / Briahna Joy Gray Bad Faith Podcast: “Episode 479: Promo — Truth in Fiction w/ Cory Doctorow” https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-479-promo-truth-in-fiction-w-cory-doctorow/id1531192509?i=1000710888262 Bad Faith Podcast: “Episode 445: Promo — From Merit to Eugenics: Elon Musk’s…” https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/episode-445-promo-from-merit-to-eugenics-elon-musks/id1531192509?i=1000688606822 Pronatalism / Natalism Discourse Mother...2025-06-201h 30Dystopia NowThe Crapture: Transhumanism and ChristianityPlease support our show at patreon.com/dystopianow This week, we explore the growing relationship between Christianity and transhumanism and how they may be merging in the MAGA movement into an end-times fantasy that can satisfy everyone! Surveillance, Policing, and Immigration Tech Waymo Faces Data Privacy Protests in Los Angeles https://www.wired.com/story/waymo-data-privacy-protests-los-angeles/ Waymo's Driverless Cars Revealed to Be Narcs as Cops Use Them to Probe Crimes https://gizmodo.com/waymos-driverless-cars-revealed-to-be-narcs-as-cops-use-them-to-probe-crimes-2000590426 Los Angeles ICE Raids Spark Concerns Over Immigration Conditions https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/la-ice-raids-immigration-conditions 2025-06-1340 minDystopia NowTranshumanism and Capitalism with Dr. Alexander ThomasTo become a supporter and join our group chat, visit us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DystopiaNow This week we chatted with Dr. Alexander Thomas, author of The Politics and Ethics of Transhumanism: Techno-Human Evolution and Advanced Capitalism. Dr Alexander Thomas is a multi-award-winning film director and screenwriter. His academic research questions what it means to be human when cultural, cybernetic and biotechnological developments undermine the notion of the human as a cogent and eternal category. This episode is a great pairing to last week's episode with Quinn Slobodian. We mentioned a lo...2025-06-051h 35Dystopia NowThe Tech Bro Zone with Quinn SlobodianTo join our group chat or become a subscriber, go here: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow This week we chatted with historian Quinn Slobodian, a professor of international history at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. His books, which have been translated into ten languages, include, most recently, Hayek’s Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ and the Capitalism of the Far Right and Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World without Democracy. Intro Anthropic: AI deception risk Patreon: Join Community Chats Quinn Slobodian...2025-05-281h 08Dystopia NowPATREON PREVIEW: The Zizians, A Cult Within A CultThis week is Part 1 of our Patreon supporter only series on the Zizians. We discuss the origins of the Zizian ideology in the Rationalism community, MIRI, CFAR, Roko's Basilisk and Doom Circles. To become a subscriber, visit us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow2025-05-2502 minDystopia NowPATREON PREVIEW: The Zizians, A Cult Within A CultThis week is Part 1 of our Patreon supporter only series on the Zizians. We discuss the origins of the Zizian ideology in the Rationalism community, MIRI, CFAR, Roko's Basilisk and Doom Circles. To hear the rest of the episode, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter at https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow We really appreciate your consideration! We're an entirely independent show with no advertisers only possible because of listeners like you. 2025-05-2448 minDystopia NowDragging Matt Yglesias with Nathan RobinsonTo become a Patreon supporter go here: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow With guest Nathan Robinson, Editor of Current Affairs, we dive into the career and ideology of Matt Yglesias and his confidently wrong opinions about everything. Yglesias has helped shift mainstream liberalism toward a colder, more cynical worldview that prioritizes elite consensus and data-driven “pragmatism” over solidarity and human dignity. From Sam Bankman-Fried and crypto, to housing, to Palestine, he’s the voice of technocratic centrism beloved by Silicon Valley elites. His views reflect a shallow utilitarianism that strips politics of moral urgency and empathy, and we...2025-05-231h 13
Planet: CriticalIs the End Nigh? | Émile Torres What is an extinction event? How have human beings considered extinction in the past? How is the contemporary understanding of human extinction different to the ancient world? And why is it that tech billionaires are so obsessed with it to the extent that they're making the decisions that are more likely to hasten its arrival?Philosopher of extinction, Émile Torres, has dedicated their life to answering these questions. A former advocate of long-termism, Émile is now one of the most outspoken critics of the dangerous ideologies driving development in Silicon Valley, warning against a vision of u...2025-05-2248 minDystopia NowTESCREAL Overview with Kath Barbadoro and Alex PtakTo join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow This week we welcomed comedians Kath Barbadoro (What a Time to Be Alive podcast) and Alex Ptak (Quorators podcast) to go through each letter in the bundle of ideologies. Who invented them, who believes in them, and the impact they are having on our world today. Transhumanism Extropianism Singularitarianism Cosmism Rationalism Effective Altruism Longtermism Extra reading/watching: Intro clip: https://www.tiktok.com/@the.free.press/v...2025-05-151h 04Dystopia NowThe Dark Enlightenment (Nick Land and Curtis Yarvin)Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow This week we discussed Nick Land's series of essays "The Dark Enlightenment," considered a foundational document for right accelerationists (r/acc) and neoreactionary ideologies (NrX). Plus the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit, Mark Zuckerberg's AI friends, Bryan Johnson's penis de-aging, and AI spirituality. Additional Resources: Segment 1: Bryan Johnson Vanity Fair: The bizarre journey of Bryan Johnson, his anti-aging endeavors, and his controversial experiment in penile rejuvenation. Don't Die, Tech Mogul: Bryan Johnson's Quest Bryan Johnson’s Blog on Penis De-Aging...2025-05-081h 01Dystopia NowUNLOCKED: Nuke Mars (Bezos vs. Musk) If you'd like to become a subscriber to hear more bonus episodes you can do it here: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow his Patreon bonus episode with Kenice Mobley about Bezos vs. Musk on space was so fun we decided to unlock it. Bezos wants us to live in cylinders, Musk wants us to nuke Mars, but both of them want a future where we're all digital beings maximizing value. Some of the wildest information we've talked about so far. Thanks for being one of our patreon subscribers! F...2025-05-0449 min
The Seeking Justice Podcast™Episode 8 Silicon Valley's New Pro-Apocalyptic Religion - TESCREALIn this episode of the Seeking Justice podcast, host Benedict Bloggs, interviews LA-based journalist (with Drop Site News) and data analyst, Nicholas Rodelo, and biotechnologist and tech entrepreneur Keira Havens about Silicon Valley's new Pro-Apocalytic religion: the TESCREAL bundle of ideologies (Transhumanism, Extropianism, Singularitarianism, Cosmism, Rationalism Effective Altruism and Longterminism). The discussion explores: the origins of this overlapping bundle of ideologies from eugenics and race science, to champions of TESCREAL such as Jeffrey Epstein, Elon Musk and Peter Theil; their future outlook towards "creating God", colonising the universe with "trillions of digital beings" and prep...2025-05-042h 02
Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron MatéDystopia Now: Why Tech Bros Want a Master RaceThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.usefulidiotspodcast.comSubscribe for the full episode at the bottom of the page. Watch a free preview here:The new podcast Dystopia Now, hosted by comedian Kate Willett and philosopher Émile Torres, has been unveiling a disturbing new story from the tech world that comes straight out of The Matrix. It involves transhumanism, a tech-bro update to eugenics, in which billionaires can digitize their minds with AI, transcending humanity and achieving immortality.If this sounds disturbing, just wait until y...2025-05-0259 min
Useful Idiots with Katie Halper and Aaron MatéDystopia Now: Why Tech Bros Want a Master RaceGo to groundnews.com/useful for a better way to stay informed. Subscribe for 40% off unlimited access to world-wide coverage through our link.Visit ProlonLife.com/USEFUL to claim your 15% discount and your $40 bonus gift.Go to our sponsor https://venice.ai/useful and use code useful to enjoy private, uncensored AI. Using our code will get you 20% off a pro plan.This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at http://betterhelp.com/USEFUL and get on your way to being your best self.Check out Delet...2025-05-0259 min
Reply GuysReply Guys The Nerd ReichWhy is Elon trying so hard to dismantle the administrative state? This may be an answer you haven't heard yet.
This week, Emile and Kate host journalist Gil Duran (New Republic, The Nerd Reich) for a discussion about Network States, aka libertarian post democracy colonies that have become a popular idea among tech billionaires.
From seasteading to the California Forever tech utopia, from Mars to maybe... the entire US, these guys have their sites set on a feudal structure that makes an Ayn Rand novel look quaint.
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RSS Feed: https://feeds.libsyn.com/566555/rss2025-05-0154 minDystopia NowCOPAGANDA with Alec KarakatsanisPlease join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow For the first half of the episode, we talked about the Semafor reveal of Silicon Valley groupchats and Marc Andreessen’s posting addiction + Èmile’s article on End Times Eschatology. We covered Yudkowsky’s “Fun Theory,” cryogenically freezing your head, and the connection between transhumanists and Christianity. Then, we talked to author and former public defender Alec Karakatsanis about his new book Copanganda and the way we are all propagandized about policing and crime. Alec is the founder of the Civil Rights Corps, an organizatio...2025-05-011h 18Dystopia NowQ & A Part 1 -- Harry Potter and the Methods of RationalityThis week we answered some questions from our Patreon supporters. It's like a mini episode on a bunch of different topics, including the worst book I've ever heard of. We covered Èmile's journey out of longtermism, Yudkowsky's Harry Potter fan fic, end-times narratives, and how we will one day beat the tech bros by withholding our labor. If you'd like to hear part 2 become a subscriber here: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow Articles Mentioned in This Episode and Further Reading AI Ethics Louisiana is using a myst...2025-04-2440 min
Data & SocietyResisting Predatory Data | Book TalkAt the turn of the 20th century, the anti-immigration and eugenics movements used data about marginalized people to fuel racial divisions and political violence under the guise of streamlining society toward the future. Today, as the tech industry champions itself as a global leader of progress and innovation, we are falling into the same trap.On April 10th, Anita Say Chan, author of Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future (UCP 2025 and open access), joined Émile P. Torres and Timnit Gebru for a discussion of the 21st century eugenics revival in b...2025-04-181h 02Dystopia NowSam Altman Part 2: Doomsday Prepping and Simulation HypothesisPlease consider becoming a subscriber on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/dystopianow/membership This episode we began with a discussion of Peter Singer and eugenics ideas in the Effective Altruism community. And more Sam Altman-- his firing at Open AI, his doomsday prepping and his version of utopia. Sam Altman & OpenAI Moore’s Law for Everything – Sam Altman’s Blog OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Is a Survivalist Prepper – Futurism Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny – The New Yorker The Most Powerful Man in AI – New York Magazine OpenAI Controversy...2025-04-171h 15Dystopia NowSam Altman Part 1: Building God, Scanning EyeballsBecome a member on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow This week, we begin to explore the mystery that is Sam Altman of Open AI. We cover the AI Doomer coup, Sam's Worldcoin metal orb that scans your retinas, his friendship with Peter Thiel, and his views on restructuring our government with AItopia. We also talked about the weirdo tech billionaire plot to do a Mars colonization trial run on Greenland. An hour in, we had barely scratched the surface of Sam, so we'll be back with a Part 2. Further Reading on Sam Altman: ...2025-04-1052 minDystopia NowCurtis YarvinTo become a Patreon subscriber and hear our bonus eps: https://www.patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow This week we talked about Curtis Yarvin and his vision of CEO/Monarchies, Network States for Tech Bros-- in the US. And Ezra Klein's more minor tech backed reforms. How much democracy should we have? 2025-04-041h 03
The Digital Deal PodcastVirtually Real: Writing Transmedia SpacesSend us a textIn this episode we talk to Lara Lesmes + Fredrik Hellberg of Space Popular, Pierre Christophe Gam, and Brooklyn J. Pakathi about spaces - private, public, real, virtual, but most importantly transmedia spaces that confuse these definitions and open us to different ways of inhabiting spaces, interacting with one another, performing rituals, or building communities. Resources:The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis by Amitav GhoshDismantling the Master's Clock: On Race, Space and Time by Rasheedah PhillipsThe TESCREAL Bundle: Eugenics and the...2025-03-3141 minDystopia NowThe Effective Altruists and the "Abundance" MovementThis week we talked about the "Abundance Agenda" and it's roots in the Effective Altruism movement. A network of think tanks, Silicon Valley billionaires, and centrist pundits are getting all riled up about zoning ordinances, and possibly trying to take over the Democratic Party? Oh boy. We explore the dark side of Effective Altruism, men's rights activists, IQ Realists, "race science," eugenicists and more lurking in a movement where the biggest scoundrels in society are mixing with Vox writers- EA! This episode was a wild ride, let us know what you think. We'll be...2025-03-271h 08Dystopia NowPeter Thiel Part 1In this episode, we explore Peter Thiel's villain origin story. From his budding commitment to being an edgelord at Stanford to developing the theory that girls ruined everything by voting. Seasteading, blood transfusions, the weird incel parties he throws with Curtis Yarvin. We've got it all. Next week we'll cover the NeoReactionary movement in detail. Futher reading: https://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/04/13/peter-thiel/education-libertarian/ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/owned-book-peter-thiel-trump-tech-silicon-valley-1235276868/ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/26/elon-musk-peter-thiel-apartheid-south-africa https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/inside-the-new-right-where-peter-thiel-is-placing-his-biggest-bets?srsltid=AfmBOop8TkGouVZ72xamuuLVjtZjqQ8rz2G_SBCykFPkOpQGDtS77-j42025-03-2059 minDystopia NowPessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the WillThis week we are joined by Paris Marx, host of the podcast Tech Won't Save Us and a tech critic, journalist, author, and international speaker. We talked about Silicon Valley's changing influence in politics, climate policy, and about reasons for optimism as we think about how to confront Musk and Co. in the political arena. This is somewhat of a sister episode to our conversation last week with Jacob Silverman about the tech right that explores the political ideologies of the tech billionaires shaping our country, including within the Democratic Party. To support...2025-03-131h 09Dystopia NowPatreon Preview: Nuke Mars (Bezos vs. Musk)To hear the rest of this episode, become one of our Patreon supporters at https://www.patreon.com/DystopiaNow For this bonus episode we were joined by comedian Kenice Mobley to talk about the different space futures Bezos and Musk have in mind. Bezos wants us to live in cylinders, Musk wants us to nuke Mars, but both of them want a future where we're all digital beings maximizing value. Some of the wildest information we've talked about so far.2025-03-1105 minDystopia NowThe Tech Right with Jacob SilvermanThis week our guest is Jacob Silverman, and independent journalist who has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Slate, The New Yorker & The New Republic. He's the co-author of "Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud." We talked about the growing right wing movement in the tech industry. From the PayPal mafia to President Sh*tcoin today, we dive deep into how a few billionaires are influencing policy from DOGE to how cities treat our unhoused neighbors. Sorry for slight reduction in audio quality this...2025-03-0537 minDystopia NowSurveillance Capitalism with Albert Fox CahnThis week we welcomed special guest Albert Fox Cahn who is the Executive Director of S.T.O.P. (the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project). We talked about how AI is impacting policing and pricing. We also returned to the subject of Elon's ketamine addiction. Special thanks to Deon Wolf who has been helping with our short videos on instagram and youtube. 2025-02-2647 min
Making ContactNinety Seconds to Midnight: The Dangerous Philosophy of Silicon Valley (Encore)A new philosophy steeped in the ideas of Artificial Intelligence, space colonization, and the long-term survival of the human species is gaining ground among the wealthy. However, there are reasons to question its goals and its ethics. Longtermists believe that not only could we colonize space and create simulated humans in giant servers around stars, but that we must. Anything short of a trillion-year multi-planetary existence for our species would be a moral failing. They also believe that all of our ethical actions should focus on the countless lives that may exist in that dim future, instead of on t...2025-02-2629 minDystopia NowElon Part 2: Doomers vs. AccelerationistsThis week, Kate and Emile dive deeper into Elon Musk's ideology and explore the debate between two Silicon Valley camps, the AI Doomers and the AI Accelerationists. We explore the effective accelerationism or e/acc movement, a guy named Beff Jezos? Marc Andreessen's Techno Optimist Manifesto, and what Google founder Larry Page really believes. We also talked about what motivated Emile to do Ph.D research on human extinction. 2025-02-1937 minDystopia NowThe Nerd Reich with Gil DuranWhy is Elon trying so hard to dismantle the administrative state? This may be an answer you haven't heard yet. This week, Emile and Kate host journalist Gil Duran (New Republic, The Nerd Reich) for a discussion about Network States, aka libertarian post democracy colonies that have become a popular idea among tech billionaires. From seasteading to the California Forever tech utopia, from Mars to maybe... the entire US, these guys have their sites set on a feudal structure that makes an Ayn Rand novel look quaint. If you enjoy the episode, please sub...2025-02-1238 minDystopia NowElon Musk Part 1In our first episode we explore the question on everyone's mind: what the hell is Elon Musk doing? Well, the answer may be, trying (or pretending to try), winning a robot battle 10 billion years in the future when humanity is replaced with digital beings. Tune in to learn about the ideologies of longtermism and transhumanism and how they may be influencing Elon's actions in the Trump administration.2025-02-0453 min
café snakeice cream so gravePATREON :patreon.com/cafesnakeOn aborde la place du NPC dans la conscience populaire et dans les courants philosophiques qui façonnent Silicon Valley. On couvre aussi l'univers idéologique de 4chan à travers la tragédie de Nashville le 22 janvier 2025. Amazon Quebec, Inauguration de Trump +++Simulacre et simulations, par Jean Baudrillardhttps://www.leslibraires.ca/auteur/jean-baudrillard-29765 Full stack Trumpism, dans Garbage Day par Ryan Broderickhttps://www.garbageday.email/p/full-stack-trumpismTrump Admin Accused of Using AI to Draft Executive Or...2025-01-281h 10
Tech Won't Save UsPatreon Preview: Do We Live in a Simulation? w/ Émile P. TorresOur Data Vampires series may be over, but Paris interviewed a bunch of experts on data centers and AI whose insights shouldn’t go to waste. We’re releasing those interviews as bonus episodes for Patreon supporters. Here’s a preview of this week’s premium episode with Émile P. Torres, a postdoctoral researcher at Case Western University. For the full interview, support the show on Patreon.Support the show2025-01-2704 min
Outrage Overload: Staying grounded through science and balanced perspectives56. The Cost of Innovation: Who Pays for Silicon Valley’s Bold Experiments? - Émile P. TorresHow Silicon Valley Elites Decide the Future Without UsSilicon Valley’s technological breakthroughs promise to change the world, but at what cost? In this episode, we sit down with philosopher and technology critic Dr. Émile P. Torres to examine the hidden price of innovation. From AI’s environmental footprint to the ethical failures in its development, we explore how a small, unelected group of tech elites wields enormous influence over our collective future.Dr. Torres unpacks the hype around artificial intelligence, the anti-democratic nature of Silicon Valley’s decision-making, and the dangerous allure of tech...2025-01-2246 min
Machines Like UsHow Silicon Valley Monopolized Our ImaginationThe past few months have seen a series of bold proclamations from the most powerful people in tech.In September, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta had developed “the most advanced glasses the world had ever seen.” That same day, Open AI CEO Sam Altman predicted we could have artificial super intelligence within a couple of years. Elon Musk has said he’ll land rockets on Mars by 2026.We appear to be living through the kinds of technological leaps we used to only dream about. But whose dreams were those, exactly?In her latest book...2024-12-0345 min
The Business OfHollywood hustle – From indie producer to CEOLights... Camera... Spreadsheets? Emile Sherman and his production company See-Saw Films have produced some of the most beloved films and TV shows of the last few decades, including The King’s Speech, Lion, Heartstopper and Slow Horses. It’s a job he loves, but it’s not all glitz and glamour. In fact, it's similar to running a business in almost any other field... Whether you're trying to spot the next big thing or learn when to say “no” to the big money, running a production company is far more business than “show.” Emile explains how he and his...2024-11-2722 min
AI Article ReadingsContra Emile Torres Contra Me Contra Torres Contra The So-Called 'TESCREALists' - By Ozy BrennanAI reading of Contra Emile Torres Contra Me Contra Torres Contra The So-Called 'TESCREALists' - By Ozy Brennan.https://open.substack.com/pub/thingofthings/p/contra-emile-torres-contra-me-contra?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe2024-11-2724 min
Tech Won't Save UsData Vampires: Fighting for Control (Episode 4)Tech billionaires are embracing extreme right-wing politics. It’s not just to enhance their power, but to try to realize a harmful vision for humanity’s future that could see humans merging with machines and possibly even living in computer simulations. Will we allow them to put our collective resources behind their science fiction dreams, or fight for a better future and a different kind of technology to go along with it? This is episode 4 of Data Vampires, a special four-part series from Tech Won’t Save Us.Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech...2024-10-2835 min
University of Minnesota PressDeconstructing deep time.Has the idea of the end of the world captured your imagination? Ted Toadvine’s book The Memory of the World: Deep Time, Animality, and Eschatology contends that a preoccupation with the world’s precarity relies on a flawed understanding of time that neglects the past and present with the goal of managing the future. Toadvine integrates insights from phenomenology, deconstruction, critical animal studies, and new materialism to argue for a new philosophy of time that takes seriously the entangled temporal events spanning cosmic, geological, evolutionary, and human durations. Here Toadvine is joined in conversation with David Morris and Benj...2024-07-301h 18
AI InsideThe TESCREAL FAQ (with Émile P. Torres)This week hosts Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis welcome Dr. Émile P. Torres, philosopher and researcher who coined the term TESCREAL to describe the complicated ideologies driving the push toward AGI, as well as explore recent news in AI disclosure and consumer tech integration.🔔 Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshowINTERVIEW: Dr. Émile P. Torres
Explanation of the TESCREAL acronym and its component ideologies
Overview of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and its relation to the TESCREAL bundle
Discussion of the differences between AI "doome...2024-07-041h 21
Cult or Just WeirdS6E14 - The Future of Humanity: TESCREALWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- 2024-07-021h 22Cult or Just WeirdS6E13 - The Future of Humanity: TESCREALWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Making predictions is tough, especially about the future. -Niels Bohr Chris & Kayla put the L in TESCREAL. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom; Internet Culture --- *Topic Spoiler* TESCREAL & interview with Dr. Émile P. Torres --- Further Reading Dr. Émile P. Torres's Website Dr. Émil...2024-06-2542 minCult or Just WeirdS6E12 - The Future of Humanity: TESCREALWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there'll be great companies. - Sam Altman Chris & Kayla talk about the future of humanity, in the long term. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom; Internet Culture --- *Topic Spoiler* TESCREAL & interview with Dr. Émile P. Torres ...2024-06-1840 min
Basse Aspettative12. Lungotermismo: la “religione” di Elon MuskCos’è l’Effective Altruism (Altruismo Efficace)? Cosa c’entra col Longtermism (Lungotermismo)? E cos’hanno queste filosofie o, se vogliamo, “religioni”, a che vedere con alcuni tra gli uomini più ricchi e potenti del pianeta?
In questa puntata vi spieghiamo come il desiderio di fare del bene possa portare a conseguenze decisamente inaspettate, in un futuro così lontano che è difficile da immaginare, ma anche nel nostro presente.
Links
il TED talk di Peter Singer sull’Effective Altruism:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Diuv3XZQXyc
un articolo che parla delle varie malefatte di Sam B...2024-05-1846 min
Basse Aspettative12. Longtermism: la “religione” di Elon Musk, Sam Altman e Sam Bankman-FriedCos’è l’Effective Altruism (Altruismo Efficace)? Cosa c’entra col Longtermism (Lungotermismo)? E cos’hanno queste filosofie o, se vogliamo, “religioni”, a che vedere con alcuni tra gli uomini più ricchi e potenti del pianeta? In questa puntata vi spieghiamo come il desiderio di fare del bene possa portare a conseguenze decisamente inaspettate, in un futuro così lontano che è difficile da immaginare, ma anche nel nostro presente. Links il TED talk di Peter Singer sull’Effective Altruism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Diuv3XZQXyc un articolo che parla delle varie malefatte di Sam Bankman-Fried, uno degli esponenti di maggior rilievo dell’Effec...2024-05-1846 min
The Sunday ShowResisting AI and the Consolidation of PowerIn an introduction to a special issue of the journal First Monday on topics related to AI and power, Jenna Burrell and Jacob Metcalf argue that "what can and cannot be said inside of mainstream computer science publications appears to be constrained by the power, wealth, and ideology of a small cohort of industrialists. The result is that shaping discourse about the AI industry is itself a form of power that cannot be named inside of computer science." The papers in the journal go on to interrogate the epistemic culture of AI safety, the promise of utopia through artificial g...2024-05-0453 min
EA Forum Podcast (Curated & popular)“Émile P. Torres’s history of dishonesty and harassment” by anonymous-for-obvious-reasons This is a cross-post and you can see the original here, written in 2022. I am not the original author, but I thought it was good for more EAs to know about this. I am posting anonymously for obvious reasons, but I am a longstanding EA who is concerned about Torres's effects on our community. An incomplete summary Introduction. This post compiles evidence that Émile P. Torres, a philosophy student at Leibniz Universität Hannover in Germany, has a long pattern of concerning behavior, which includes gross distortion and falsification, persistent harassment, an...2024-05-011h 07EA Forum Podcast (Curated & popular)“Émile P. Torres’s history of dishonesty and harassment” by anonymous-for-obvious-reasons This is a cross-post and you can see the original here, written in 2022. I am not the original author, but I thought it was good for more EAs to know about this. I am posting anonymously for obvious reasons, but I am a longstanding EA who is concerned about Torres's effects on our community. An incomplete summary Introduction. This post compiles evidence that Émile P. Torres, a philosophy student at Leibniz Universität Hannover in Germany, has a long pattern of concerning behavior, which includes gross distortion and falsification, persistent harassment, an...2024-05-011h 07EA Forum Podcast (Curated & popular)“Émile P. Torres’s history of dishonesty and harassment” by anonymous-for-obvious-reasons This is a cross-post and you can see the original here, written in 2022. I am not the original author, but I thought it was good for more EAs to know about this. I am posting anonymously for obvious reasons, but I am a longstanding EA who is concerned about Torres's effects on our community. An incomplete summary Introduction. This post compiles evidence that Émile P. Torres, a philosophy student at Leibniz Universität Hannover in Germany, has a long pattern of concerning behavior, which includes gross distortion and falsification, persistent harassment, an...2024-05-011h 07
OVERSHOOT | Shrink Toward AbundanceHighway to Hell: The Dystopian Fantasies of Tech Billionaires | Émile P. TorresThe dystopian visions of ecologically blind tech billionaires are shaping our future in alarming ways. Émile P. Torres, philosopher and historian, joins us. Highlights include: how transhumanism is built on the idea of creating God-like AI to reengineer humanity to achieve immortality, sustain capitalist growth, and colonize space; how the effective altruism’s utilitarian approach to philanthropy is not only blind to systemic change, social inequalities, and moral integrity, but it also perpetuates neoliberal ideology that further contributes to inequality and exploitation, e.g. Sam Bankman-Fried’s ‘Earn to Give’ fraud; the intersection of capita...2024-04-301h 06
xHUB.AIT4.E34. xDEBATE.AI : TESCREAL El acrónimo de los sueños y pesadillas sobre Inteligencia ArtificialBienvenidos a un nuevo episodio, una nueva xDEBATE.AI donde hablamos de...🟥 TESCREAL El acrónimo de los sueños y pesadillas sobre Inteligencia Artificial# Speakers:🎙️ Rafael Monterde Ferrando🎙️ Daniel Roig Canelles🎙️ Larsoibar🎙️ Tomás Prieto🎙️ Abel Losada Esperante🎙️ Vicente Herrera García🍿A disfrutar!Presenta y dirige:Plácido Doménech Espí | Creador de xHUB.AI | CEO MXNDSi te ha gustado soporta el contenido de xHUB.AI:#BuyMeACoffe : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/xhubai#Paypal : pladoes@gmail.comRef...2024-04-253h 11
Zwischen zwei Deckeln073 – „Die unfassbare Vielfalt des Seins“ von James Bridle
In dieser Episode setzt Nils sich wieder mit der Frage nach dem Verhältnis zwischen Mensch, Wissenschaft und Natur auseinander und schließt damit an seine Vorstellung von Jeremy Lents Buch „The Web of Meaning“ in Episode 64 an:
In seinem Buch „Die unfassbare Vielfalt des Seins“ geht James Bridle der Frage nach, ob wir unser Verständnis von „Intelligenz“ und damit verbunden unser Verhältnis zu Tieren, Pflanzen und dem, was wir landläufig Natur nennen, nicht grundlegend verändern sollten. Ausgangspunkt ist dabei die Entwicklung im Bereich der „künstlichen Intelligenz“ in den letzten Jahren, die (a) unseren Blick auf In...2024-04-251h 26
For Humanity: An AI Safety PodcastEpisode #25 - “Does The AI Safety Movement Have It All Wrong?” Dr. Émile Torres Interview, For Humanity: An AI Safety PodcastEpisode #25 - “Does The AI Safety Movement Have It All Wrong?” Dr. Émile Torres Interview, For Humanity: An AI Safety Podcast
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In episode #25, host John Sherman and Dr. Emile Torres explore the concept of humanity's future and the rise of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and machine superintelligence. Dr. Torres lays out his view that the AI safety movement has it all wrong on existential threat. Concerns are voiced about the potential risks of advanced AI, que...2024-04-241h 50
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In episode #25 TRAILER, host John Sherman and Dr. Emile Torres explore the concept of humanity's future and the rise of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and machine superintelligence. Dr. Torres lays out his view that the AI safety movement has it all wrong on existential threat. Concerns are voiced about the potential risks of advanced AI, questioning the effectiveness of AI safety...2024-04-2202 min
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Viracasacas PodcastRT Comentado 13 - Ideologias TechOlá, pessoas, Nesta semana, seguindo a enquete feita com os apoiadores do ViraCasacas, vamos ver algumas questões ligadas a ideologias do Vale do Silício Tudo que está aqui é baseado especialmente em um artigo de Emile Torres, A sigla por trás de nossos sonhos e Pesadelos mais loucos de Inteligência Artificial. Esta e outras fontes estão na descrição do episódio. Novamente, todo crédito deve ser dado aos textos. Fontes The Acronym Behind Our Wildest AI Dreams and Nightmares - Émile P. Torr...2024-03-2934 min
Consistently Candid#4 Émile P. Torres and I discuss where we agree and disagree on AI safetyÉmile P. Torres is a philosopher and historian known for their research on the history and ethical implications of human extinction. They are also an outspoken critic of Effective Altruism, longtermism and the AI safety movement. In this episode, we chatted about why Émile opposes both the 'doomer' and accelerationist factions, and identified some or our agreements and disagreements about AI safety.2024-02-201h 47
FUTURES PodcastHuman Extinction w/ Dr. Émile P. Torres & Prof. Steve FullerPhilosopher Dr. Émile P. Torres & sociologist Prof. Steve Fuller share their thoughts on the history of human extinction, how apocalyptic narratives inform culture, and what it means to live in the end times. Émile P. Torres is a philosopher whose research focuses on existential threats to civilization and humanity. They have published widely in the popular press and scholarly journals, with articles appearing in the Washington Post, Aeon, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Metaphilosophy, Inquiry, Erkenntnis, and Futures. Prof. Steve Fuller is Auguste Comte Professor of Social Epistemology at the University of Warwick, UK. Originally traine...2024-01-291h 31
The Barcelona PodcastIn Defense of Ferran Torres! Plus Lamine Yamal and Pau Cubarsí Praise After Real BetisOn episode 549, Dan and Emile defend Ferran Torres and they get excited about Lamine Yamal and Pau Cubarsí against Real Betis. They talk Lewandowski being subbed off first, the Almeria-Real Madrid controversy, Iñaki Peña's mistake, and much more!Running Order:Is Ferran Torres a success?Was this the best game for Lamine Yamal?What is Pau Cubarsí's ceiling?Is the Lewandowski substitution a bigger story?Join the new Discord server!Check out our merch store: https://the-barcelona-podcast.creator-spring.com/Listen on App...2024-01-231h 00
Futurized - thought leadership on the futureExistential Risk ControversiesIn this episode of the Futurized podcast, host Trond Arne Undheim interviews philosopher Emile Torres. They discuss the current controversies surrounding existential risk, including whether we should prioritize safeguarding the very long term over contemporary challenges.
Emile's newest book, Human Extinction: A history of the science and ethics of annihilation came out on Routledge this fall. For more about Emile, see http://www.xriskology.com/
Futurized goes beneath the trends to track the underlying forces of disruption in tech, policy, business models, social dynamics and the environment.
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This show is sp...2023-12-211h 22Tech Won't Save UsHow Effective Accelerationism Divides Silicon Valley w/ Émile TorresParis Marx is joined by Émile Torres to discuss Silicon Valley’s recent obsession with effective accelerationism, how it builds on the TESCREAL ideologies, and why it shows the divide at the top of the AI industry. Émile Torres is a postdoctoral fellow at Case Western Reserve University. They’re also the author of Human Extinction: A History of the Science and Ethics of Annihilation. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support t...2023-12-141h 14
Current AffairsWhere "Effective Altruism" and "Longtermism" Go Wrong (w/ Émile Torres)Émile P. Torres is an intellectual historian who has recently become a prominent public critic of the ideologies of "effective altruism" and "longtermism," each of which is highly influential in Silicon Valley and which Émile argues contain worrying dystopian tendencies. In this conversation, Émile joins to explain what these ideas are, why the people who subscribe to them think they can change the world in very positive ways, and why Émile has come to be so strongly critical of them. Émile discusses why philosophies that emphasize voluntary charity over redistributing political power have such appeal to plutocrats, and the dange...2023-11-1555 min
Tech Won't Save UsElon Musk Unmasked: Shaping the Future (Part 4)After building an empire, now Elon Musk wants us to believe he deserves it. He built a myth of his genius, and now he’s using the same to seed harmful ideologies into the public that justify how he hoards wealth to pursue the projects he should be central to humanity’s future, leaving behind a ton of suffering in their wake. But is Musk’s future really the one we want? This is episode 4 of Elon Musk Unmasked, a special four-part series from Tech Won’t Save Us. Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective...2023-11-021h 04
VoidcastVoidcast #5 – Émile P. Torres: Human ExtinctionIn this episode Carlos and Lenny share their thoughts on the 2023 book "Human Extinction: A History of the Science and Ethics of Annihilation" by Émile P. Torres.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Voidcast Linktree: https://linktr.ee/veganvoidcastVoidcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/veganvoidcastVoidcast email: veganvoidcast@protonmail.comVoidcast channel on the Vegan Antinatalist Club Discord server: https://discord.gg/VFkUJKJ2Wb-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Émile P. Torres' website: https://www.xriskology.com/Émile P. Torres on Twitter: https://twitter.com/xriskologyÉmile P. Torres on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@emilep.torres2298 Émile P. Tor...2023-11-011h 30
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Yeah Nah Pasaran!Dr Émile Torres on TESCREALThis week we have a chat with Émile Torres about TESCREAL - the bundle of ideologies driving a lot of weirdness in the world of Tech.2023-10-0500 min
IntrigueThe Immortals: 9. Nerd RaptureThe immortalist movement in Silicon Valley shares a lot with evangelical religions, says Dr Emile P Torres, a philosopher and former Nick Bostrom acolyte. In both, he explains, there’s a heaven in which the faithful will experience unsurpassed bliss and delight, and an apocalypse, which will separate out the people who can go there. After a decade at the epicentre of the transhumanist research community, Emile became concerned with the number of apocalyptic stories of techno-utopia that were being shared online. Was this philosophical movement becoming radicalised? When Emile raises the question, the consequences are swift an...2023-10-0214 min
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