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The Rip CurrentBONUS EPISODE: Urgent Futures PodcastJesse Damiani, whose newsletter Reality Studies unpacks emerging philosophical questions around technology, had me on his Urgent Futures podcast last week for an hour-plus conversation about the state of A.I., and where my 2022 book The Loop got it right and got it wrong. The Rip Current by Jacob Ward is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theripcurrent.substack...
2025-11-041h 26
Urgent Futures with Jesse DamianiHow AI Futures, Authoritarianism, & Behavioral Science Fit Together - Jacob Ward | #55Where to begin with this conversation? First I’ll say, it’s an absolute pleasure to speak with polymaths. I try to do it as much as I can on the show, and Jake is an exemplar, able to dance across topics with depth and nuance. As such, you’ll notice that we move from questions about the futures of AI in society to contemporary politics to that conversation between Ezra Klein and Ta-Nehisi Coates.What I especially love is how his ongoing research into behavioral and cognitive science has informed his approach to AI, a topic that h...
2025-10-291h 26