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#203 - Armageddon

· 46 min · Season 1 Episode 203

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Episode 203 – Armageddon
Andy and Roger ask the reassuring question of whether humanity might be heading for Armageddon, and whether all those reassuring statistics about the world getting better are missing the bigger picture. Starting with Steven Pinker’s case for human progress, they move quickly into AI, technological risk, political instability and the possibility that civilisation can be improving on paper while becoming considerably less comfortable in practice.
The conversation turns to whether AI has already passed the point where governments can meaningfully…

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