Episodios

  • Christmas, Demonology, and Large Language Models
    Jan 4 2026

    In this episode Dr West uses Christmas and Gnostic Demonology to explore how humans and Large Language Models have trouble separating physical reality from associative reality

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    19 m
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being
    Dec 8 2025

    In this episode, Dr West explains the high dimensional structure of the unbearable lightness of being, for humans and for Large Language Models

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    24 m
  • Is Culture the Real AI
    Nov 19 2025

    In this episode, Dr West explains culture in terms of memes and how the success of large language models should change how think about this

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    40 m
  • Emotion: Part2. Large Language Model Emotions
    Oct 31 2025

    In this episode Dr West deconstructs the question of whether or not AI can have emotion, and gives a nuanced answer

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    42 m
  • Emotion: Part 1. Human Emotion
    Oct 16 2025

    In this episode, in preparation for discussing emotion in AIs, Dr West gives an overview of what we know about human emotion.

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    26 m
  • Britany explains the Free Energy Principle
    Oct 12 2025

    In this episode, Britany breaks down Karl Friston's Free Energy Principle into easy to understand bits

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    11 m
  • Mortal Intelligence: How Tasks Give AI a Soul
    Sep 30 2025

    In this episode, Dr West discusses the idea of Mortal Intelligence by Alex Orobia and Karl Friston and proposes adding Alan Newell's idea of Tasks into the mix

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    14 m
  • A review of Steven Pinker's new book, When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows
    Sep 28 2025

    In this episode, Britany critically reviews Steven Pinker's new book, "When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows.... Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life," from the perspective that we have been developing in the podcast


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    7 m
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