Exploring future technologies, using rationality to understand our world, and occasional forays into philosophy and other topics of interest.

New Horizons
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Exploring future technologies, using rationality to understand our world, and occasional forays into philosophy and other topics of interest.
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Recent Episodes

July 13, 2025
S1E8: Eric Elmoznino - Could AIs be Conscious?
<p>As AI systems become increasingly sophisticated, one of the most profound questions facing humanity is emerging: could artificial intelligence already possess consciousness? And if so, how would we even know?</p><p>In this season finale, we explore the cutting-edge science of AI consciousness with Eric Elmoznino, a PhD student in Yoshua Bengio's lab at the University of Montreal. Eric's research focuses on bridging the gap between current AI capabilities and human-like conscious reasoning, studying how we might build AI systems that truly think rather than just process information.</p><p>The conversation covers what consciousness actually means in computational terms, whether today's large language models show signs of genuine understanding or sophisticated mimicry, and how we might design experiments to detect machine consciousness. We discuss the philosophical hard problem of consciousness, recent research on AI systems that claim to have subjective experiences, and what it would mean morally if we created conscious artificial minds.</p><p>From the technical challenges of measuring consciousness to the ethical implications of potentially conscious AI, this episode tackles one of the most important questions of our technological age: are we on the verge of creating digital minds that deserve moral consideration?</p>

July 7, 2025
S1E7: Riley Jackson - Will Your Next Burger Be Grown From Cells? The Cultivated Meat Revolution
Riley Jackson of Ivy Farm Technologies discusses cultivated meat, a revolutionary technology that grows real animal tissue from cells, and explores its potential to transform the food system in this interview.

July 2, 2025
S1E6: Michael Poland - Could We Prevent a Supervolcanic Eruption?
Volcanologist Michael Poland discusses supervolcano monitoring techniques, eruption forecasting, and potential mitigation strategies, highlighting the challenges of preventing a civilization-ending volcanic event in this interview.
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