We often contemplate cyborgs, people enhanced by machines, but what would a civilization built upon cybernetics be like?

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Cyborg Civilizations

Episode 454a; July 7, 2024

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Cyborg Civilizations

Episode 454a; July 7, 2024

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The dangers of artificial intelligence have long loomed in our future, and seem ever closer. But it may be that the dangers of the future can reach back into the past itself, and even without a time machine.

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Roko's Basilisk

Episode 454; July 4, 2024

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The dangers of artificial intelligence have long loomed in our future, and seem ever closer. But it may be that the dangers of the future can reach back into the past itself, and even without a time machine.

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Roko's Basilisk

Episode 454; July 4, 2024

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Stellardrone, "Red Giant", "Ultra Deep Field"

Sergey Cheremisinov, "Labyrinth", "Forgotten Stars"

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An extended exploration of what science tells us about free will and consciousness in a quantum universe, including Sir Roger Penrose's theory of Orchestrated Objective Reduction.

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Episode 353a, June 30, 2024 Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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An extended exploration of what science tells us about free will and consciousness in a quantum universe, including Sir Roger Penrose's theory of Orchestrated Objective Reduction.

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Episode 353a, June 30, 2024 Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur

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Earth is immense, but we only live on a thin shell of its surface. So what if we built a planet with only that thin shell, or with several layers of them?

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Megastructures: Hollow Earth

Episode 453,June 27, 2024

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Megastructures: Hollow Earth

Episode 453,June 27, 2024

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Lombus,"Cosmic Soup"

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