<![CDATA[aideas]]>Mon, 23 Jan 2023 10:00:10 +0000Captivate.fmGraham Culbertsonhttps://artwork.captivate.fm/53a00b02-e03d-412b-a902-f18e604dda43/VlrLSgfcql6xnWs-F9qEeiM5.pngaideasGraham CulbertsonGraham CulbertsonHalfway between poetry and mathematics, AIdeas brings you the concepts from philosophy and science fiction which make sense of AI - and the concepts from AI which will help you understand the philosophy of thinking. Please believe in other minds.https://aideas.captivate.fmyesepisodicWhy Have There Been No Great Women Philosophers of Mind?Why Have There Been No Great Women Philosophers of Mind?Since at least Mary Shelley, women have been brilliantly writing about minds and consciousness. But very few of them have been "philosophers of mind." I'm not really sure why, but I know it's philosophy's fault

The intro and outro music is from Domenico Gabrielli's ricercar, performed on solo cello by Debbie Davis

]]>Since at least Mary Shelley, women have been brilliantly writing about minds and consciousness. But very few of them have been "philosophers of mind." I'm not really sure why, but I know it's philosophy's fault

The intro and outro music is from Domenico Gabrielli's ricercar, performed on solo cello by Debbie Davis

]]>310bb68a-f230-4413-9ed0-3fa85ff561d5Mon, 23 Jan 2023 05:00:00 -050010:42yesfullGraham CulbertsonFrankenstein and AI with Eileen HuntFrankenstein and AI with Eileen HuntThis episode's guest is Eileen Hunt, a professor of political theory at the University of Notre Dame and the author of Artificial Life after Frankenstein.

Eileen and I discuss a number of topics related to AI and Frankenstein, including:

  • Mary Shelley's upbringing as the daughter of two radical thinkers
  • The political and literary influences on the novel
  • The role of parenting in the novel
  • The similarities between

The intro and outro music is from Domenico Gabrielli's ricercar, performed on solo cello by Debbie Davis

]]>This episode's guest is Eileen Hunt, a professor of political theory at the University of Notre Dame and the author of Artificial Life after Frankenstein.

Eileen and I discuss a number of topics related to AI and Frankenstein, including:

  • Mary Shelley's upbringing as the daughter of two radical thinkers
  • The political and literary influences on the novel
  • The role of parenting in the novel
  • The similarities between

The intro and outro music is from Domenico Gabrielli's ricercar, performed on solo cello by Debbie Davis

]]>a928ac9d-4831-4a99-ac84-df1fa57da42cMon, 09 Jan 2023 05:00:00 -050049:11yesfullGraham CulbertsonAyer's SociopathsAyer's SociopathsPhilosophy used to be the search for wisdom, but it's become a search for certainty. And if you send an AI on a search for certainty, you'll probably create a sociopath

The intro and outro music is from Domenico Gabrielli's ricercar, performed on solo cello by Debbie Davis

]]>Philosophy used to be the search for wisdom, but it's become a search for certainty. And if you send an AI on a search for certainty, you'll probably create a sociopath

The intro and outro music is from Domenico Gabrielli's ricercar, performed on solo cello by Debbie Davis

]]>18ba010f-4272-42d3-8dc2-69d0b9a84302Mon, 07 Nov 2022 05:00:00 -050010:12yesfullGraham CulbertsonSidelining SentienceSidelining SentienceIf sentience means "having senses," then your floodlights that turn on when someone walks by are sentient. But if floodlights are sentient, maybe sentience isn't quite the right word.

The intro and outro music is from Domenico Gabrielli's ricercar, performed on solo cello by Debbie Davis

]]>If sentience means "having senses," then your floodlights that turn on when someone walks by are sentient. But if floodlights are sentient, maybe sentience isn't quite the right word.

The intro and outro music is from Domenico Gabrielli's ricercar, performed on solo cello by Debbie Davis

]]>48c2ee0e-319a-42f8-a0c0-12cd439b315cMon, 17 Oct 2022 05:00:00 -050010:13yesfullGraham CulbertsonThings of Our WorldThings of Our WorldWhat kind of a weirdo collects dumb things like barbed wire?

]]>What kind of a weirdo collects dumb things like barbed wire?

]]>05f37026-38ae-41fc-a395-56e5d49615d2Mon, 03 Oct 2022 05:00:00 -050010:30yesfullGraham CulbertsonOscar Wilde's Machine SlaveryOscar Wilde's Machine SlaverySlave actually means Slav. And the word robot is a Slavic word. It means slave.

Here's the article about American slavery that I mentioned by Nell Irvin Painter: How We Think About the Term "Enlsaved" Matters

]]>Slave actually means Slav. And the word robot is a Slavic word. It means slave.

Here's the article about American slavery that I mentioned by Nell Irvin Painter: How We Think About the Term "Enlsaved" Matters

]]>9f15af61-2386-4a3b-a1a8-83042e4feec5Mon, 19 Sep 2022 05:00:00 -050011:45yesfullGraham CulbertsonSudowrite, an AI Companion for Fiction Writers -- James YuSudowrite, an AI Companion for Fiction Writers -- James YuMy guest today is James Yu, cofounder of Sudowrite, an AI companion for fiction writers. James and I discuss how neural networks process language, how AI can help writers, and the difficult path forward for using AI to help humans write without competing with them. Plus we imagine what it would be like if your favorite author turned out to be a robot!

The intro and outro music is from Domenico Gabrielli's ricercar, performed on solo cello by Debbie Davis

]]>My guest today is James Yu, cofounder of Sudowrite, an AI companion for fiction writers. James and I discuss how neural networks process language, how AI can help writers, and the difficult path forward for using AI to help humans write without competing with them. Plus we imagine what it would be like if your favorite author turned out to be a robot!

The intro and outro music is from Domenico Gabrielli's ricercar, performed on solo cello by Debbie Davis

]]>8f127afa-1b62-47a1-91c1-3978d7d8b5ddMon, 12 Sep 2022 05:00:00 -050047:52yesfullGraham CulbertsonHume's Billiard BallsHume's Billiard BallsWhat caused you to to believe in causes?

]]>What caused you to to believe in causes?

]]>81cd9ca2-8b9c-489b-8947-982fdce2bb25Mon, 05 Sep 2022 05:00:00 -050009:59yesfullGraham CulbertsonThe Machine Stops with Joshua GlennThe Machine Stops with Joshua GlennOn this first interview episode of AIdeas I'm joined by Joshua Glenn, editor of Radium Age, a fantastic new series from MIT Press. We discuss the Radium Age, Joshua's name for the era of science fiction right before the better known Golden Age of the 1930s through the 1950s, and especially "The Machine Stops," E.M. Forster's 1909 story about a world in which automation provides humanity with everything it needs. The opening volume, containing Forster's story and Joshua's introduction, is Voices from the Radium Age

Josh also wrote a wonderful roundup of other stories of AI from that era, Radium Age AI

The intro and outro music is from Domenico Gabrielli's ricercar, performed on solo cello by Debbie Davis

]]>On this first interview episode of AIdeas I'm joined by Joshua Glenn, editor of Radium Age, a fantastic new series from MIT Press. We discuss the Radium Age, Joshua's name for the era of science fiction right before the better known Golden Age of the 1930s through the 1950s, and especially "The Machine Stops," E.M. Forster's 1909 story about a world in which automation provides humanity with everything it needs. The opening volume, containing Forster's story and Joshua's introduction, is Voices from the Radium Age

Josh also wrote a wonderful roundup of other stories of AI from that era, Radium Age AI

The intro and outro music is from Domenico Gabrielli's ricercar, performed on solo cello by Debbie Davis

]]>9a7e0fcc-54a3-4e6e-ac43-477f19217043Mon, 29 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -050055:37yesfullGraham CulbertsonDescartes' DemonDescartes' DemonTurns out it's man

]]>Turns out it's man

]]>fa3ec502-64f8-4d9d-b8d7-8d36492f20d6Mon, 22 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -050008:12yesfullGraham CulbertsonWittgenstein's ChessWittgenstein's ChessShall we play a game?

]]>Shall we play a game?

]]>7f29ba08-28f2-457f-a80b-3bf86c52632fMon, 08 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -050009:29yesfullGraham CulbertsonKropotkin's Drowning ChildKropotkin's Drowning ChildMammas, don't let your robots grow up to be effective altruists

]]>Mammas, don't let your robots grow up to be effective altruists

]]>cc9c774a-3489-4b11-bdaa-70be9c48f188Mon, 01 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -050011:42yesfull5Graham CulbertsonThere is a SpoonThere is a Spoon"Bright day. Breakfast. Return of common sense and cheerfulness."

-Friedrich Nietzsche

]]>"Bright day. Breakfast. Return of common sense and cheerfulness."

-Friedrich Nietzsche

]]>f9b0e6c9-6d69-49c9-853f-efd1c7f993ceMon, 25 Jul 2022 05:00:00 -050011:59yesfull4Graham CulbertsonJohn Searle's Chinese Room (Bits and Bytes)John Searle's Chinese Room (Bits and Bytes)This episode covers one of the most famous thought experiments about AI: John Searle's Chinese Room. And how it is wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.

]]>This episode covers one of the most famous thought experiments about AI: John Searle's Chinese Room. And how it is wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.

]]>a48c2170-8234-44e2-a929-22314e7403a2Mon, 11 Jul 2022 05:00:00 -050009:39yesfull3Graham CulbertsonWhat Do Chatbots Know?What Do Chatbots Know?What do chatbots know? Words, words, words.

Here's Janelle Shane's response to the sentient chatbot pseudo-controversy: https://www.aiweirdness.com/interview-with-a-squirrel/

]]>What do chatbots know? Words, words, words.

Here's Janelle Shane's response to the sentient chatbot pseudo-controversy: https://www.aiweirdness.com/interview-with-a-squirrel/

]]>797a72e5-093d-431f-8ad5-5888b18b85a2Mon, 27 Jun 2022 05:00:00 -050011:56yesfull2Graham CulbertsonIntroducing AIdeasIntroducing AIdeasRight now, there are people out there creating minds. And there are people who study minds – most of whom have argued that human thought is a unique, almost sacred thing that can never be replicated. These groups almost never overlap. This podcast seeks to bridge that gap.

]]>Right now, there are people out there creating minds. And there are people who study minds – most of whom have argued that human thought is a unique, almost sacred thing that can never be replicated. These groups almost never overlap. This podcast seeks to bridge that gap.

]]>443a8679-bfbb-4e67-b0b6-fd40a1d19809Sun, 19 Jun 2022 21:17:00 -050016:21yesfull1Graham Culbertson