What to expect from this podcast...

• Philosophically meaty deep dives--I want to talk to the AI techno-optimists and the doomers; in fact, I'd love to host a debate. And I am open to guest suggestions.
• I think I'm pretty objective on AI: I'm not an AI fanboy nor an AI hater. I see tremendous upsides and concerning downsides to the technology.
• Not "This Week in AI" - not going to cover the latest drama at OpenAI. The AI space moves scary fast, but I'm going to do my best to create evergreen conversations here.
• Author interviews - Books are the best way to understand almost any topic. I'll be publishing some book reviews and interviewing some authors. Unlike a lot of podcasters, I actually read guests' books in full, so I'm asking them challenging questions, not just the "softball interview questions" their PR agents pitch me.
• Creative applications - Something that surprised me is that AI exploded into the mainstream in the last few years as a creative tool, as opposed to taking truckers' and janitors' jobs, as had long been predicted by futurists. As a deeply creative person myself, I'm fascinated by how it might be used to multiply--NOT outsource--human creativity.
• Latest tools - Most episodes are going to be more pragmatic than this one, as I'll be telling you about AI tools, techniques, and strategy. You have limited time, attention, and perhaps some money that you're willing to invest in how you use AI personally and professionally, and my goal is to help you avoid wasting any of those three precious resources on tools that might be wrong for you and your use case. So expect us to delve deeply into the various tools with various experts, teachers, and entrepreneurs...

Podcast Host

About me: I'm a husband, father, Biohacker, American expat living in Bulgaria in Eastern Europe, philosopher, writer, Science Fiction novelist, and an Anarcho-Libertarian Christian Transhumanist (yes, that's a thing!)

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