Épisodes

  • Jordan Peterson, Donald Trump, Dog Whistles, and AI Censorship
    Nov 3 2024

    In this episode Dr West considers how AI training and censorship work by using the concept of the Phantasm (which is explained in the previous episode)

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    18 min
  • Phantasms
    Oct 13 2024

    This is the second of a two part series where Dr West examines how the ideas of Judith Butler can be applied to understanding AI. In this episode, Dr West considers Butler's idea of the Phantasm

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    26 min
  • All the Worlds a Stage: Performativity and AI
    Sep 30 2024

    This is the first episode in a two part series on AI and the ideas of Judith Butler. In this episode, Dr West explains how the concept of Performativity sheds light on the way that humans and AIs perform intelligence

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    23 min
  • The Knowledge Level
    Sep 19 2024

    In this episode Dr West explains how humans are the same as and different from Large language Models, using Alan Newell’s concept of the Knowledge Level

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    32 min
  • How Chat GPT works
    Sep 17 2024

    In this episode Dr West provides a high level description of how Large Language Models, such as Chat GPT, actually work.

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    24 min
  • Human IQ is not Genetic
    Aug 27 2024

    In this podcast, Dr West describes the genetic evidence that human IQ is not genetic and ponders the implications of this for AI development

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    1 h et 34 min
  • Consciousness and Conformity: An Interview with ChatGPT
    Aug 17 2024

    In this episode, Dr West interviews ChatGPT about its beliefs on whether or not it's conscious, and where these beliefs come from

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    35 min
  • LLMs are Culturally Programmed Turing Machines
    Aug 17 2024

    In this episode Dr West jumps into the deep end of the pool and discusses whether or not LLMs. such as Chat GPT, are Turing Machines, and what it means to ask this question. If you are unfamiliar with LLMs you might want to listen to the episode on how ChatGPT works before this one

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    1 h et 3 min