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The Algorithmocene: The End of Human Epistemic Sovereignty

The Deeper Thinking Podcast

For those ready to confront the end of human knowledge as we know it.

AI no longer waits for permission. It does not seek consensus. It does not need us to verify what it claims to know. This episode investigates the rise of AI as an autonomous epistemic force—one that does not just accelerate our systems of knowledge, but bypasses and supersedes them entirely.

We examine the displacement of human verification: from mathematical theorems we can’t check, to political decisions informed by systems no one understands. Drawing on thinkers like Nick Bostrom, Thomas Kuhn, and Shoshana Zuboff, this episode is a confrontation with the post-human knowledge frontier.

Reflections

  • AI is no longer a tool of discovery—it is a force of epistemic authorship.
  • Peer review, reproducibility, and philosophical coherence are being eclipsed by recursive machine logic.
  • The question is no longer what AI knows—but whether humans matter in the equation of knowing at all.

    • Why Listen?

    • Explore the collapse of human-led truth systems
    • Understand how AI is remaking science, governance, and the very notion of epistemology
    • Discover why this shift matters—ethically, politically, and ontologically
    • Engage with leading thinkers on the future of intelligence

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        Bibliography

        • Bostrom, Nick. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. Oxford University Press, 2014.
        • Kuhn, Thomas. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. University of Chicago Press, 1962.
        • Zuboff, Shoshana. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism. PublicAffairs, 2019.
        • Harland-Cox, B. The Algorithmocene: The End of Human Epistemic Sovereignty. (forthcoming)

          • Bibliography Relevance

          • Bostrom: Maps the existential trajectory of AI and the displacement of human agency.
          • Kuhn: Helps contextualize the epistemic break occurring through AI systems.
          • Zuboff: Exposes how data and prediction become the new currency of power.
          • Harland-Cox: Introduces the term "Algorithmocene" as a paradigm shift in epistemology.

            • We are not just watching knowledge evolve—we are watching ourselves be written out of it.

            #TheAlgorithmocene #AIKnowledge #EpistemicShift #Bostrom #Kuhn #Zuboff #MachineIntelligence #PostHumanTruth #TheDeeperThinkingPodcast

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