Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and author of the forthcoming Literary Theory For Robots Dennis Yi Tenen shares the hidden history of modern machine intelligence — which has more to do with medieval poetry and Russian folktales than the myths being told by those in Silicon Valley.

📕 You can pre-order Dennis Yi Tenen’s new book, Literary Theory For Robots, now.

About Dennis Yi Tenen

Dennis Yi Tenen is an associate professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. His research happens at the intersection of people, text, and technology. A long-time affiliate of Columbia’s Data Science Institute and formerly a Microsoft engineer and a Berkman Center for Internet and Society Fellow, his code runs on millions of personal computers worldwide.

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Award-winning author and journalist Maggie Jackson shares some of the insights of her new book, Uncertain: The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure.

🎙️ In his monologue, Rushkoff advocates for a holistic understanding of life - not just individualized, mechanized processes.

📕 You can pre-order Maggie Jackson’s new book, Uncertain: The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure now.

About Maggie Jackson

Maggie Jackson is an award-winning author and journalist known for her penetrating writings on social trends, particularly technology’s impact on humanity. Her forthcoming book Uncertain: The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure (Nov. 7, 2023) has been praised as "beautiful, inspirational, compelling, and urgently needed" (Sherry Turkle), "powerful" (Bill McKibben), and "incisive and timely-triumphant" (Dan Pink). The book offers "cutting-edge science and practical insights," writes Gretchen Rubin.

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Playing for Team Human today, it’s Team Human! Douglas Rushkoff hosts the eleventh Team Human call-in show from the community Discord server. This conversation was recorded on Sept. 7, 2023.

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Working at the intersection of science, technology, and culture, Kevin Slavin introduces us to the weird and wonderful world of microbial sensing — and what pandemics can teach us about the game of life.

🎙️ In his monologue, Rushkoff discusses the importance of expertise and passion to help us understand each other beyond our utility value.

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Author and activist Naomi Klein and Douglas Rushkoff talk about her new book, Doppelganger, and take a trip into the mirror world.

🎙️ In his monologue, Rushkoff explains how one white supremacist’s rejection of economic common sense stuck.

📰 You can read Rushkoff’s monologue, The Tragedy of No Commons, on Medium.

📚 You can pre-order Naomi Klein’s book, Doppleganger: A Trip into the Mirror World, now.

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About Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author. She is a columnist with The Guardian. In 2018 she was named the inaugural Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair at Rutgers University and is now Honorary Professor of Media and Climate at Rutgers. In September 2021 she joined the University of British Columbia as UBC Professor of Climate Justice (tenured) and co-director of the Centre for Climate Justice.

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Science fiction author and futurist Madeline Ashby helps us understand why Hollywood’s future belongs to people - not machines.

🎙️In his monologue, Rushkoff warns us that spectacle is what prevents us from seeing each other

📰 Read Ashby’s Wired piece, Hollywood’s Future Belong to People - Not Machines

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About Madeline Ashby

Madeline Ashby graduated from the first cohort of the M.Des. in Strategic Foresight and Innovation programme at OCADU in 2011. It was her second Masters degree. (Her first, in Interdisciplinary Studies, focused on cyborg theory, fan culture, and Japanese animation!) Since 2011, she has been a freelance consulting futurist specializing in scenario development and science fiction prototypes.

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Founder & CEO of Third Wave and author of Mastering Microdosing Paul Austin helps us make sense of the new landscape of psychedelic therapy and what retrieving our relationship with mycelia may mean for our collective future.

đŸŽ™ïžIn his monologue, Rushkoff reminds us to embrace the here and now – and to not feed the trolls.

📚 Mastering Microdosing: How to Use Sub-Perceptual Psychedelics to Heal Trauma, Improve Performance, and Transform Your Life is now available.

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Playing for Team Human today, it’s Team Human! Douglas Rushkoff hosts the ninth Team Human call-in show from the community Discord server. This conversation was recorded on August 01, 2023.

Rushkoff fields questions about the differences between creating content for broad audiences and expert communities, the different ways people define capitalism and fascism, the influence of The Social Dilemma, and the role of creatives in amplifying community needs.

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Author of Human Extinction: A History of the Science and Ethics of Annihilation Émile P. Torres talks about TESCREAL- Transhumanism, Extropianism, Singularitarianism, Cosmism, Rationalism, Effective Altruism, and Longtermism.

🎙️ In his monologue, Rushkoff wonders if magic is our probable path to a sustainable future.

📰 You can read Rushkoff's monologue, Embracing the Impossible, on Medium.

About Émile P. Torres

Émile P. Torres’ work over the past decade has centered around a single theme: eschatology, whether religious, secular, or scientific. Recently, Torres has focused on the nature and causes of human extinction, its ethical implications, and the history of the idea.

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Scientist, science fiction author, and futurist David Brin shows us how by granting AI’s individuality we can begin to hold them accountable for their actions.

🎙️ In his monologue, Rushkoff discusses his struggles with burnout and how he’s working to overcome it.

Episode Resources

Give Every AI a Soul - or Else

Vivid Tomorrows

Atlas Shrugged: The Hidden Context of the Book and Film

Polemical Judo

About David Brin

David Brin is a science fiction author, scientist & transparency/internet security expert, public speaker & business/governmental consultant, and blogger/social media influencer. Learn more about Brin.

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