Sunday, March 25, 2012

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.03.26

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of March 26, 2012.
Topics for this week's episode: How to build a Dyson sphere in five (relatively) easy steps, how to take over the Galaxy with self-replicating probes, the Fermi Paradox, and the Simulation Argument.


Tracks used in this episode:
  • Beach House: "Myth"
  • Keep Shelly in Athens: "Our Own Dream"
  • Rose Cousins: "One Way"
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Monday, March 19, 2012

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.03.19

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of March 19, 2012.
Topics for this week's episode: Raising IQ with creatine and Double N-Back Training, the red meat scare, destroying asteroids with nukes, re-engineering humans to deal with climate change, the Fermi Paradox, and the ongoing perils to democracy.

Tracks used in this episode:
  • Soft Metals: "The Cold World Waits"
  • The Knife: "Marble House"
  • Zed's Dead: "Pyramid Song" (remix)
  • Evy Jane: "Sayso"
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Monday, March 12, 2012

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.03.12

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of March 12, 2012.
Topics for this week's episode include the perils of Active SETI, the possibility of downloading something nasty from ET, why virtually everyone is wrong about alien threats, Nick Bostrom's claim that we are underestimating existential risks, and the 'create the future' myth.

Tracks used in this episode:
  • School of Seven Bells: "Lafaye"
  • Long Distance Calling: "Into the Black Wide Open"
  • Ulrich Schnauss: "Made of Sky"
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Monday, March 05, 2012

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.03.05

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of March 5, 2012.
Topics for this week's episode include the Turing Test, artificial consciousness, and machine ethics; Avi Rubin's recent TED Talk on our increasingly hackable world; nootropics, cognitive liberty and limits to the biolibertarian impulse.


Tracks used in this episode:
  • Frankie Rose: "Interstellar"
  • Pallbearer: "Foreigner"
  • Teengirl Fantasy: "Cheaters"
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