This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J. discuss the philosophical theory of longtermism, that we should take the interests of hypothetical future people as seriously as existing people.

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An Introduction to Longtermism

Are Children The Future?: Longtermism, Pronatalism, and Epistemic Discounting - J. Hughes

The toxic ideology of longtermism - Alice Crary

Longtermist Political Philosophy: An Agenda for Future Research - Jacob Barrett and Andreas T. Schmidt

Hosted by James Hughes and Nir Eisikovits Music & Production by Jake Burley

This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J. discuss the recent AI Action Plan released by the Trump administration, what it proposes, and whether it will be implemented.

Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan

The real winners from Trump’s ‘AI action plan’? Tech companies

The Trumpification of AI: What Could Go Wrong?

China calls for global AI cooperation days after Trump administration unveils low-regulation strategy

Hosted by James Hughes and Nir Eisikovits Produced by Jake Burley Music by Jake Burley

This week on Prosthetic Gods, J and Nir discuss how AI will impact the demand for higher education, the structure of higher education institutions, and the way we teach and learn.

J. Hughes “The Deskilling of Teaching and the Case for Intelligent Tutoring Systems” (2021) https://jeet.ieet.org/index.php/home/article/view/90

IEET White Paper - Emerging Technologies & Higher Education

Grok Rolls Out Pornographic Anime Companion, Lands Department of Defense Contract

Grok as ‘MechaHitler’ could be making content considered violent extremism AI study in Africa exploring LLMs’ potential in health diagnoses AI to crack ‘undruggable’ proteins, opening door to new treatments

Hosted by James Hughes and Nir Eisikovits Produced by Jake Burley Music by Jake Burley