In this episode, Dr West explains the high dimensional structure of the unbearable lightness of being, for humans and for Large Language Models

In this episode, Dr West explains culture in terms of memes and how the success of large language models should change how think about this

In this episode Dr West deconstructs the question of whether or not AI can have emotion, and gives a nuanced answer

In this episode, in preparation for discussing emotion in AIs, Dr West gives an overview of what we know about human emotion.

In this episode, Britany breaks down Karl Friston's Free Energy Principle into easy to understand bits

In this episode, Dr West discusses the idea of Mortal Intelligence by Alex Orobia and Karl Friston and proposes adding Alan Newell's idea of Tasks into the mix

In this episode, Britany critically reviews Steven Pinker's new book, "When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows.... Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life," from the perspective that we have been developing in the podcast

In this episode, Dr West reviews Steven Pinker's version of Enlightenment philosophy as a way of summing up how thinking and rationality have been traditionally portrayed in mainstream Psychology - and how this explains mainstream views about LLMs