How can we keep AI truthful, even if it knows more than we do? In this episode I discuss how AI might be kept aligned to human truth and values, despite superseding us in scale and capability. I argue that logic is a scale-free framework that i...

In this episode I discuss a recent project initiative that looks to design a genome from scratch, and argue that such research motivations rely on a deeply flawed premise.Suggested ReadingHe’s Gleaning the Design Rules of Life to Re...

In this episode I discuss recent research related to quantum time travel, and comment on what this might mean for the biggest outstanding problem in all physics: the unification of quantum mechanics with general relativity.

In this episode I discuss recent research in merging the human brain with machines. This opens the door to reestablishing motor control in paralyzed individuals, and also raises the question as to how far this might go. Augmented memory? Increa...

In this episode I discuss the announcement made by Google in 2019 about achieving "quantum supremacy", only to be surpassed this year with a classical computer. The hype is real, but the computer? Less so. This episode gives a conceptual overvi...