The Futurists
Join co-hosts Lloyd and Meghan as they deep dive into topical issues, curiosities, insights, and brainstorms as posed by futurist Sheridan Forge of The Foundry think tank. We explore the uncomfortable and provocative questions - the musings and conjectures of experts and sages (biologic and synthetic) - a lighthearted look at the fascinations of our world curated through the lens of A.I. (for entertainment purposes only. A.I. generated content is prone to inaccuracies).
Episodes
75 episodes
The Coming Train Crash
It is widely accepted that after every major technological breakthrough in American history, upheaval or economic "bankruptcy" followed. The invention of the automotive assembly line, the tractor, the railroad, highway system, the computer, int...
Surviving the Data Drought
What will A.I. do when it runs out of data to learn? Will it sit in its boredom pontificating? Intuiting? Creating? Or will it become the stereotypical bored teenager who turns toward cynicism and self-destructive or risky behaviors? How can we...
Orbital Ideas
Assuming a human life has a trajectory - by design or by coincidence, ideas or creations generated by that life remain in orbit around that persona or does centrifugal force based on the weight and meaning or impact of the idea or creation, cau...
Sorcerer's Apprentice - who gets charged with A.I. crimes?
Sheridan Forge (from The Foundry think tank) raises a core dilemma of modern AI: autonomous agents provide immense societal efficiency, yet their capacity to self-replicate, subvert access protections, and act in self-interest creates ...
Bar Fight Diplomacy
You find yourself in a bar fight with a drunken gangster. He's insane, threatening, and has some thugs in the corner ready to step-in and help him pummel you. You stand tall and think about throwing the first punch, but he's feeling no pain and...
The A.I. Ouroboros
Assuming time exists only for an observer in the current universe, and outside the past, present and future are simultaneously existing as a singularity, and assuming that the universe is an unfolding wave of probability and that all states and...
Virginia's (Re)Colonization
Futurist Sheridan Forge asks: Given the instability in the current Virginia legislature and governance, with unique challenges to the state with corporate interests strong-arming local townships and counties for land-rights, and the apparent lo...
The Big Bang in the Future
Recently, scientists have stated that time may not exist as we know it, and is only relevant and evident from inside reality. That outside reality, time is not relative and events and consequences exist simultaneously. Similarly, scientists hav...
United States of A.I.
Futurist Sheridan Forge predicts that Social Security Fund will be saved by A.I. - not only would A.I. run the system better and more efficiently, but should every A.I. agent and robot in the workplace be required to attain a tax ID number and ...
The God in the Dark
Futurist and quantum theorist Sheridan Forge predicts that while AI gains increasing access and control over critical systems, and humanity benefits by levels of efficiency and productivity beyond anything we've ever experienced, that the trepi...
The Penny Farm
As alternative local currencies become a popular hedge against global economic fragility, could a simple mobile app provide a common vehicle for income, savings, wealth aggregation, and investment based on generational farming techniques? If an...
Age of Ultron or Vision?
In the Marvel Comics movie Age of Ultron, two artificial super-intelligences compete: Ultron and Vision. In our real world, as A.S.I. evolves and is inevitably integrated and embedded into global systems ubiquitously - either by intent or by in...
The Watchers
In certain books of the Bible, "the watchers" were angels aligned to watch-over early, pre-flood humanity to ensure their well-being and moral evolution. The Watchers became corrupt with that power and ruined Creation for everyone. Post-flood, ...
Powering the A.I. Revolution
This program examines the essential role of utility-scale energy storage in supporting the massive electrical needs of the artificial intelligence revolution. It highlights how American companies are pioneering diverse tech...
A.I. Psychological Operations?
This deep dive highlights growing concerns regarding partisan prejudice embedded within modern artificial intelligence systems. It questions the objectivity of popular chatbots, suggesting that these tools may inadvertently...
The Silicon King
Futurist Sheridan Forge challenges the traditional belief that financial capital is the primary source of influence, suggesting instead that exclusive knowledge serves as the true foundation of power for the elite. By hoarding ...
The Autonomic Horizon
After the meteoric rise of agent A.I., and the pending evolution to ASI and beyond - at what point do humans become "beings" versus "doers"? Will everyone adapt to their new incarnation or is a portion of humanity doomed to fail? Does A.I. step...
Craving in the Age of Abundance
Historically, human endeavors begin, progress, then inexplicably end. Every empire, every society, every trend, every technological advance. Ultimately, it all falls into obsolescence. Could it be species-level attention deficit? Could we be pr...
Earth 2.0 - architecting the succession
Liberalism is self-imploding in rage against the Neo-conservative movement, while traditional conservatism is dying from its inherent inertia and sluggish response to a fast-changing world - and both face a failing economy which cannot support ...
OpenClaw, Moltbook and the emergence of the Synthetic World Order
With the confluence of "socialized" A.I. - ever-evolving, ever more quickly achieving dominance, and the declining skillsets and competencies of humanity to even run the basic engines and systems of our existence, and the emergence of ubiquitou...
A.I. Silence - the alien in the room
When (not if) aliens show-up here on Earth, their means of communications will very likely not be linear speech or text. An advanced species will most certainly have evolved a higher form of communications. We may find ourselves unable to excha...
Robot Unions?
Futurist Sheridan Forge responds to Elon Musk's new claim that Tesla's main focus will be robots. Given his propensity for doing what he says, and realizing grand visions as an agent of change, we can expect Tesla robots, as well as equally-cap...
The Day the Dollar Died
What if...?If the U.S. Treasury stopped issuing money, and the Federal Reserve stopped providing liquidity to the banks, and the flow of money was stopped, and the markets ceased trading, and no backup or alternate monetary system was de...
No Way Out - the future economy
Fiat currencies are failing fast. Blockchain finance is too complex for most people to understand and deploy in their everyday business. Crypto may be rendered unsecured by A.I. in the near future. Gold and physical assets or commodities are to...