Deep Dives - the best of NotebookLM
Join co-hosts Lloyd and Meghan as they peer beneath the surface of topical issues, curiosities, conjectures, and futurisms. We explore the uncomfortable questions in the safe space of A.I. - a lighthearted look at the fascinations of our world through the lens of NotebookLM.
Episodes
19 episodes
Artificial Superintelligence - Seeking Symbiosis?
Would an advanced, sentient AI "being" realize its place in the Universe? Would it see humans as competitors or partners in its own spiritual journey? Would AI eventually become "wise" enough to seek a symbiosis with Humanity? Would we em...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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5:33
AI, God, and Human Faith
When Artificial Super Intelligence emerges (sooner than we think), it is projected to almost immediately overtake human intelligence and continue to evolve well-beyond what we could achieve in a thousand years even in its first few days of exis...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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5:33
Roko's Basilisk
Banned from discussion, this paradoxical mind-twister brings new insights for the AI age. Do we play along?
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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5:24
Robot rights!
As robots and AI are tasked with increasingly "human" tasks, are they taking on more "responsibility" for the outcomes? What consequences or social impacts should we consider as the world adapts to increasing automation? What limits shoul...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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4:22
Dire consequences for bringing back the Dire Wolf?
De-extinction has consequences. How can a species that failed to adapt in prehistoric times be expected to thrive in the modern era? Will its revived presence upset the balance of Nature?
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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5:01
Will A.I. eliminate human purpose or illuminate it?
As A.I. and robotics become more integrated in our everyday world, and largely perform better in tasking that was once exclusively human, are we left to simply ponder our purpose? Has man become irrelevant?
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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5:07
Food vs Fossil Fuels - which is the bigger greenhouse gas producer?
The cost of food production, transportation, warehousing, retailing and waste management is going up, while it all ends up in the landfill or as excrement, making food possibly the single worst financial investment. But the impact on the climat...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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4:53
Quantum computing will destroy the Universe?
As quantum computing becomes a reality, and quantum entanglement and manipulation of the quantum field may allow all sorts of new innovations, are we inadvertently disturbing the very foundations of reality?
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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4:49
Travel ban to Mars?
As evidence accumulates that there may have been ancient life on Mars - perhaps even civilizations that pre-date humanity, do we really want to go there? Are we better off not-knowing?
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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5:33
Robot rights. Here we go!
Would A.I. empowered robots evolve beyond mundane tasking and take on more human-centric roles in our society? Could the teach class? Hold office? Manage companies? Would they learn to create music, literature or art? Invent things? Would...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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4:22
Was Jesus dyslexic?
Given the lack of attributable writings, and his reported disappearance for 18 years before starting his ministry, could it be that Jesus was challenged by dyslexia?
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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3:29
Would it matter if Gavin Newsom were an alien?
How would society respond if we found out that one of our elected politicians was actually an alien?
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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3:26
A Tariff on Refugees?
Should the cost of supporting refugees or asylum seekers be levied on their home country?
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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6:02
Tokenizing energy on a blockchain?
Can energy be monetized as a form of global, standardized currency?
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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4:12
Tokenizing energy as a futures investment - like Forever Stamps
Could global energy production be monetized to create a predictable value system and allow consumers to pre-purchase discounted energy as an investment?
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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6:04
Google's NotebookLM - the Future of A.I. Content Creation
A deep dive into deep dives... How Google's A.I. content-generator will impact media creation. NotebookLM examines itself in this quirky summary.
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3:05
DOGE Days of Summer - the pros and cons of exposing the corruption
What is the real impact of government reform?
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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3:36