People

Claude Shannon

Mentioned in 4 analyzed podcast episodes across 4 shows

Episode Appearances

Behind the Bastards

Behind the Bastards · May 5, 2026

Part One: How AI Chatbots Became Cult Leaders

“Experimented with pseudo-English text generation using probability in 1940s, precursor to Markov chain methods”

AI Chatbot Safety and RegulationAI-Induced Psychosis and Mental HealthCult Dynamics in Human-AI Interaction
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Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson

Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson · Nov 24, 2025

How AI Will Save Humanity: Creator of The Last Invention Explains

“Early AI researcher; benefited from space race funding that supported AI research in 1960s”

AI Existential Risk and SafetyArtificial General Intelligence (AGI) Development TimelineAI Regulation and Governance
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The Last Invention

The Last Invention · Oct 2, 2025

EP 2: The Signal

“Information theory inventor and Dartmouth Summer Program participant; namesake of Anthropic's Claude AI model.”

Alan Turing's Contributions to AI PhilosophyWWII Enigma Codebreaking and Machine Intelligence OriginsDartmouth Summer Program (1956) and AI Field Founding
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Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas · Jun 30, 2025

320 | Solo: Complexity and the Universe

“Founder of information theory; developed formulas showing relationship between entropy and information”

Entropy and the Second Law of ThermodynamicsAlgorithmic Complexity and Kolmogorov ComplexityInformation Theory and Shannon Entropy
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