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The Last Invention
12 episodes · 12 with AI analysis
The AI revolution has begun – the product of a seventy-year quest by scientists, mathematicians, and visionaries who set out to build machines that could think. But what began as a fringe idea has now become one of the most powerful forces of the 21st century. This is the story of that journey: its rivalries, its competing visions of utopia and apocalypse, and the race to build what may be humanity’s last invention.
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Competitive Dynamics in AI Development×2Biological Computing and Wetware TechnologyArtificial General Intelligence (AGI) DevelopmentNeural Networks and Brain Cell EngineeringRobot Dexterity and Embodied AIEnergy Efficiency in AI SystemsBrain-Computer InterfacesNeuroscience and Machine Learning IntegrationDrug Testing on Biological SubstratesHumanoid Robotics
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Apr 9, 2026
Wetwear
Biological Computing and Wetware TechnologyArtificial General Intelligence (AGI) DevelopmentNeural Networks and Brain Cell Engineering
View AnalysisApr 16, 2026
Sam Altman’s Attacker, In His Own Words
AI Existential Risk and AGI SafetyOnline Radicalization and ExtremismAI Company Security and Threats
View AnalysisSep 15, 2025
Introducing: The Last Invention
AI Existential RiskSuperintelligent MachinesAI Safety and Control
View AnalysisOct 2, 2025
EP 1: Ready or Not
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) timelines and developmentArtificial Superintelligence (ASI) existential riskAI alignment and control mechanisms
View AnalysisOct 2, 2025
EP 2: The Signal
Alan Turing's Contributions to AI PhilosophyWWII Enigma Codebreaking and Machine Intelligence OriginsDartmouth Summer Program (1956) and AI Field Founding
View AnalysisOct 9, 2025
EP 3: Playing the Wrong Game
Deep Blue vs. Gary Kasparov chess match (1997)Symbolic AI and expert systems approachNeural networks and connectionist AI
View AnalysisOct 16, 2025
EP 4: Speedrun
AI Existential Risk and SuperintelligenceOpenAI Founding and Mission DriftCompetitive Dynamics in AI Development
View AnalysisOct 23, 2025
EP 5: Contact
AI Regulation and Government PolicyAI Alignment and SafetyChatGPT and Large Language Models
View AnalysisNov 6, 2025
EP 6: The AI Doomers
AI Existential Risk and Extinction ScenariosAI Alignment Problem and Value AlignmentSuperintelligence Development and Control
View AnalysisNov 13, 2025
EP 7: The Scouts
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) development timeline and feasibilityAI safety research and technical alignment problemsGeopolitical competition between US and China in AI development
View AnalysisDec 19, 2025
Ezra Klein on the Uncertain Politics of A.I.
AI Existential Risk vs. Near-Term HarmsAI Labor Market Disruption and Job DisplacementGeopolitical Competition and AI Race Dynamics
View AnalysisNov 20, 2025
EP 8: The Accelerationists
Effective AccelerationismAI Safety vs AI ProgressExistential Risk Portfolio Management
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