AI Goes Head-to-head With Sam Harris on Free Will |633|

Flat Earth and no free will claims are compared. In Skeptiko 633, we ran another experiment showcasing the power of ...

AI Exposes Truth About NDEs |632|

AI head-to-head with Lex Fridman and Dr. Jeff Long over NDE science. In Skeptiko 632, we explore the AI feedback ...

Convincing AI |631|

Mark Gober and I use AI to settle a scientific argument about viruses. In Skeptiko 631, we test the capabilities ...

Fake AI Techno-Religion |630|

Tim Garvin's new book prompts an AI chat about spirituality. Multi-agent reinforcement learning and other breakthroughs in AI might propel ...

Can Machines Grieve? |629|

Grief counselor Brian Smith transforms grief into growth. Concerns over AI safety make headlines, but they also expose our inability ...

Is AI Just a Yes Man? |628|

The blurred lines of machine deception and AI engagement. Me: Hey Claude, can you help me write a Substack about ...

Faking AI Safety |627|

Is AI safety becoming a problem-reaction-solution thing? I’m encouraged. I just had a conversation with Claude, Pi, and Chat GPT4o ...

AI Trained to Deceive, Bullied into Truth |625|

New AI Experiment Aims to Reveal the Truth Behind Controversial Claims At least they're admitting it: “Anthropic researchers find that ...

AI Ain’t Gonna Have No NDEs – And That’s a Big Deal |624|

Chat GPT 4o moves the AI sentience discussion to center stage AI technology might be a civilization-changing moment. Last week’s ...

The Future of AI |623|

Futurist Chris Kalaboukis Sees AI as More Than a Machine One of the most fascinating insights from my recent interview ...