Ep. 208 AI Is Coming For You With Brian Nelson

We’re joined by Brian Nelson for a fascinating chat about his book The Great Unmaking, how storytelling relates to education, chatgGBT hallucinations, the dangers of AI and short term thinking, and the fragility of democracies. Plus – Dave confronts a neighbor, Laura meets an overly dramatic waitress, and Andrew takes kids shopping for animatronics. We also recommend: Discovery by Jack and Sue Drafahl, A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher, & Orphans of Bliss: Tales of Addiction, edited by Mark Matthews. Audiobook of the Week is The Donut Legion by Joe R. Lansdale.

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Inside Chat: Thinking Like An Animal With Brian Nelson

Today we chat with author Brian Nelson about his new thriller Five Tribes, the fine art of biohacking, technology as its own life form, the common bond between honeyguides and orcas, mirror neurons and thinking like an animal, Dungeons & Dragons, and how he gave his freshman English students the Unabomber Manifesto to read.

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