#110: Yudkowski and Soares - If Anyone Builds it, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss “If Anyone Builds it, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All” by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares. They discuss the main arguments about the inevit...
9 Jan 43min
#109: Rachel Bitecofer -The Whole World Is Getting Dumber (And The Smartphone Did It.)
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Rachel Bitecofer’s substack article, “The Whole World is Getting Dumber (And the Smartphone Did It.)” We question whether her solution of banning smart phones ...
26 Des 202544min
#108: Alberto Romero - AI Video Should Be Illegal
In this episode we discuss Alberto Romero’s Substack article on AI video. While Romero argues that perhaps we should seek legal remedies to the problems of deepfake video, Barry and Mike consider an ...
12 Des 202551min
Alberto Romero - The Most Important Skill in the 21st Century
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss “The Most Important Skill in the 21st Century,” Alberto Romero’s polemical defense of boredom in the media entertainment age. They discuss whether it’s possible ...
28 Nov 202545min
#106: Bernard Steigler - Elements of Pharmacology, pt. 2
This is part two of our discussion of Bernard Steigler's "Elements of Pharmacology". This time, Barry and Michael focus on Stiegler's discussion of the unique challenges posed by new digital 'pharmak...
14 Nov 202532min
#105: Bernard Steigler - Elements of Pharmacology
This week on Critical Media Studies, Barry and Michael discuss Bernard Stiegler's "Elements of Pharmacology," a transcription of an interview with the French philosopher from June 2020, just two month...
31 Okt 202531min
#104: Juan Fontcuberta and the “paper-hankie picture”
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss “The Eye of God”, chapter 2 of Juan Fontcuberta’s book, Pandora’s Camera. They reflect upon the impacts that the shift from analogue to digital photography and c...
17 Okt 202552min
#103: Fontcuberta - Pandora's Camera
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Juan Fontcuberta’s “Pandora’s Camera” (2014). They discuss his take on Barthes and Kracauer’s theories about the relations between photography, philosophy, mode...
3 Okt 202555min
