AI, Transhumanism, and the Future of Humanity | Meghan O’Gieblyn

Hidden Forces

Demetri Kofinas

Government, Business

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 349 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with author and essayist Meghan O'Gieblyn, who writes on matters of philosophy and religion for The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, The Guardian, and other publications.

Meghan O'Gieblyn shares her personal journey growing up in a fundamentalist Christian community. She talks about the disillusionment she experienced upon leaving the faith, her forays into transhumanism and other alternative theories of consciousness, and what she thinks is really going on: what is the nature of reality, is consciousness fundamental to the universe, and what happens to us when we die?

In the second hour, Demetri and Meghan O'Gieblyn examine what it means to live in a digitally intermediated and surveilled society and what philosophy can tell us about the advancements being made in artificial intelligence. They consider why this technology is unlike anything else that human beings have previously created and why its development and unrestricted application put at risk not only our lives but also our humanity.

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Episode Recorded on 01/09/2024

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0:00.0	What's up everybody? My name is the Mitra Kofinas and you're listening to Hidden Forces, a
0:06.1	podcast that inspires investors, entrepreneurs and everyday citizens to challenge
0:12.4	consensus narratives and to learn how to think critically
0:15.7	about the systems of power shaping our world.
0:18.9	My guest in this episode of Hidden Forces is Megan O'Giblin.
0:22.4	Megan is an author and essayist who writes on matters of philosophy
0:26.4	and religion for the New Yorker, Harper's magazine, The Guardian, Wired, and elsewhere.
0:33.4	In the first hour of our conversation,
0:35.2	Megan shares her personal journey,
0:37.2	growing up in a fundamentalist Christian community.
0:40.0	She talks about the disillusionment she experienced upon leaving the faith, her forays into
0:44.8	transhumanism and other alternative theories of consciousness, and what she thinks is really
0:50.5	going on. What is the nature of reality? Is consciousness fundamental to the
0:55.1	universe and what happens to us when we die? In the second hour we apply many of
1:01.0	the ideas discussed in the first part of our conversation to contemporary life.
1:05.4	We examine what it means to live in a digitally intermediate and surveilled society with its effects
1:11.1	on free will and the sanctity of interior experience.
1:14.8	We also consider what philosophy can tell us about the advancements being made in artificial
1:19.4	intelligence, why this technology is unlike anything else that human beings have previously created,
1:25.0	and why its development and unrestricted application puts at risk not only our lives, but
1:30.2	our humanity.
1:31.7	If you want access to that part of the conversation and you're not already
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