Evolution, Empathy, and the Future of Humanity (Homebrewed Christianity)

Robert Wright's Nonzero

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🗓️ 31 August 2024

⏱️ 92 minutes

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(Description from Tripp Fuller’s Homebrewed Christianity podcast.)

In this episode, I am joined by one of my favorite scholars in the public square, Robert Wright, the editor of the Nonzero Newsletter. This is a captivating discussion about artificial intelligence, consciousness, and the future of humanity. We explore Wright's extensive work, including 'Nonzero,' 'The Evolution of God,' and 'Why Buddhism is True,' while delving into the intersections of science, religion, and philosophy. Discover the implications of AI for humanity, the critical role of international cooperation in technology governance, and the moral and spiritual dimensions needed to navigate rapid technological changes. The conversation also addresses the complexities of sentience, cognitive empathy, and the evolutionary drives in AI, with insights from philosophers like Teilhard de Chardin and Alfred North Whitehead.

Tripp’s Substack: https://processthis.substack.com/

Originally published August 19, 2024 by Homebrewed Christianity .

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0:00.0	You're listening to Robert Wright's Non-Zero Podcast.
0:28.6	Hello, this is Bob. Happy Labor Day to those who celebrate, which is to say basically Americans and Canadians, I think, though many countries have holidays
0:41.4	that honor their workers, as they should. Now, I did not tape a podcast at the end of last week,
0:48.2	precisely because Labor Day weekend was approaching, which meant for one thing that I was on vacation. However,
0:55.9	we do have a podcast conversation for you this Labor Day weekend. It's an unusual one because
1:03.1	in this conversation, I am the interviewee. This is a conversation that is also being posted on
1:10.4	Tripp Fuller's Homebrewed Christianity Podcast.
1:15.1	Tripp is, in addition to being a friend of mine, a Christian whom I would call
1:20.5	theologically very liberal and politically very progressive.
1:32.7	And he's been doing his podcast for a long time and has built up a big and loyal following. And now he also has a substack newsletter called Process This.
1:41.3	So I encourage you to check out his podcast and his newsletter and to listen to this conversation
1:49.3	I had with him, which gets into cognitive empathy and artificial intelligence and various
1:54.1	related subjects, some of them pretty cosmic, even you might say trippy, trippy, okay, that's a little play on words that I came
2:04.7	up with in a veritable burst of creativity. Now, the regular non-zero podcast will resume by the end
2:13.4	of this week, that is a few days after Labor Day. Meanwhile, if you're wondering how to fill
2:19.1	the intervening days, you could always give the Non-Zero podcast a rating and review on the Apple
2:26.3	podcast site, which is said to be very influential. Just Google Apple Podcast non-Zero to get there. And you can also rate and review us on
2:38.8	whichever podcast app you use. These things, these ratings and reviews, they really do make a
2:44.9	difference. And the podcast landscape is very competitive. I mean, do you know anybody who doesn't have a podcast?
2:53.5	So we can use the help and we really appreciate the support.
2:58.6	Okay, now here's me and Tripp Fuller covering a lot of ground.
3:04.1	I hope you enjoy the journey.
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