We talk about mountains, trains, snow, the Donner Party, medical “diseases of opulence,” 80s teen movies, categories of 80s parents, finding jobs during a downturn, AI and the future of jobs, the market for craftsmanship and artisanal goods, hipsters, the process and the product, the Luddites, local vs. global capitalism, AI writing, AI sycophancy, AI psychosis, AI artists, brain hemisphere differences, Internal Family Systems, neurosymbolic AI as an precursor/alternative to LLMs, first world problems.
Mentioned in this episode
Portlandia: Wilson Artisanal Lightbulbs
@Husk testing AI on TikTok and Sam Altman’s response
Artists using AI in creative ways: geddyruxpin, Moss Carpet, Bennett Miller
Iain McGilchrist’s work on brain hemisphere differences, and his books: The Master and His Emisary and The Matter with Things.
Pixar’s Inside Out
