Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-05-24
Books mentioned on ‘Artificial Intelligence?’ No, Collective Intelligence.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Intelligence and Spirit
Intelligence and Spirit by Reza Negarestani is an ambitious and intricate philosophical work that investigates the nature of artificial and human intelligence alongside spirituality.
Recommended“um so resen aarani wrote a book called intelligence and spirit it's a pretty dense philosophical book uh about intelligence and spirituality that I think is uh really great”
Where to get it
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Children of Time
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky is a compelling science fiction novel that explores the evolution and society of an advanced civilization of genetically modified spiders.
Recommended“on a lighter side uh children of time by Adrien chovsky is a really enjoyable AI science fiction about intelligent genetically modified spiders and this one my favorite books yeah so good so you kind of see the kind of society and technology that a super intelligent spider um society would build which I love”
Where to get it
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Plurality
Plurality by Eric Glen Weyl and Audrey Tang is a collaborative book that explores the future of democracy and collaborative technology through contributions from a diverse global community.
Recommended“and then there's a book called plurality that was um led by Glenn V and Audrey tang and a wide um community of contributors I also contributed a small part to this book it's about the future of collaborative technology and democracy and it was actually written in an open collaborative Democratic way which I think is really interesting so”
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