Mind Matters
On the Mind Matters podcast, Discovery Institute’s Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence considers the implications and misconceptions, the opportunities and limitations, and the applications and challenges presented by intelligent agents and their algorithms. Episode notes and archives available at mindmatters.ai/podcast.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 212
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Alzheimer’s, Medical Ethics, and Choosing Life
From preemptive assisted suicide to selective abortions, the medical field suffers a host of ethical dilemmas. In today’s podcast episode, memory-loss expert Stephen Post joins neurosurgeon Michael E…
00:47:39 |
Thu 01 Jun 2023
AI: Is it Good or Bad for Society?
Artificial intelligence already surrounds us and has made inroads into banking, accounting, and digital technology. It’s ubiquitous. In today’s episode, Robert J. Marks reminds us that AI is like fir…
00:30:40 |
Thu 25 May 2023
Caring for the Deeply Forgetful
How can we compassionately relate to those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease? Is the mind more than the brain? Dr. Stephen Post, an expert in the field and author of Dignity for Deeply Forgetful Peo…
00:29:07 |
Thu 18 May 2023
An Antidote for Digital Addiction
With the advent of social media, rates of teenage depression, suicides, and body image problems have skyrocketed. These are symptoms of digital addiction. How can we combat digital addiction and prom…
00:40:21 |
Thu 11 May 2023
Medicine for Digitally Addicted Boys
The Boy Scouts of America used to enjoy a booming membership. But after some significant policy changes and a giant lawsuit, the organization is rapidly declining. In this episode, Robert Marks spea…
00:25:10 |
Thu 04 May 2023
Oxford Mathematician John Lennox on AI
Will AI take us over? Will we ever reach a point where humans and machines will completely merge? In this episode, world-renowned Oxford mathematician John Lennox answers questions about artificial i…
00:25:53 |
Thu 27 Apr 2023
Working Towards Digital Flourishing
Dawn Wible, the founder of Talk More Tech Less, continues her conversation with Robert J. Marks on digital tech. How can we healthily use technology instead of being manipulated by Big Tech? In this …
00:28:31 |
Thu 20 Apr 2023
Talk More, Tech Less
Dawn Wible, founder of the digital wellness organization “Talk More Tech Less,” talks with Robert J. Marks about her advocacy for healthy screen time among children and young adults. Phone usage has …
00:34:14 |
Thu 13 Apr 2023
The Value and Drawbacks of ChatGPT
In this week’s episode, Robert Marks resumes his conversation with tech consultant and expert Jeffrey Funk. They focus on ChatGPT, its value and limits, and the hype that often accompanies new develo…
00:28:36 |
Thu 06 Apr 2023
Navigating the Technological Age
Humans have created technology for centuries. But what happens when we stop using tech and tech starts using us? In this episode, Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Andrew McDiarmid sits down with Rob…
00:41:25 |
Thu 30 Mar 2023
Where Does Innovation Come From?
In a continuation of last week’s conversation, technology experts Jeffrey Funk and Robert J. Marks explore the question of where today’s technological innovation is fostered. Academia? Private corpor…
00:29:14 |
Thu 23 Mar 2023
Jeffrey Funk on AI, Startups, and Big Tech
In this podcast episode, technology consultant and author Jeffrey Funk joins Robert J. Marks to talk about the artificial intelligence industry, how it’s used by Big Tech, and AI’s exaggerated hype. …
00:30:58 |
Thu 16 Mar 2023
Blake Lemoine and the LaMDA Question
In this continuation of last week’s conversation, ex-Googler Blake Lemoine tells Robert J. Marks what originally got him interested in AI: reading the science fiction of Isaac Asimov as a boy in rura…
00:22:49 |
Thu 09 Mar 2023
A Chat with Blake Lemoine on Google and AI Sentience
Former Google employee Blake Lemoine claimed that the Large Language Model LaMDA was a sentient being. The claim got him fired. In this episode, Lemoine sits down with Robert J. Marks to discuss AI, …
Thu 02 Mar 2023
Winning and Losing Strategies for Casino Gambling
Can you beat casinos at their own game? Sometimes. Don Johnson beat Atlantic City casinos for over $15 million during a six-month period in 2011. Find out the ins and outs of casino gambling and card…
01:48:46 |
Thu 23 Feb 2023
More Porn = More Trafficking
Robert J. Marks and Charlie Crockett discuss how the normalization of online pornography is connected with sex trafficking and abuse. In fact, the two industries are inextricably linked. They also di…
00:27:56 |
Thu 16 Feb 2023
Social Media’s Role in Human Trafficking
Robert J. Marks and Charlie Crockett continue their conversation on the sad reality of human trafficking. In this episode, they focus particularly on how social media has become a place where predato…
Thu 09 Feb 2023
Human Trafficking In Your Own Backyard
Robert Marks speaks on the difficult topic of human trafficking with his guest Charles Crockett, who works with the anti-trafficking advocacy organization Unbound Now. Human trafficking is the fastes…
00:23:33 |
Thu 02 Feb 2023
Is the Human Brain Just GPT-3 Made of Meat?
In this episode, Robert J. Marks talks with Pat Flynn on the Philosophy for the People podcast. Together they discuss the benefits and limits of the GPT-3, the mind-body problem, and the unique, “non…
01:03:45 |
Thu 26 Jan 2023
Is The Mind an Illusion?
Perhaps you’ve heard of the “mind-body problem,” but what about the relationship between the mind and the brain? Is the mind just an illusion produced by the brain or is it something totally separate…
00:38:23 |
Thu 19 Jan 2023
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