Sentient Developments Podcast

Podcasting perspectives on science, philosophy, ethics, and the future of intelligent life; George Dvorsky's Podcast Blog.

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Update frequency: every 8 days
Episodes: 24
Years Active: 2008 - 2012

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Sentient Developments Episode 2012.05.07

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of May 7, 2012. Topics discussed in this week's episode: Scientific explanations for Game of Thrones' messed-up seasons Could a single pill save your marria…

Mon 07 May 2012

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.04.16

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of April 16, 2012. Topics discussed in this week's episode: NASA's upcoming workshop on rethinking their Mars strategy Beaming solar power to Earth with sat…

Wed 18 Apr 2012

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.04.09

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of April 9, 2012. Topics discussed in this week's episode: My recap of the Moral Brain conference A review of the attention my Dyson Sphere article is getti…

Mon 09 Apr 2012

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.04.02

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of April 2, 2012. Topics for this week's episode: J. Hughes on democratic transhumanism, personhood theory, and AI; making brains: reverse engineering the h…

Mon 02 Apr 2012

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.03.26

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of March 26, 2012. Topics for this week's episode: How to build a Dyson sphere in five (relatively) easy steps, how to take over the Galaxy with self-replic…

Sun 25 Mar 2012

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.03.19

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of March 19, 2012. Topics for this week's episode: Raising IQ with creatine and Double N-Back Training, the red meat scare, destroying asteroids with nukes,…

Mon 19 Mar 2012

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.03.12

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of March 12, 2012. Topics for this week's episode include the perils of Active SETI, the possibility of downloading something nasty from ET, why virtually e…

Mon 12 Mar 2012

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.03.05

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of March 5, 2012. Topics for this week's episode include the Turing Test, artificial consciousness, and machine ethics; Avi Rubin's recent TED Talk on our i…

Mon 05 Mar 2012

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.02.27

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of February 27, 2012. Topics discussed in this week's episode: PETA's lost case against SeaWorld and their next steps, addressing the potential perils of ra…

Mon 27 Feb 2012

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.02.20

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of February 20, 2012. Topics discussed in this week's episode: Moral enhancement and cognitive enhancement (featuring insights from Peter Singer and Allen B…

Mon 20 Feb 2012

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.01.30

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of January 30, 2012. This week's episode is devoted entirely to my paper (co-authored with Robert Bradbury and Milan Cirkovic) that was recently published i…

Mon 30 Jan 2012

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.01.23

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of January 23, 2012. In this week's episode I talk about the new mathematical study which reveals that our Galaxy should have been colonized by now, why Can…

Sun 22 Jan 2012

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.01.16

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of January 16, 2012. In this week's episode I talk about the assassination of an Iranian nuclear physicist and how scientists are increasingly coming to be …

Sun 15 Jan 2012

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.01.09

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of January 9, 2012. In this week's episode I talk about my renewed focus on diet and exercise now that the Christmas season is now over. In addition, I rank…

Sun 08 Jan 2012

Sentient Developments Episode 2012.01.02

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of January 2, 2012. This week's episode is themed around animal enhancement. Topics discussed include the recent film Rise of the Planet of the Apes, human-…

Sun 01 Jan 2012

Sentient Developments Episode 2011.12.19

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of December 19, 2011. This week's episode is devoted entirely to the life and work of Christopher Hitchens who passed away last week. Tracks used in this ep…

Sun 18 Dec 2011

Sentient Developments Episode 2011.12.12

Sentient Developments Podcast for the week of December 12, 2011. Topics discussed in this week's episode include my new strength routine, using Ecstasy to treat autism, cognitive enhancement and pote…

Sun 11 Dec 2011