Episode XXVII: Susannah Black Roberts on ‘Artificial Intelligence’
We discuss Christian Humanism, the idiocractic effect of chatbots, humanist writing, &c.
Susannah referenced: – Plough, her magazine. – Scott Alexander, Slate Star Codex, “The Whispering Earring”. – Kurt Vonnegut, Harrison Bergeron. – Josef Pieper, Leisure: The Basis of Culture – A.D. Sertillanges, The Intellectual Life. – David Bentley Hart, The Experience of God. – Edward Feser, Immortal Souls. – The Anchored Argosy, her newsletter.
Henry referenced: – Pico della Mirandola, Oration on the Dignity of Man. – William Morris, Useful Work Versus Useless Toil.