PODCASTS
Exploring AI's Role and Limitations: From Corporate Automation to Human Creativity
In this episode of Feeding Curiosity, the hosts explore the implications of AI technology, discussing concerns about AI replacing human productivity; they debate the potential and limitations of AI tools like ChatGPT. The conversation covers corporate automation, the dangers of over-reliance on AI, and its inability to generate original thought or creativity. They examine how AI's capacity to reorganize known information could transform industries while emphasizing the irreplaceable value of human consciousness and creativity in problem-solving. The discussion concludes by urging a balanced perspective on AI, advocating for its use as a complementary tool rather than a solution to all problems.
Creative Risk Taking, Information Overload, Meaning, and Find Your Frontier
I'm joined by returning guest and friend Joe Jackowski. We discuss Joe's psychological and philosophical ideas. We discuss consciousness and identity's role in forming society, where society may be heading, and what we can do to steer this society in the right direction.
Joe Jackowski on The Dangers of Social Media
In today's episode, we discuss the dangers of social media and how we interact with it.
By the end of this conversation, we hope listeners understand the tricks being played on users to get them to spend more attention than they should with their devices. Though this podcast centers around the negative aspects, we discuss ways to use these platforms more productively.
Feel free to share your thoughts and insights about how you view social media and what you think are possible solutions to function better!
Todd Myrick: Connecting Through Technology
Toddy Myrick is an IT Specialist with an undergraduate in Fine Art Printmaking & Photography and later completed a graduate degree in MS Information Systems & Technology Management & MBA. Todd has always been interested in technology and acts as a Reddit moderator outside the academic world. In this episode, we get quite biographical as Todd lays out his life and what has influenced him. What shows through is his connection to those around him and the caring he has for people whom he respects. We get to the early 1990s in the chronology of his story, and it will be continued in a future episode of the podcast, so stay tuned!
Ideas on the Future
In this episode, Joe and Erich have a conversation starting with Yuval Noah Harari. Next, the conversation branched into recent philosophy topics Joe has been working with. Finally, we transitioned into a more general discussion on the future's direction and other related ideas.