Welcome to self-care with a conscience - where science, spirituality, and sustainability are brunch buddies. Self-Helpless explores all things on the cutting edge of personal and collective growth with leading specialists who share paradigm-shifting insights every week. Hosted by Delanie Fischer, who's recognized by listeners for her casual but fluff-free approach, Self-Helpless has been described as if Rich Roll and Rainn Wilson had a much less eloquent (but also pretty fun) podcast baby.
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Welcome to self-care with a conscience - where science, spirituality, and sustainability are brunch buddies. Self-Helpless explores all things on the cutting edge of personal and collective growth with leading specialists who share paradigm-shifting insights every week. Hosted by Delanie Fischer, who's recognized by listeners for her casual but fluff-free approach, Self-Helpless has been described as if Rich Roll and Rainn Wilson had a much less eloquent (but also pretty fun) podcast baby.
New episodes every week - making your commutes, tasks, or bedtime existential crisis more majestic.
Is AI Creating a World Without Choice? How to Fight Back with Jacob Ward
Self-Helpless
58 minutes
3 weeks ago
Is AI Creating a World Without Choice? How to Fight Back with Jacob Ward
Delanie Fischer chats with Jacob Ward, veteran technology journalist and correspondent, about how AI differs from past technological inventions and why this moment feels fundamentally different. They explore some of the inner workings of artificial intelligence including LLMs, the effects of over-reliance on these tools, and what the future may look like for regulation, responsibility, and human connection.
Episode Highlights:
AI Psychosis, Addiction, Romance, Friendship, And How We’ll Define It
The Risk Of Outsourcing Critical Thinking, Creativity, And Connection
Two Problematic Features Of Large Language Models (LLMs)
AI Slop, Clanker Culture, And Undetectable Fake Imagery
Is Ad Placement Next, And Will We Know We’re Being Sold To?
Tech Leaders: Responsibility, Ideology, And Profit Motives
Desire And Purpose: The “Smoker” And “Heroin” Problem Analogies
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The Lost Secrets of Civilization: Ancient Innovation and Forgotten Wisdom with Jack R. Bialik: https://www.delaniefischer.com/selfhelplesspodcast/episode/d6769440/the-lost-secrets-of-civilization-ancient-innovation-and-forgotten-wisdom-with-jack-r-bialik
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Self-Helpless
Welcome to self-care with a conscience - where science, spirituality, and sustainability are brunch buddies. Self-Helpless explores all things on the cutting edge of personal and collective growth with leading specialists who share paradigm-shifting insights every week. Hosted by Delanie Fischer, who's recognized by listeners for her casual but fluff-free approach, Self-Helpless has been described as if Rich Roll and Rainn Wilson had a much less eloquent (but also pretty fun) podcast baby.
New episodes every week - making your commutes, tasks, or bedtime existential crisis more majestic.
