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- 1 weeks ago1h 31m
Nature's Leftist Conspiracy against Western Civilization: Contemporary Mythology // 260
Socialist are to blame for the Forest Fires. Antifa caused Algae to take over the reflecting pool. Conservatives believe that nature has allied with their enemies to undermine their authority and Western vicilization. We discuss many instances of the opposition of culture/nature in recent news, political theory, and most importantly Twitter discourse.Video essay referenced: https://youtu.be/ZFOSdqhpuaI?si=86JJOjAuxQl7lrhvJoin up for more content https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills
- 3 weeks ago1h 16m
LLMs prove Structuralism was Correct all Along // 258
Join for ad-free and more episodes https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsThere's only been about a century of structuralism. It had a day, then in the 80s haters celebrated its falloff. But today, the LLMs designed according to the precepts of structuralist linguistics have proven Saussure's intuitions were more accurate than even he could have suspected. We read the argument from Language Machines by Leif Weatherby (https://amzn.to/4bipjYu)
- 3 weeks ago20 min
Chinese Room LLM // 257 (preview)
This week we evaluate a paper written by a Google DeepMind engineer which, in effect updates the Chinese Room Thought Experiment (Searle, 1980) to modern LLMs.Get this episode and hundreds more https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills
- Jun 29, 20261h 12m
What Computers Will (Still) Never Do: Dreyfus vs. AI // 256
Join for ad-free and more episodes https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsHubert Dreyfus loved recounting how he was maligned for his AI skepticism, which was informed by applications of Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology and turned out to be correct as of 2007. Is he still correct in the age of LLMs and self-driving cars?Link to article:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0004370207001452
- Jun 9, 20261h 21m
POPE vs. AI // 255
All episodes are ad-free at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsWhile many had hoped for a Butlerian Crusade against the thinking machines, the Pope has instead released a lukewarm encyclical asking the mean machine men making automated murder drones to please be nice to us. This episode we evaluate whether Christian Humanism has any juice left.https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html
- Jun 4, 20261h 13m
Michel Foucault: Technologies of the Self // 254
More where this came from at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsPeople have not always had a self, our selves were invented. According to Foucault, our concept of self emerged from religious technologies, genres of writing, and the institutions that perpetuated them. https://amzn.to/4uWyVAg
- Jun 3, 202622 min
Christopher Lasch: The Culture of Narcissism // 253(preview)
Hear our Lasch series at https://www.patreon.com/plasticpillsAfter three episodes reading Culture of Narcissism we conclude that despite a unique perspective, it's way overrated.
- May 12, 20261h 12m
Internet Connection UTTERLY DESTROYS Lost Exotic Rainforest Tribe!!! // 251
jk it's just fake news that duped conservatives yet again. This viral lie claimed that a remote Amazon tribe fell apart the instant they discovered internet pornography, but in the end it says a lot more about us than it does about the Marubos.go to patreon to never miss an episode https://www.patreon.com/plasticpills
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