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Superintelligence & Me

14 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -

JGSmith is a journalist, writing in the years before and after Superintelligents began to administer Planet Earth. JGS selects pieces written or recorded by humans both before and after this event, building an archive of human-made content, usually less than 500 words long. Published Fridays 0730 GMT. Credits, sources, text, comments, subscriptions at https://superintelligence.me. DM: JGSmith61on Instagram or Twitter or via Comments. Currently on a break.

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Episodes

Humans are Mad, Bad and Stupid

November 27, 2021 07:30 - 2 minutes - 1.21 MB

This cast records an important moment in the history of our planet, a moment  when Superintelligents revealed their power. Credits: Image: by Geralt on Pixabay. Text is an excerpt from the Daily News Briefing by Tom Rauschenberg, dated November 25, 2041.

Oh, My Amygdala

October 15, 2021 06:30 - 2 minutes - 2.3 MB

A conversation between a human and Superintelligents about that ancient organ, down in the brainstem, that drives our anger and rages.

The Easygoing Traveller: in China. Sep 23,2021

October 01, 2021 10:08 - 2 minutes - 1.52 MB

Mike Brackley, “The Easygoing Traveller” likes to “make friends around the world and visit from time to time”. An example of one of his weekly posts, about friends in China at a time when it is not as easy as it used to be.

I Don‘t Trust Silences

September 24, 2021 06:30 - 3 minutes - 5.71 MB

A record of the confidential  “salon” hosted by a well known tech investor ( we call him “Alan”) in California, USA, in 2016 about expanding human intelligence (and creating designer embryos) to meet the rising challenge of machine intelligence. 

Pastoral

September 17, 2021 06:30 - 3 minutes - 5.29 MB

An audio track, date uncertain, a kind of lament, expressing fear for the future of humans when superintelligence takes over this planet. 

Trailer: Superintelligence & Me

September 13, 2021 14:23 - 1 minute - 1.22 MB

Fifty Years of Kumquat

September 10, 2021 06:30 - 3 minutes - 4.41 MB

The company now called Kumquat, over 50 years old now, started as an innovator in what were then called “data lakes”. This piece written in 2030 or 2031 foresees the emergence of autonomous agents in the software as a precursor of superintelligence.

A Small Religious War Just Ended

September 03, 2021 06:30 - 3 minutes - 4.21 MB

This piece, written after the ascendancy of Superintelligence, looks back at all the wars, but one in particular, fought in the name of beliefs which were, in truth, a mask for human tribalism.

Another One Waiting. Part 2

August 27, 2021 07:47 - 3 minutes - 4.48 MB

2032 again.The likelihood of another pandemic is high. The risk of one that could threaten human civilisation remains. But are the institutions of the planet starting to recognise the threat? Credits and Sources at https://superintelligence.me.

Humans Get Sick Again. Pt 2

August 27, 2021 06:30 - 3 minutes - 4.48 MB

2032. A second look at the global pandemic of 2032. Yes things have improved since the last big epidemic in 2021-22. There has been more co-operation, but not nearly enough to extinguish this kind of problem once and for all.

Another One Waiting - Pandemic Alert

August 20, 2021 08:43 - 4 minutes - 5.28 MB

The likelihood of another pandemic was always high. The risk of one even more serious, one that could threaten human civilisation, was getting higher. In 2032 the institutions of our planet were still not addressing either. Credits and Sources at https://superintelligence.me.    

Humans Get Sick Again. Pt 1.

August 20, 2021 06:30 - 4 minutes - 5.28 MB

2032, the second major global pandemic in recent years. These piece itemises the steps that were  not taken after the epidemic of 2020-2022. When nations needed to cooperate, they failed to do so.

Hopes and Fears: for Generation Alpha

August 09, 2021 13:54 - 2 minutes - 1.89 MB

Superintelligence & Me talks to imaginary future beings about life on our planet today. Only  3-4 minutes. Published every Friday morning 0730GMT.  Reducing Global Catastrophic Biological Risks by Gregory Lewis. Credits: The content for this post is derived from The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity by Toby Ord. ©Toby Ord, 2020. Images by Nahid Sheikh, FelixMittermeier, Engin Akyurt from Pixabay. Track: Drops of H2O. J. Lang on ccMixter CC. Licence.              ...

Pandemic. Risk Alert. More to Come?

July 29, 2021 17:59 - 4 minutes - 2.21 MB

  Superintelligence & Me talks to imaginary future beings about life on our planet at a time when the human race, there ancestors,  faces existential risks. I try to cover the thinking of the best minds compressed into 3-4 minutes. Published every Friday morning 0730GMT.  Reducing Global Catastrophic Biological Risks by Gregory Lewis. Credits: The content for this post comes almost exclusively from The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity by Toby Ord. ©Toby Ord, 2020. The...