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The Secular Foxhole

Blair Schofield and Martin Lindeskog

Robert Tracinski on Causation, Robots, and AI

FEB 20, 202349 MIN
The Secular Foxhole

Robert Tracinski on Causation, Robots, and AI

FEB 20, 202349 MIN

Description

Rob Tracinski joins us for a fun discussion on current topics of interest, Including his upcoming course. Martin is giving a shout-out to supporters of the show, e.g., fellow podcaster, Kyrin Down of Mere Mortals podcast, and fellow Objectivist friend, Roland Horvath.

Call-to-Action: After you have listened to this episode, add your $0.02 (two cents) to the conversation, by joining (for free) The Secular Foxhole Town Hall. Feel free to introduce yourself to the other members, discuss the different episodes, give us constructive feedback, or check out the virtual room, Speakers' Corner, and step up on the digital soapbox. Welcome to our new place in cyberspace!

Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services:


Episode 66 (49 minutes) was recorded at 2100 Central European Time, on February 17, 2023, with Ringr app. Martin did the editing and post-production with the podcast maker, Alitu. The transcript is generated by Alitu.

(Editor's note: We had some technical glitches during the recording.)

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