The Intelligence
All Around Us
James Bridle
Writer, Author of Ways of Being, Artist, and Technologist
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Season 4 Episode 4
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There are many lenses through which we can view the world, and that’s especially true when considering the technologies associated with artificial intelligence. In this episode, James Bridle, author of Ways of Being, joins to explore a multitude of perspectives relating to our ongoing relationship with technology.
James’ book explores the interplay between animals, plants, and machines in the search for planetary intelligence. James offers a broad vision of “thinking” systems that draws from biology, physics, and computation and spurs an investigation of what a corporation is and could become.
Robb, Josh, and James have a dynamic discussion, trying on various lenses for viewing intelligence and uncovering new ideas about technology along the way.
About the guest
In their book Ways of Being, James explores different kinds of intelligence on our planet—plant, animal, human, and artificial. They have also written about the end of the future in the New Dark Age and wrote and presented New Ways of Seeing, a four-part series for BBC Radio 4.
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