Send us Fan Mail Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs and futurist Ray Kurzweil for a compelling conversation on the accelerating pace of technological change and its profound implications for the future of humanity. In his new book, The Singularity Is Nearer, Kurzweil revisits and updates his groundbreaking predictions on AI & AGI, exponential growth, and human ... Show More
Jul 7
Season 5 Episode 5: Sam Dalrymple - Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia
Send us Fan MailJoin Professor Jeffrey Sachs and historian Sam Dalrymple for a fascinating discussion of his book Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia. Drawing on extensive archival research, personal histories, and overlooked narratives, Dalrymple revea ... Show More
54m 25s
Jun 9
Season 5, Episode 4 - Dorothy A. Brown, The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans--and How We Can Fix It
Send us Fan MailJoin Professor Jeffrey Sachs and tax policy expert Professor Dorothy A. Brown for a thought-provoking discussion of her books, The Whiteness of Wealth and Getting to Reparations. Drawing on decades of research, Brown examines how seemingly race-neutral tax policie ... Show More
1 h
May 5
Season 5 Episode 3: Rana Mitter, Forgotten Ally: China's World War II, 1937-1945
Send us Fan MailJoin Professor Jeffrey Sachs and historian Professor Rana Mitter, for a compelling discussion of his book Forgotten Ally: China’s World War II, 1937–1945. Drawing on extensive archival research and long-overlooked sources, Mitter brings to light China’s central, a ... Show More
1h 2m
Sep 2022
#321 – Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality
Ray Kurzweil is an author, inventor, and futurist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Shopify: https://shopify.com/lex to get 14-day free trial – NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/lex to get free product tour – Linode: https://linode.com/lex to get $100 free ... Show More
1h 42m
Aug 2023
#332 — Can We Contain Artificial Intelligence?
<p>Sam Harris speaks with Mustafa Suleyman about his new book, "<a href="https://amzn.to/3KZmVsw">The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the 21st Century's Greatest Dilemma</a>." They discuss the progress in artificial intelligence made at his company DeepMind, the acquisition o ... Show More
55m 24s
Sep 2025
#434 — Can We Survive AI?
Sam Harris speaks with Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares about their new book, If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: The Case Against Superintelligent AI. They discuss the alignment problem, ChatGPT and recent advances in AI, the Turing Test, the possibility of AI developing surviv ... Show More
36m 26s
Nov 2022
Could We Someday Live Forever? With Ray Kurzweil
<p>Would you want to live forever? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and author, inventor, and futurist Ray Kurzweil discuss immortality, longevity escape velocity, the singularity, and the future of technology. What will life be like in 10 years? </p><p>NOTE: StarTalk+ Patron ... Show More
52m 40s
Jun 2025
#420 — Countdown to Superintelligence
<p dir="ltr">Sam Harris speaks with Daniel Kokotajlo about the potential impacts of superintelligent AI over the next decade. They discuss Daniel's predictions in his essay "AI 2027," the alignment problem, what an intelligence explosion might look like, the capacity of LLMs to i ... Show More
20m 29s