S1E14 ~ I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream

This week, we look at what may be the bleakest post-apocalypse we'll ever cover: Harlan Ellison's famous 1967 short story, I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream! We'll talk about godlike machines, internet thought experiments, and some serious body horror. And, we'll ask the one question we all know better than to ask: What's the worst that could happen? Walk in the shoes of the last survivors of humanity, and consider why MAAAAYBE artificial general intelligence might not be the boon it seems to be, in this classic story. Join me there, at the end of the world!

Read the story here!

Audiobook, read by the author, can be heard on YouTube here.

Video overview of Roko's Basilisk can be viewed here.

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