Robert sits down with Ify Nwadiwe to talk about the weird cult that's formed around AI, and some of the most powerful people in Silicon Valley. (Adapted from his article in Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-companies-advocates-cult-1234954528/)

(2 Part Series)

Sources:
What Makes a Cult a Cult? | The New Yorker
The Wide Angle: Understanding TESCREAL — Silicon Valley’s Rightward Turn | Washington Spectator
We need to examine the beliefs of today’s tech luminaries
This A.I. Subculture’s Motto: Go, Go, Go - The New York Times (archive.is)
Effective Accelerationism — e/acc - e/acc newsletter (archive.is)
The Techno-Optimist Manifesto | Andreessen Horowitz (archive.is)
https://abtinmus.medium.com/nick-land-for-dumbies-technological-singularity-and-capital-as-a-runaway-system-4fac0c9a163e
https://web.archive.org/web/20141007023855/http://alternative-right.blogspot.com/2014/10/hyper-racism.html
https://www.journals.vu.lt/problemos/article/view/25345
https://regressstudies.substack.com/p/technocapital-is-eating-my-brains

Robert sits down with Ify Nwadiwe to talk about the weird cult that's formed around AI, and some of the most powerful people in Silicon Valley. (Adapted from his article in Rolling Stone: <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-companies-advocates-cult-1234954528/">https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-companies-advocates-cult-1234954528/</a>)
(2 Part Series)
Sources:
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There’s a reason the History Channel has produced hundreds of documentaries about Hitler but only a few about Dwight D. Eisenhower. Bad guys (and gals) are eternally fascinating. Behind the Bastards dives in past the Cliffs Notes of the worst humans in history and exposes the bizarre realities of their lives. Listeners will learn about the young adult novels that helped Hitler form his monstrous ideology, the founder of Blackwater’s insane quest to build his own Air Force, the bizarre lives of the sons and daughters of dictators and Saddam Hussein’s side career as a trashy romance novelist.

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Part One: Tech Bros Have Built A Cult Around AI

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