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Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps

The safe space for dangerous ideas.

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“That is what he said, that I was a pastiche… of things that I perceived from outside in the world and that I could recreate cleverly and make it look like it was a work of art. Isn't that exactly what we moan about in AI now? Because AI does the same. It just scrapes all the data and puts it together so neatly and so cleverly, but it's not original.” — Stephen Fry, Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps
Stephen Fry · 26 Oct 2026 Listen →
“The problem for us is that our technology is exponential, but our wisdom is cyclical. You look back and you're like, oh, the Salem witches, we're so much smarter than them. It's like, well, we know more than them, but the way they're behaving is a lot of what I see on Twitter. … Wisdom does not go up exponentially. And that's a problem because more technology gives us exponentially more power. … I'm scared of that species having too much power.” — Tim Urban, Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps
Tim Urban · 19 Oct 2026 Listen →

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Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps is hosted by Michael Moynihan .

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