Emerge: Making Sense of What's Next
Jill Nephew - Using ChatGPT is Like Eating Plastic for Your Cognition
In this conversation I speak with Jill Nephew. Jill,...
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May 20 2023 1h 29m
Chapter 1 5 mins
The critical difference between cognition and thinkingChapter 2 6 mins
Why is using LLMs like eating plastic for our cognition?Chapter 3 8 mins
What LLMs represent in the context of the meta-crisisChapter 4 11 mins
How LLMs signal trustworthiness and use randomness to confuse us and unground our cognitionChapter 5 2 mins
What we can expect to see as LLMs introduce more plastic into our cognitionChapter 6 9 mins
What ways of interacting with LLMs might be safe?Chapter 7 5 mins
What are cults and how do they function in relationship to our cognition?Chapter 8 1 min
The possibility of an AI 'supercult'Chapter 9 4 mins
The most dangerous thing we do to each otherChapter 10 7 mins
The deep meaningfulness and richness of grounded cognition, going beyond trauma healing, beyond the monkey mindChapter 11 5 mins
Technology to reclaim natural intelligence, the practice of inquiry, the difference between 'good' inquiry and 'bad' inquiryChapter 12 57 sec
The rigorous engineering behind good inquiry formsChapter 13 4 mins
The power of inquiry, the feeling of insight, how to achieve a quiet mindChapter 14 11 mins
Jill's advice for how to respond to the acceleration of planetary destruction