Our guest in this episode is Jeff LaPorte, a software engineer, entrepreneur and investor based in Vancouver, who writes Road to Artificia, a newsletter about discovering the principles of post‑AI societies. Calum recently came across Jeff's article “Valuing Humans in the Age of Superintelligence: HumaneRank” and thought it had some good, original ideas, so we wanted to invite Jeff onto the podcast and explore them. Selected follow-ups: Jeff LaPorte personal business website Road to Artificia: A newsletter about discovering the principles of societies post‑AI Valuing Humans in the Age of Superintelligence: HumaneRank Ideas Lying Around - article by Cory Doctorow about a famous saying by Milton Friedman PageRank - Wikipedia Nosedive (Black Mirror episode) - IMDb The Economic Singularity - book by Calum Chace World Chess Championship 2024 - WIkipedia WALL.E (2008 movie) - IMDb A day in the life of Asimov, 2045 - short story by David Wood Why didn't electricity immediately change manufacturing? - by Tim Harford, BBC Responsible use of artificial intelligence in government - Government of Canada Bipartisan House Task Force Report on Artificial Intelligence - U.S. House of Representatives Music: Spike Protein, by Koi Discovery, available under CC0 1.0 Public Domain Declaration How Hacks Happen Hacks, scams, cyber crimes, and other shenanigans explored and explained. Presented... Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify PodMatch PodMatch Automatically Matches Ideal Podcast Guests and Hosts For Interviews
