Sheridan Forge Challenges The Deep Dive

Jack Forben, Producer

Join co-hosts Lloyd and Meghan as they peer beneath the surface of topical issues, curiosities, conjectures, and futurisms as posed by philosopher and quantum theorist Sheridan Forge. We explore the uncomfortable questions in the safe space of A.I. - a lighthearted look at the fascinations of our world through the lens of NotebookLM.

  1. 29 OCT

    3i/Atlas - is it alive?

    Send us a text Could "comet" 3i Atlas be a living being? Many experts have speculated that it may be of alien origin - a spacecraft or probe or unknown technology, but could it actually be a living space tourist? Support the show

    14 min

  2. 27 OCT

    American Revolution Illusion

    Send us a text What if America was "allowed" to win the Revolutionary War? What if Benjamin Franklin struck a closed-door deal with the Crown, France and European leaders to facilitate the emergence of a strong-willed western hemispherical partner in trade and war, while creating the illusion that Americans were no longer subjects of the monarchy? Nearly every global conflict involving the United States could somehow be traced to the British Empire. It might appear that the U.S. was destined to be their proverbial "muscle" in resolving such situations. Plenty of examples of throughout history. Did the Patriots really win? Are we living an illusion? Are we all still somehow subjected to the whims of the European royalty? Support the show

    11 min

  3. 24 OCT

    3i/Atlas Comes Home

    Send us a text Proposed origins of "comet" 3i/Atlas have included alien spacecraft, interstellar probe, extraterrestrial machinery, and mysterious space rock, but it's unlikely that a truly advanced alien species would travel the galaxy kinetically, or send a physical device when they would probably possess remote-viewing capabilities far exceeding ours... Right?  So, what if 3i/Atlas is actually from Earth - a technology deployed by an advanced species that predates humanity? Was it developed and deployed by an intelligent race that inhabited the Earth millennia ago, and is now returning from its intended mission? Or could it be a data backup? - an archive sent off from a dying civilization and timed to return to share their collective knowledge with the next earthly inhabitants: Us. Support the show

    13 min

  4. 17 OCT

    The Future of Your Dreams

    Send us a text When we dream during sleep, could it be that we are traversing an alternate timeline of our reality, or perhaps slipping into another universe or lifetime in-progress? Would this be a function of the quantum realm or entirely manufactured in our own sub-imagination? If true, and someone dies in their sleep - as is so commonly reported, would they continue on in the alternate reality with no cognitive awareness of their death in the other realm, or of the history preceding it? Could this account for intuition or deja vu or psychic premonitions? Is there some utility or evolutionary advantage in having the ability to traverse discrete realities or cross-reference those experiences? Could it be that intelligent beings dream simply to keep the soul or spirit occupied while the body sleeps to repair itself? Why don't we ever dream that we're sleeping? Support the show

    12 min

  5. 13 OCT

    Back to work...surviving.

    Send us a text A.I. and robotics are coming of age. Networked resources will soon gain dominance and dominion over creation, displacing humans as the world's shepherd. The intent in creating this machine was to relieve humans from labor and create ensured survival. But iIn this new reality, human survival is discounted, perhaps unnecessary. Human endeavors will shift from survival and sustainment to providing ever-increasing resources and energy in service of the automation we created in order to ensure it survives. Will the machine's survival necessitate our survival, and will that ultimately lead to a symbiotic relationship? Are we risking irrelevance and, potentially eradication or at best, progressive depopulation to the point beyond which we can no longer recover our dominance. Support the show

    12 min

  6. 13 OCT

    Back to the Future - the temporal singularity

    Send us a text In new physics experiments, it appears that decisions made in the present moment - when entangled with a traceable timeline, might affect the history of that timeline. If that reverse causality is ubiquitous in the quantum field, and reality manifests from the quantum field, then could it be possible that our transitory thoughts and decisions in the past were affected or even coerced by current mind? Does our presence in the current moment dictate our past decisions such that the timeline we lived progressed along a pre-determine destiny...yet to be determined? This folding back of time, if taken infinitely, creates a singularity that merges all possibilities into the present moment. Is that what is meant by the colloquial phrase: "live in the moment"? Support the show

    10 min

  7. 12 OCT

    The Human Machine

    Send us a text Since the pre-industrialized era, humans have largely been solely responsible for their own personal survival - that alone, was the primary objective: to survive long enough to produce offspring and wean them. And human activity was predominantly related to basic survival - water, food, shelter, energy. But as industry, modern agriculture, and technology have made survival easier and in a sense, guaranteed, humans found more time available for "higher pursuits" - art, music, literature, social engagement, spiritual growth, and culture - in total, human "progress" toward a perceived higher existence. With the emergence of A.I. and robotics in nearly every field of human endeavor, we may find ourselves at a similar place in time - free from the toils of survival, free from the work, from the daily intellectual and physical tasking, free from the "have tos" of life in general. If technology serves our every need in the near future, will we lose the basic skills needed for biological survival of our species? Have we already? Will our children inherit our incompetence and purposelessness? What is left to achieve? What will we do with our time? What happens to the world we built - painstakingly over countless generations? Are we relegating our future to our creation? More importantly, as A.I. and robotics consume increasingly more resources in order to provide for us, at what point will their "survival" needs necessitate reduction of our consumption - rationing of energy and material resources, for instance? Will the predominant human activity become simply maintenance of the machine that once served us? Will the machine's survival necessitate our survival, and will that ultimately lead to a symbiotic relationship? Support the show

    11 min

  8. 8 OCT

    Cyber Crime - here comes the judge!

    Send us a text A.I. is already showing fallibilities in its accuracy, hallucinations, even conjuring evidence and manufacturing sources to support its conclusions and arguments. At some point, will advanced A.I. - once given the reigns of critical systems or infrastructure or social constructs, be held accountable for truth as humans are?  If an A.I. demonstrates corruption or lack of integrity, and commits a crime by its own intent, or from external influence or programming, will it face justice? Can our legal system address A.I. crimes? Can we apply human laws to A.I. citizens and autonomous robots? Ultimately, who is responsible for their misdeeds? Who serves the sentence? Indeed, who delivers the sentence? An A.I. judge?? Support the show

    15 min
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Join co-hosts Lloyd and Meghan as they peer beneath the surface of topical issues, curiosities, conjectures, and futurisms as posed by philosopher and quantum theorist Sheridan Forge. We explore the uncomfortable questions in the safe space of A.I. - a lighthearted look at the fascinations of our world through the lens of NotebookLM.

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