Should you be friends with an AI?

Podcast with Sam Harris

I just had a discussion with Sam Harris. You can view the first 25 minutes here, or listen to us on Apple Podcasts or wherever else you listen to podcasts.

It was a blast. Here is the full summary.

Sam Harris speaks with Paul Bloom about AI and current events. They discuss the state of LLMs, the risks and benefits of AI companionship, what it means to attribute consciousness to AI, relationships with AI as a form of psychosis, Trump’s attacks on science and academia, what Trump may be trying to hide in the Epstein files, how damaging Trump’s connections to Epstein might be, MAGA’s obsession with conspiracy theories, questions surrounding Epstein’s death, Paul’s research on revenge, Sam’s falling out with Elon Musk, where things went wrong for Elon, and other topics.

Paid subscribers get access to the full one-and-a-half-hour conversation, including some gossipy stuff about Sam and Elon Musk and Sam’s story about how he took revenge on a journalist in the strangest way.