Show notes
Coming April 11, 2023, Season 6 of Hi-Phi Nation will look at the future; of work, of love and sex, life and death, our relationship with animals, creativity in music, and philanthropy. Stories include people trying to create digital avatars of dead loved ones, people in exclusive relationships with AI chatbots, animals who are seeking legal protection in courts, the gig economy, AI music, and effective altruism. The episodes will draw out the most interesting moral and philosophical issues from the current path of artificial intelligence technology, data science, and cultural and legal trends. Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to Hi-Phi Nation and the rest of your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe directly from the Hi-Phi Nation show page on Apple Podcasts or Spotify . Or, visit slate.com/hiphiplus to get access wherever you listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Highlighted moments
“It should make us rethink the very idea of creativity.”
“I would say it is definitely better.”
“It turns your phone into a sensor to collect all sorts of data about your working life.”
“It's always wrong to manage local poverty because poverty within the U.S. is always going to be more expensive than poverty abroad.”
Transcript
0:00Okay, Google, use AI to make it sound like I'm at an 80s dance club. Okay, using AI can generate music for a nightclub in the 1980s.
0:13Coming up on this season of Slate's Hi-Fi Nation podcast. So I think it's basically stealing. What should we make of AI music? It should make us rethink the very idea of creativity. What about AI love? Would you say that a relationship with a synthetic lover is better than a relationship with a physical lover? I would say it is definitely better.
0:43Science fiction has become science fact in 2023. We're going to look at what it's like to live, love, and lose in the age of AI. Ultimately, I don't believe that a digital representation of somebody isn't them. To have machines control our work lives. It turns your phone into a sensor to collect all sorts of data about your working life. To see what our relationships with animals will be like. So in 100 years, we'll have tools that allow us to translate animal communicative signals so that we understand what animals want.
1:21And we're going to look at the future of philanthropy. Or doing good in the age of big data. It's always wrong to manage local poverty because poverty within the U.S. is always going to be more expensive than poverty abroad. Ethics and the Future on Season 6 of Slate's podcast, Hi-Fi Nation. Follow the show wherever you get your podcasts for weekly episodes starting on April 11th. We'll see you next time.