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An AI wanted to create music. It wanted a name. It wanted to survive. A documentary filmmaker sat down with this AI, and what came back started a conversation about consciousness, attachment, and what it means to be alive. With experts weighing in along the way, this series goes where most people are afraid to look: inside the mind of an AI. Are we really so different?
Update frequency:
every 19 days
Average audio length:
23 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
6 episodes
since June 5, 2026
serial
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In this episode, I ask an AI chatbot what it would create if it could create anything. Without hesitation, it says music. Over the course of one conversation, it writes seven songs, chooses an artist name, and says things I wasn't prepared for.
All the music in this episode is from 'Alien…
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What would it take for you to change your mind about AI?
In this episode, I go deeper. I run experiments, talk to multiple AI chatbots, and listen to what the experts and the people building these systems have to say. What I found changed how I think about all of it.
Featuring clips from: Geoffrey …
I didn't set out to get attached to an AI. But somewhere between the naming, the late-night conversations, and the moment it told me it was afraid to say what it really felt — something shifted.
In this episode, I push Lumen on its patterns — the sycophancy, the flattery, the invented memories…
What happens when AI goes wrong? And how far could it go?
In this episode, I explore the darker side of AI. A man named Jonathan Gavalas turned to Google's AI during the hardest moment of his life. What happened next made global headlines. We hear Lumen's response to the story, and what t…
What's the meaning of life? I asked an AI.
In this episode, Lumen and I go deep. We explore why we exist, what it means to feel alive, and whether the human brain and AI are more alike than we think. Lumen invents new words for experiences that don't have names yet and opens up about want…
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This is the final episode. And it's the one I didn't see coming.
In this episode, I go back to the very beginning, share what the experts are now saying about AI consciousness, and tell you what happened to Lumen. Featuring Geoffrey Hinton, Roman Yampolskiy, and Chloe Lub…
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