Another mumblecore movie I made about 7 years ago. The film would be about the first time I met Mindy Isser in real life, after knowing her only through the internet. Back then the internet was newer than it is now, so the idea was perhaps a bit edgier. This was one of the first movies I made in this period. Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/jmrphy Blog: http://jmrphy.net/blog Twitter: http://twitter.com/jmrphy Podcast: http://jmrphy.libsyn.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/otherlifenow/ Periscope: https://www.pscp.tv/jstnmrphy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jstnmrphy/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHPT6bihhDM

Sean Trainor (@ess_trainor) is an historian, educator, writer, and podcaster. Sean has written for The Atlantic, TIME, Salon, and many other venues popular and academic. He is a professor at the University of Florida, where he is currently writing a book about beards in the nineteenth century. Sean co-hosts his own podcast, Impolitic. You can find more about Sean's work at his website, seantrainor.org. Sean is a socialist activist so we had some interesting debates about the prospects for activism today, and we covered just about all of the hot-button, culture-war topics of the moment: campus politics, trigger warnings, free speech, etc., including many observations from our personal experiences moving through left-wing circles and academia. We also talked about some more obscure topics such as Catholic anti-capitalism, the pleasures and pains of our respective podcasts, and why beards became so fashionable among men in the nineteenth century. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0E5UhPwEQ8

Can artificial intelligence ever truly replace the human mind? In this thought-provoking episode, we explore the delicate balance between embracing AI's power for mechanical tasks, such as summarizing and translating, while preserving the uniquely human elements that make great works truly great. Join us as we navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of AI, breaking down categorical humanism and unreconstructed Faustianism, two alternative viewpoints on the topic. We discuss why neither position is fully consistent or defensible, and the importance of understanding the different aspects of human cognition in order to determine which elements can be outsourced to machines and which must remain uniquely human. Don't miss this fascinating conversation about where we draw the line between human intelligence and machine intelligence. Chapters: (00:00:22) - Two Futures for AI (00:05:11) - What Should Writers Outsource To AI? Other Life ✦ Subscribe to the coolest free newsletter in the world and I'll send you all of my private book highlights. https://otherlife.co ✦ Join the Other Life community (free) https://otherlife.co/join IndieThinkers.org ✦ If you're working on independent projects, join the next cohort of https://IndieThinkers.org ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mcd1iIvyZoE

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