Jeff & Darron ponder the intersection of reality, consciousness, and culture. These conversations comprise an ongoing attempt to construct meaning by exploring art and science, developing understanding of the context underpinning our current moment in time, and imagining possible futures for human civilization. No expertise here, just two guys who enjoy learning, thinking, and talking about big ideas, deep questions, and the “beautiful illusion” that is the subjective human experience. *New episodes released every one to two months on Sunday mornings*
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Jeff & Darron ponder the intersection of reality, consciousness, and culture. These conversations comprise an ongoing attempt to construct meaning by exploring art and science, developing understanding of the context underpinning our current moment in time, and imagining possible futures for human civilization. No expertise here, just two guys who enjoy learning, thinking, and talking about big ideas, deep questions, and the “beautiful illusion” that is the subjective human experience. *New episodes released every one to two months on Sunday mornings*
Darron and Jeff explore the idea of what it means to be “authentic” in terms of the self, how this is influenced by context, memory, and shared experiences, and how increasingly powerful artificially intelligent systems and apps might impact how we record and remember events by altering or outright inventing memories and further blurring the already hazy lines between reality and our perceptions. They then discuss whether or not AI created content can really be considered authentic even if we can’t easily differentiate it from human-created content, the significance of the burgeoning ability through AI to quickly output products without the friction associated with more traditional human artistic processes, and the value of “doing the work” slowly over time in order to develop the depth of understanding and expertise that leads to truly authentic human creation
Beautiful Illusions
Jeff & Darron ponder the intersection of reality, consciousness, and culture. These conversations comprise an ongoing attempt to construct meaning by exploring art and science, developing understanding of the context underpinning our current moment in time, and imagining possible futures for human civilization. No expertise here, just two guys who enjoy learning, thinking, and talking about big ideas, deep questions, and the “beautiful illusion” that is the subjective human experience. *New episodes released every one to two months on Sunday mornings*
