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Podcast: The Prospect Podcast
Episode: Halloween special: AI and modern monsters
Description: Zombies, werewolves and...ChatGPT?In this week’s spooky special, Ellen and Alona are joined by historian and “monster consultant” Surekha Davies, who argues that humans have always created monsters to understand the world—and ourselves.In her new book Humans: A Monstrous History, she explores a history of monsters, as well as the weird and horrifying monsters we’ve created in modern day life, including through Silicon Valley’s visions for artificial intelligence. Is technology pushing flesh-and-blood humans to the margins?The three also discuss “monsterification” in political rhetoric as a way to fram...