{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstorygrid.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fart-automation-and-ai-part-1-JDSuWsUQ","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Art, Automation, and AI — Part 1","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/b537903d-1878-44c5-a72d-c801bef00702/7f75a26e-1197-4e18-93e8-85e16c5f5fff/1453217557artwork.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/d7e59dd4-77f1-4425-97e2-48dd995f8a6f\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Art, Automation, and AI — Part 1\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Is AI the devil, the savior, or something nobody has defined yet? Shawn Coyne spent three years writing Mentoring the Machines with cognitive scientist John Vervaeke to answer that question, and in this episode he walks Tim Grahl through what he found. He lays out a framework for understanding every technology from the shovel to ChatGPT, explains why the real distinction isn't fast versus slow but computational versus conscious, and makes the case that what large language models fundamentally lack is myth. Along the way, he explains what the word myth actually means, why it is not a synonym for lie, and why both the \"AI will destroy us\" and \"AI will save us\" stories should make you suspicious."}