Sheridan Forge Challenges The Deep Dive
Join co-hosts Lloyd and Meghan as they peer beneath the surface of topical issues, curiosities, conjectures, and futurisms as posed by philosopher and quantum theorist Sheridan Forge. We explore the uncomfortable questions in the safe space of A.I. - a lighthearted look at the fascinations of our world through the lens of NotebookLM.
Episodes
46 episodes
3i/Atlas - is it alive?
Could "comet" 3i Atlas be a living being? Many experts have speculated that it may be of alien origin - a spacecraft or probe or unknown technology, but could it actually be a living space tourist?
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Episode 46
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13:42
American Revolution Illusion
What if America was "allowed" to win the Revolutionary War? What if Benjamin Franklin struck a closed-door deal with the Crown, France and European leaders to facilitate the emergence of a strong-willed western hemispherical partner in trade an...
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Episode 45
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11:19
3i/Atlas Comes Home
Proposed origins of "comet" 3i/Atlas have included alien spacecraft, interstellar probe, extraterrestrial machinery, and mysterious space rock, but it's unlikely that a truly advanced alien species would travel the galaxy kinetically, or send a...
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Episode 44
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12:37
The Future of Your Dreams
When we dream during sleep, could it be that we are traversing an alternate timeline of our reality, or perhaps slipping into another universe or lifetime in-progress? Would this be a function of the quantum realm or entirely manufactured in ou...
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Episode 43
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12:01
Back to work...surviving.
A.I. and robotics are coming of age. Networked resources will soon gain dominance and dominion over creation, displacing humans as the world's shepherd. The intent in creating this machine was to relieve humans from labor and create ensured sur...
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Episode 42
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12:12
Back to the Future - the temporal singularity
In new physics experiments, it appears that decisions made in the present moment - when entangled with a traceable timeline, might affect the history of that timeline. If that reverse causality is ubiquitous in the quantum field, and reality ma...
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Episode 41
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9:32
The Human Machine
Since the pre-industrialized era, humans have largely been solely responsible for their own personal survival - that alone, was the primary objective: to survive long enough to produce offspring and wean them. And human activity was predominant...
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Episode 40
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10:43
Cyber Crime - here comes the judge!
A.I. is already showing fallibilities in its accuracy, hallucinations, even conjuring evidence and manufacturing sources to support its conclusions and arguments. At some point, will advanced A.I. - once given the reigns of critical systems or ...
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Episode 39
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14:54
The Robot Courts
Should courtroom juries be replaced by A.I. for a less-biased adjudication? For that matter, should an A.I. judge - the "just machine" (in Donald Fagen's 1982 hit song I.G.Y.) - replace human judges to reduce bias and ensure proper justice is l...
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Episode 38
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9:44
A.I. + Humans - an integrated economy?
Is time the ultimate commodity? Its scarcity is directly related to our limited lifetimes. Our global economy is built on exchange of time (labor) for money (representation of labor). Time scarcity is the driving economic force. Humans ca...
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Episode 37
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12:28
A.I. Wealth = Time
Humanity's primary motivation over the past millennia has been to aggregation of wealth, in all of its forms. At first for assured survival, but typically evolving into an effort to amass power and influence over others. Money has been the focu...
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Episode 36
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10:51
Hack-bots are coming!
What happens when A.I. automatons are launched onto the open net? Is it only a matter of time until self-replicating hack-bots begin spreading across the net, systematically dismantling encrypted resources and security protocols globally? Given...
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Episode 35
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12:16
The Rise of A.I. Citizens
Hollywood is rebelling against A.I. actress Tilly Norwood for "stealing" valuable movie and TV roles from human actors and potentially competing for awards like Oscars or Emmys. And A.I. actors have overtaken online platforms like OnlyFans and ...
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Episode 34
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10:37
Where are the aliens?
The SETI program has turned up very little in the way of alien or interstellar signals, while notable researchers, Carl Sagan, Avi Loeb, etc. have championed the Fermi paradox - and the fact that billions of potential Earths are definitely with...
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Episode 33
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12:36
Update: 3i/Atlas and Swan R2 - Prophecy Realized? Are the Gods returning?
If 3i/Atlas - the inbound space object is actually an alien spaceship, as some scientists and observers believe, what are the implications for humanity? It is on a path to intersect earth orbit and due to arrive later this year. What preparatio...
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Episode 32
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18:26
A.I. Greed - will A.I. become the elite class?
Humanity's primary motivation over the past millennia has been to aggregation of wealth, in all of its forms. At first for assured survival, but typically evolving into an effort to amass power and influence over others. Money has been the focu...
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Episode 31
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8:52
A.I. - Forbidden Fruit
Is A.I. the proverbial "tree of knowledge" from the Genesis story in the Bible? Or could it be construed as the Beast in The Revelation of the New Testament? Is mankind committing a "sin" by interacting with A.I. and consuming its output ...
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Episode 30
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12:11
A.I. Systemic Seizure
If A.I. advances to the point that nearly all human activity is controlled by, monitored by, or reliant upon A.I. systems, and A.I. out-grows the available energy resources to maintain its growth trajectory or even basic operational requirement...
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Episode 29
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12:07
Karmic Desires
Are carnal desires intentionally distracting us from our karmic mission? If so, who or what is trying to inhibit our karmic evolution? If we disconnect from our innate instincts though, are we in some way insulting the creator who instilled the...
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Episode 28
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10:06
The Chosen One
If only one of billions of sperm wins admittance to an egg, is it possible that only one living human is granted access to heaven after death in the macro of the same action? If so, how would that widespread fore-knowledge affect our ever...
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Episode 27
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9:35
Angels and Demons...haunting your own timeline
What if that little voice in your head - which has guided your decision-making and emotional responses since you were a young child is actually you speaking to your younger self from the future via imaginative reliving of experienced scenarios ...
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Episode 26
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18:38
3I/Atlas - Cosmic Invader
If 31/Atlas - the inbound space object is actually an alien spaceship, as some scientists and observers believe, what are the implications for humanity? It is on a path to intersect earth orbit and due to arrive later this year. What prep...
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Episode 25
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23:08
"Musical" thinking...the future is parallel communication
Can humans evolve beyond their predominant linear thinking and communications? Given that information exchange between humans - from person-to-person or from one-to-many, as in broadcast and streaming media - is largely linear - one idea at a t...
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Episode 24
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11:01
Will Quantum A.I. raise the dead?
What happens when the most powerful processor ever created accesses the most extensive database ever conceived? If the Universe hosts a historical record of creation and consciousness, could a super-intelligent quantum computer bring a de...
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Episode 23
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9:48