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About the show

Welcome to Siliconsciousness, the DSR Network podcast focusing on the artificial intelligence revolution, politics, and policy.

Latest episodes

  • With AI, are We Walking the Dog or is the Dog Walking Us?

    October 2, 2026 · 32 min

    As AI systems become more autonomous and are delegated more and more power across industries, we have to ask ourselves: are we walking the dog, or is the dog walking us? Is voluntary self-regulation really enough, or is it high time for…

  • Getting a Grip When It Comes to AI Dread

    September 25, 2026 · 43 min

    AI dread has spread. Even CEOs of major AI companies are forecasting doom and gloom, including the potential end of mankind. But how much of what they say is an honest appraisal, and how much is driven by ulterior motives? NYU’s Paul…

  • Why Is Trump Ok With AI Armageddon?

    September 14, 2026 · 33 min

    Top AI researchers seem to be increasingly convinced that AI is about to kill us all, so why isn’t our President more concerned? After an Anthropic researcher quit the company warning that continued AI development could end the world…

  • The Wake Up Call Coming for AI VCs and Silicon Valley

    September 8, 2026 · 41 min

    Venture capitalists and Silicon Valley have been riding high on the artificial intelligence wave. Yet with this runaway enthusiasm comes the risk for an even more calamitous bubble burst. Newcomer founder Eric Newcomer joins David Rothkopf…

  • The Unabomber, Replacement Theory and the Crazy Evolving Politics of AI

    August 26, 2026 · 44 min

    Politics makes strange bedfellows, and AI is making things stranger still. AI data centers are just one of the many ways that artificial intelligence and its by products are taking an increasingly large role in American politics at every…

  • The US and China Need to Have a Serious Conversation About AI

    August 18, 2026 · 38 min

    Why can’t the US and China just get along when it comes to artificial intelligence? As the two nations jockey for an edge in AI, President’s Trump and Xi prepare for a consequential summit where the tech race may play a bigger role than…

  • The Scary Geopolitics of AI

    August 11, 2026 · 41 min

    Are we being too laissez-faire in our approach to artificial intelligence? Rarely has there been a technology so profoundly important, yet so concentrated in the hands of a few private citizens. "National security experts Ivo Daalder and…

  • AIrrogance: Why Some Tech Bros May Be Headed for a Fall

    August 4, 2026 · 43 min

    The tech bros have made their bed, and soon it’s going to be time to lie in it. From Palantir to OpenAI, the figureheads of the major AI companies have endeared themselves to the Trump administration. Financial Times correspondent Joe…