Episode 4: “Fear in a Handful of Dust”

04/10/2025 37 min Temporada 1 Episodio 4
Episode 4: “Fear in a Handful of Dust”

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode, we explore how AI “creativity” works through the concepts of temperature, top-k, and top-p, using a poetic experiment based on T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land to show how small changes in randomness create very different artistic results. We then expand into the origins of consciousness, focusing on octopus intelligence, human vulnerability, and what it means to feel and create. It’s a blend of science, poetry, and philosophy, a look at how both machines and humans search for meaning.