My guest, Carissa Véliz, is author of the new book “Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI.” Her thesis is that when leaders in AI say things like “AI adoption is inevitable,” they’re not making a prediction, but rather giving us a command and attempting to legitimize their power. Is she right? Have a listen!
The Ethical Nightmare Challenge: Chapters 6-7 and Conclusion
03/05/2026 | 1h
Chapter Six: Dream Teams for Ethical Nightmares Three Types of ENC Teams ENC Teams as Emergency Response Tools for Teams ENC Teams in Bloom
Chapter Seven: ENC: An Approach So Flexible It Makes Simone Biles Look Like C-3PO Hands Off! You Do You Marrying ENC to Existing Practices Folding Existing Resources into ENC Teams Folding ENC Teams into Existing Resources The Ethical Nightmare Challenge for... Everyone
Chapter 4: The Standard Approach to Responsible AI Is Crumbling The Standard Approach The Madness in the Method Turn That Smile Upside Down Cats and Tigers, Oh My!
Chapter 5: Why I Like Nightmares and You Should, Too The Power of Nightmares What Good Nightmares Look Like And Now the Moment You've Been Waiting For
Chapter Two: Things Get Complicated with Generative AI So Now We’re Going to Lose My Grandmother, Again The Creators’ Version of a Rough Draft The Creators Align (Kind of) BigBusinessAI The Master Prompter The Changing AI Risk Landscape
Chapter Three: Humans Had a Good Run, but Now I Bring You... AI Agents! How to Build an AI Agent AI Agent Ecosystems Agentic Sources of Ethical Nightmares The Classic “But Humans Make Errors, Too!” Objection The Ground Exploded Beneath Our Feet After the Earthquake
My new book released just two days. It’s about how insanely complex the AI risk landscape has become, why the standard approach to Responsible AI is broken, and develops a novel approach to avoiding the worst of AI. In this episode I offer you the Introduction and Chapter 1 of the audiobook. If you don’t laugh at least once, I consider the book a failure.
I have to roll my eyes at the constant click bait headlines on technology and ethics. If we want to get anything done, we need to go deeper. That’s where I come in. I’m Reid Blackman, a former philosophy professor turned AI ethics advisor to government and business. If you’re looking for a podcast that has no tolerance for the superficial, try out Ethical Machines.
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