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    Don’t Panic - A Guide to Artificial Intelligence

    21/05/2026 | 1h 1 mins.
    Artificial intelligence is changing the world, but not quite the way headlines suggest. Here’s a calmer look at AI’s risks, limits, and real potential.

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    Credits:
    Don’t Panic - A Guide to Artificial Intelligence
    Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
    Editors: Donagh Broderick & Merv Johnson II
    Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic
    Stellardrone & Chris Zabriskie
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    Chapters
    0:00 Intro
    7:22 What We Actually Mean by “AI”
    12:50 How AI Actually Works - Inside the Black Box
    23:17 Why Everyone Is Panicking?
    36:52 AI as Invisible Infrastructure
    39:33 The Economic Shock
    47:15 Abolish Everything
    48:16The Real Limits of AI

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    Don’t Panic - A Guide to Artificial Intelligence (Narration Only)

    21/05/2026 | 1h 1 mins.
    Artificial intelligence is changing the world, but not quite the way headlines suggest. Here’s a calmer look at AI’s risks, limits, and real potential.

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    Credits:
    Don’t Panic - A Guide to Artificial Intelligence
    Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
    Editors: Donagh Broderick & Merv Johnson II
    Music by Epidemic Sound: http://nebula.tv/epidemic
    Stellardrone & Chris Zabriskie
    Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images

    Chapters
    0:00 Intro
    7:22 What We Actually Mean by “AI”
    12:50 How AI Actually Works - Inside the Black Box
    23:17 Why Everyone Is Panicking?
    36:52 AI as Invisible Infrastructure
    39:33 The Economic Shock
    47:15 Abolish Everything
    48:16The Real Limits of AI

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    The First Interplanetary War: Tactics in the Solar System

    17/05/2026 | 23 mins.
    In space, everything is a weapon. From orbits to infrastructure, here’s how the first real war between worlds might actually be fought.

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    Credits:
    The First Interplanetary War: Tactics in the Solar System
    Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
    Editor: Keith Oxenrider
    Graphics from: Jeremy Jozwik, Legiontech Studios
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  • Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

    The First Interplanetary War: Tactics in the Solar System (Narration Only)

    17/05/2026 | 23 mins.
    In space, everything is a weapon. From orbits to infrastructure, here’s how the first real war between worlds might actually be fought.

    Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthur
    Watch my exclusive video Surviving a New Ice Age: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-surviving-a-new-ice-age
    Check out Real Engineering: https://nebula.tv/realengineering?ref=isaacarthur

    🛒 SFIA Merchandise: https://isaac-arthur-shop.fourthwall.com/
    🌐 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net
    ❤️ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur
    ⭐ Support us on Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/isaac-arthur
    👥 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/
    📣 Reddit Community: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/
    🐦 Follow on Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur
    💬 SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShE
    Credits:
    The First Interplanetary War: Tactics in the Solar System
    Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
    Editor: Keith Oxenrider
    Graphics from: Jeremy Jozwik, Legiontech Studios
    Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images
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  • Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

    Fleet Unity: The Eridani Expedition - Interstellar Beachhead (Narration Only)

    14/05/2026 | 32 mins.
    Before Fleet Unity can colonize Eridani, someone must arrive first, build the brakes, and turn frozen moons into the machinery of interstellar arrival.

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    Credits:
    Fleet Unity: The Eridani Expedition - Interstellar Beachhead
    Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur
    Written by Isaac Arthur & Matt Kosub
    Graphics from Jeremy Jozwik, LEgionTech, Sergio Botero
    Music Courtesy of Chris Zabriskie & Stellardrone
    Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images

    0:00 Intro
    4:23 Authority at the End of a Light-Year
    10:58 The Beachhead
    21:49 Lachesis & Atropos
    29:30 Dune
    30:40 Arrival

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About Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur explores humanity’s long-term future through space exploration, advanced technology, and big-picture science. Hosted by National Space Society President Isaac Arthur, each episode uses real science and careful speculation to examine space colonization, megastructures, artificial intelligence, post-scarcity economies, and the physics shaping civilization beyond Earth.
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