Ian Sample

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1,877 appearances 26 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 5d ago

Ian Sample’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 26 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 8.

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Science Weekly · Live episode: how AI is reshaping our minds · 13 Sep 2026 podcast

Um look, there's obviously positives. voice-verified

I'm glad you've got that got that out. voice-verified

Um Mike, what do you think are the the consequences of of of us voice-verified

Consciously or otherwise, I shouldn't say consciously, but intentionally or otherwise, treating LMs as though as though they're essentially conscious beings. voice-verified

I mean voice-verified

uh as if there is a human on the other side, even if we're doing it voice-verified

We perfectly know if someone says, You know, that's not conscious, we'll go, Of course not conscious but we're still dealing with it and treating with it and behaving kind of as if it is and voice-verified

There's some really ex interesting examples in the series that I'm not gonna talk about because they're sort of spoilers, but some of them did make me think, you know. voice-verified

It might not always be bad to have something that you can talk to that you talk to as if it's a human but isn't. voice-verified

Maddie, what do you make of this? voice-verified

Mm-hmm. voice-verified

You're not hitting that threshold of of being in trouble where you'd actually say there is something to diagnose here, it's it's more subtle than voice-verified

was there was a a uh one of the really striking quotes that I really caught on when I was listening to the series and I listened to it, you know, on fast forward, all in one go, basically last night and today. voice-verified

Great. voice-verified

That's all voice-verified

Sherry Turkle, I think she's at MIT. voice-verified

Um she's about to publish a book called Artificial Intimacy, and she said this line which I really thought was interesting. voice-verified

She said, Social media came for our attention, chatbots come for our attachment. voice-verified

Right, that that sent a chill through me. voice-verified

Wha w w what what did you make of that when she told you that? voice-verified

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