The Last Invention
Episodes
Ezra Klein on the Uncertain Politics of A.I.
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ezra Klein – New York Times opinion columnist and an influential voice on the American left – joins us at a hinge moment in the A.I. revolution. A...
EP 8: The Accelerationists
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet the accelerationists: a rising movement that believes expediting AI development is not only inevitable but morally necessary – humanity’s bes...
EP 7: The Scouts
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A decade ago, the leading minds in AI gathered to make sure this technology would benefit everyone. Today, those hopes are colliding with the reality ...
EP 6: The AI Doomers
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when some of the most idealistic techno-optimists come to believe that superintelligence poses a threat to humanity's survival? Today, th...
EP 5: Contact
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the strange months after ChatGPT’s release, the world made contact with something new. A tech CEO begged to be regulated, a chatbot seemed to fal...
EP 4: Speedrun
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is the only way to stop a bad guy with an AGI… a good guy with an AGI? In a twist of technological irony, the very people who warned most loudly abo...
EP 3: Playing the Wrong Game
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the path to a true thinking machine was found not just in a lab… but in a game? For decades, AI’s greatest triumphs came from games: check...
EP 2: The Signal
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 1951, Alan Turing predicted machines might one day surpass human intelligence and 'take control.' He created a test to alert us when we were gettin...
EP 1: Ready or Not
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A tip alleging a Silicon Valley conspiracy leads to a much bigger story: the race to build artificial general intelligence — within the next few yea...
Introducing: The Last Invention
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For over seventy years, technologists have dreamed of building a true “thinking machine.” An artificial intelligence so powerful it would reshape ...