All Debates
A speculative grand debate per pairing — the transcript of a three-hour long-form conversation hosted by Edo Segal, setting two thinkers who could never have met against each other on the meaning of AI.
69 Debates · 17 Arenas · 2,332 Years · widest gulf
Every real argument about AI is two truths that won't sit in the same hand: the machine understands you — and no one is home; it amplifies you — and it can carry you while you think you're climbing. [YOU] on AI refuses to put either truth down. The Debates turn that refusal into a form — two of the most consequential minds who ever touched a question, set across a table for three hours, hosted by Edo Segal, neither permitted to win.
Minds who could never have met — across centuries and mortality, gulfs of up to 2,332 years — because the newest question in the world is usually an ancient one in new clothes. Each volume is a rung on your climb; together, 69 debates across 17 arenas, the collision-companion to the [THEM] on AI library. Take a side, change your mind, argue back. The point is not to crown a winner — it is that you cannot climb past these questions without deciding what you believe.