# Ep66 Apocalyptic Eschatology

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Podcast: [NET Society](https://stenobird.com/podcast/net-society-7073603)
Published: 2026-02-16T13:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/75f97325
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Duration seconds: 4289

## Resource

This week on Net Society, we’re joined by special guest Jeremy Nixon to dig into what today’s AI boom actually is and what it is not. The conversation opens with Jeremy’s path through early autonomy and self-driving, and why that era made it impossible to dismiss machine intelligence as hype. From there, the group zooms out into bigger questions about intelligence itself, contrasting “alien” intelligence with collective intelligence, and treating LLMs less like minds and more like powerful simulators. The episode then moves into creativity, measurement, and the real constraint on progress, which is not generating ideas but selecting and validating them. In the second half, the discussion turns to how LLMs were built, why major labs and incumbents made different bets, and what that says about institutional risk and ambition. The episode closes with a sharp look at AI apocalypse culture, the moral frameworks that grew around it, and how open models, game theory, and product reality collide with the temptation to turn AI into a new kind of religion. Mentioned in the episode Special Guest Jeremy Nixon https://x.com/JvNixon AGI House https://x.com/agihousesf Thiel on Progress and Stagnation https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Xqcorq5EyJBpZcCrN/thiel-on-progress-and-stagnation Show & Hosts Net Society: https://x.com/net__society Aaron Wright: https://x.com/awrigh01 Chris F: https://x.com/ChrisF_0x Derek Edwards: https://x.com/derekedws Priyanka Desai: https://x.com/pridesai Production & Marketing Editor: https://x.com/0xFnkl Social: https://x.com/v_kirra

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