{"podcast":{"title":"Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur","slug":"science-futurism-with-isaac-arthur-714313","podcast_index_feed_id":714313,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/science-and-futurism","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/science-and-futurism","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/48/0f/01/7e/480f017e-9153-49c2-bb16-f9a230202d1e/1cf6f04131212d8279d9889b3b48e8c4908df66b5c970381882212f8b03f2040e64de59eabe3965d764340e3e66b7c9d2028bb8bfa1d0181800843205da31286.jpeg","author":"Isaac Arthur","episode_count":1226,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-12T12:18:55.946166+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/science-futurism-with-isaac-arthur-714313"},"episode":{"title":"Don’t Panic - A Guide to Artificial Intelligence (Narration Only)","slug":"don-t-panic-a-guide-to-artificial-intelligence-narration-only","published_at":"2026-05-21T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/science-futurism-with-isaac-arthur-714313/don-t-panic-a-guide-to-artificial-intelligence-narration-only","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/science-futurism-with-isaac-arthur-714313","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/db0f0c76-40e0-4f1e-9c61-0ae2df168682.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/db0f0c76-40e0-4f1e-9c61-0ae2df168682.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"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. 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 Abolish Everything: https://nebula.tv/abolish?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: 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 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"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. Ge…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3686,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/science-futurism-with-isaac-arthur-714313/episodes/don-t-panic-a-guide-to-artificial-intelligence-narration-only/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/science-futurism-with-isaac-arthur-714313/don-t-panic-a-guide-to-artificial-intelligence-narration-only.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}