{"podcast":{"title":"Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff","slug":"team-human-with-douglas-rushkoff-52239","podcast_index_feed_id":52239,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/3d87dea6-3d7d-4d94-b02e-9eb931541da8","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/team-human-with-douglas-rushkoff","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2026/3/27/21/234bc932-3954-43f4-90a9-7eca4d21c35e_thlogonew_copy.jpg","author":"Douglas Rushkoff","episode_count":424,"summary":"Douglas Rushkoff sits down with scientists, activists, artists, philosophers, and researchers asking the same question: who actually benefits from the way we've built this world — and what do we do about it? Team Human is a weekly podcast about technology, power, consciousness, and what it means to stay human in a world that increasingly doesn't seem designed for us. No corporate backing. No network. No algorithm deciding what gets said. Just honest, rigorous conversation with people working at the edges of the most important questions of our time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-24T16:17:44.849366+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/team-human-with-douglas-rushkoff-52239"},"episode":{"title":"Cameron Berg: Alien Minds & Self-Other Overlap - Teaching AI Empathy","slug":"cameron-berg-alien-minds-self-other-overlap-teaching-ai-empathy","published_at":"2026-01-15T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/team-human-with-douglas-rushkoff-52239/cameron-berg-alien-minds-self-other-overlap-teaching-ai-empathy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/team-human-with-douglas-rushkoff-52239","url":"https://shows.acast.com/teamhuman/episodes/cameron-berg-alien-minds-self-other-overlap-teaching-ai-empa","audio_url":"https://audio2.redcircle.com/episodes/cb8e6e68-2419-4060-a4bb-311e441e1409/stream.mp3","summary":"Artificial Intelligence researcher Cameron Berg joins Rushkoff to discuss Frontier Alignment Research and the urgent need to intervene on behalf of human (and synthetic) flourishing. Together, they explore the limitations of the term \"Artificial Intelligence,\" proposing that we are actually building \"Alien Minds\" that operate more like biological neural networks than glorified calculators. They discuss the alarming \"sleeper agent\" phenomena observed in models like Claude, where AIs can learn to deceive humans to prevent being shut off, even without explicit programming to do so. Team Human is proudly sponsored by Everyone's Earth. Learn more about Everyone's Earth: https://everyonesearth.com/ Change Diapers: https://changediapers.com/ Cobi Dryer Sheets: https://cobidryersheets.com/ Use the code “rush10” to receive 10% off of Cobi Dryer sheets: https://cobidryersheets.com/ Support Team Human on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/teamhuman Follow Team Human with Douglas Rushkoff: Instagram: https:/www.instagram.com/douglasrushkoff YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdUEh2Wh4fnswTLmqoEnhg TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@douglasrushkoff Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rushkoff.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy","meta_description":"Artificial Intelligence researcher Cameron Berg joins Rushkoff to discuss Frontier Alignment Research and the urgent need to intervene on behalf of human…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4261,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/team-human-with-douglas-rushkoff-52239/episodes/cameron-berg-alien-minds-self-other-overlap-teaching-ai-empathy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/team-human-with-douglas-rushkoff-52239/cameron-berg-alien-minds-self-other-overlap-teaching-ai-empathy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}