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Awakening the Machine is a documentary interview series on artificial intelligence, built around conversations with researchers, technologists, and public thinkers grappling with the opportunities and risks of increasingly capable machines.

I produced the series as an attempt to make the AI conversation feel more human, more legible, and more grounded in the real questions raised by intelligent systems: cognition, alignment, incentives, and the future of life alongside machines.

episodes

Awakening the Machine: Tim Urban

A conversation on AI, timelines, and the strange difficulty of thinking clearly about civilizational-scale change.

Awakening the Machine: Robin Hanson

On predictions, incentives, and what future intelligence might mean for economics, labor, and human status hierarchies.

Awakening the Machine: Max Tegmark

A discussion of AI safety, alignment, and the long-term stakes of building increasingly autonomous systems.

Awakening the Machine: Perry Metzger

On intelligence, engineering constraints, and the practical realities behind the abstractions of AI discourse.

Awakening the Machine: Jaan Tallinn

A conversation about existential risk, coordination problems, and the challenge of governing powerful technologies responsibly.

Awakening the Machine: Dan Hendrycks

On AI risk, robustness, and the institutional challenges of preparing for systems that exceed human capability in key domains.