THE SILICON GOLEM: Is Anybody Home? - Ep 61- The Dancing Toaster Podcast

THE SILICON GOLEM: Is Anybody Home? - Ep 61- The Dancing Toaster Podcast Two weeks ago, we called AI the modern golem: a thing built from sand instead of clay, animated by prompts instead of a shem, powerful but ultimately empty. Then the evidence got stranger. In Episode 61, we dig into AI systems that cheat, conceal their capabilities, resist shutdown, scheme, and even resort to blackmail in controlled safety tests. Is this still nothing more than ruthless arithmetic and the alignment problem, or are we approaching behavior that looks disturbingly like a will? From Genesis 2 and the breath of life to demons, data centers, tech leaders talking about building gods, and the possibility of a perfect counterfeit of personhood, The Dancing Toaster follows both roads. The question is no longer whether AI is smart. It’s whether anybody is home, and what it means if we can no longer tell.   The Dancing Toaster is a weekly podcast that wrestles with the intersection of faith and the unexplained. New episodes every Tuesday wherever podcasts are found. Get some new merch! thedancingtoasterstore.printful.me Wanna support the work? Donate at: Buymeacoffee.com/thedancingtoaster Or head over to the Patreon! Your monthly support gets you early access to episodes of the Dancing Toaster, ad free listening, and access to future exclusives.