Prosthetic Gods

By James Hughes and Nir Eisikovits

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Welcome to “Prosthetic Gods,” the podcast where bioethicist James Hughes and philosopher Nir Eisikovits engage in spirited debates on the ethics and politics of emerging technologies. Hughes, a pro-technology transhumanist, and Eisikovits, with his Luddite stance, explore topics from brain-computer interfaces to artificial intelligence. Tune in and explore the promise and perils of technological advancements with us!

Episode Date
Disgust
May 06, 2026
Nicholas Christakis - Technology and Contagion
Apr 22, 2026
Live from Portsmouth: Artificial Intelligence and Human Values
Apr 17, 2026
Sven Nyholm on Ethics of AI
Apr 09, 2026
Humanoid Robots
Mar 25, 2026
Anthropic's Conflict with the Pentagon: A Conversation with Alan Rozenshtein
Mar 13, 2026
Buddhism and the Self
Feb 18, 2026
Pluribus
Feb 04, 2026
Simulations
Jan 22, 2026
Moral Enhancement
Jan 09, 2026
Shoulda Put a Ring On It
Dec 23, 2025
3I/Atlas, Aliens and Open Minds: A Chat with Avi Loeb
Dec 13, 2025
Nuclear Nightmares
Nov 26, 2025
Algorithms and Democracy with Jose Marichal
Nov 12, 2025
Yuval Levin on Conservatism and Technology
Oct 29, 2025
Mission: Mars
Oct 15, 2025
Technology and Religion
Oct 01, 2025
Technoprogressivism
Sep 10, 2025
Longtermism
Aug 20, 2025
Trump's AI Action Plan
Aug 06, 2025
AI and the Future of Higher Education
Jul 23, 2025
The Future of Work & The Value of Leisure
Jul 09, 2025
Is Writing Like Hip-Hop? Stephen Marche on Writing with AI
Jun 04, 2025
Will AI Kill Creativity?
May 21, 2025
De-extinction
May 05, 2025
Designer Babies
Apr 21, 2025
Cognitive Offloading
Mar 31, 2025
Machines of Loving Grace
Mar 17, 2025
Damien Walter on Science Fiction and Philosophy
Mar 03, 2025
Griefbots
Feb 18, 2025
Life-Hacking, or The Examined Life?
Jan 27, 2025
Do You Want to Live Forever?
Jan 13, 2025
Can We Do Anything that Computers Can’t?
Dec 25, 2024
Facial Recognition
Dec 03, 2024
Tech Policy Under Trump 2
Nov 18, 2024
Supersoldiers
Nov 04, 2024
Moral Machines
Oct 21, 2024
Artificial General Intelligence
Oct 07, 2024
AI Clones
Sep 16, 2024
Bad Knowledge
Sep 03, 2024
Digital Democracy
Aug 16, 2024
Would You Want a Chatbot Therapist?
Jul 29, 2024