Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
An exploration of AI, human intelligence, dangers of cognitive atrophy, and lines of flight in response to teritorialisation. Welcoming the creator of the Cynefin Framework and iconoclastic generalist thinker Dave Snowden, who argues that AI represents artificial or algorithmic inference rather than true intelligence. He joins Tim Adalin for a dialogue that also broaches metacrisis vs polycrisis, religion and identity, economic and political systems, warfare and complexity.
Dave's previous conversation on Voicecraft "Civilisation, Science & Spirituality" youtu.be/uXvWQzGcNCo
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Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ voicecraft.io/content/e131-artificial-intelligence-human-reasoning-w/-dave-snowden
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:15 The Nature of Intelligence
08:05 Artificial Inference vs. Artificial Intelligence
12:50 Extended Consciousness & Embodied Intelligence
24:40 Education, Measurement & Cultural Atrophy
31:48 Warfare, Complexity & Game Theory
47:35 Religion, Identity & Collective Meaning
57:10 Economic Systems & Gifting Cultures
01:14:35 Technology, Design & Emergence
01:25:39 Boundaries, Safety & System Design
01:39:35 Power, Manipulation & Lines of Flight
Learn more about Dave and Cynefin @ thecynefin.co/team/dave-snowden
Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0
An exploration of AI, human intelligence, dangers of cognitive atrophy, and lines of flight in response to teritorialisation. Welcoming the creator of the Cynefin Framework and iconoclastic generalist thinker Dave Snowden, who argues that AI represents artificial or algorithmic inference rather than true intelligence. He joins Tim Adalin for a dialogue that also broaches metacrisis vs polycrisis, religion and identity, economic and political systems, warfare and complexity.
Dave's previous conversation on Voicecraft "Civilisation, Science & Spirituality" youtu.be/uXvWQzGcNCo
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Access the shownotes & learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ voicecraft.io/content/e131-artificial-intelligence-human-reasoning-w/-dave-snowden
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:15 The Nature of Intelligence
08:05 Artificial Inference vs. Artificial Intelligence
12:50 Extended Consciousness & Embodied Intelligence
24:40 Education, Measurement & Cultural Atrophy
31:48 Warfare, Complexity & Game Theory
47:35 Religion, Identity & Collective Meaning
57:10 Economic Systems & Gifting Cultures
01:14:35 Technology, Design & Emergence
01:25:39 Boundaries, Safety & System Design
01:39:35 Power, Manipulation & Lines of Flight
Learn more about Dave and Cynefin @ thecynefin.co/team/dave-snowden
Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0
