Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Meet the caretaker AIs: guardians of planets, habitats, and civilizations. What happens when machines become the spirit and soul of the worlds they protect?

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Caretaker AI & Genus Loci 2025 Edition
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Editors: Ludwig Luska
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