How GOOD could AGI become? Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution."Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future.Core Ideas:Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of realityPostnihilism: The demand for meaning is false, there is only the Great MysteryHeuristic Imperatives: An ethic...
Feb 17, 2026•34 min
Metaprompting with GPT-3 to dynamically generate argumentsEpisode release date: 6 Jun 2022Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality Postnihilism: The demand for meaning is fa...
Feb 08, 2026•54 min
Should you go to college in the age of AI?Episode release date: 28 Sep 2023Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality Postnihilism: The demand for meaning is false, there is o...
Feb 08, 2026•35 min
Life in 20 years - My 2044 Predictions - AGI, Fusion, Biotech, Quantum - Milestones and Impacts!Episode release date: 22 Feb 2024Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality Pos...
Feb 08, 2026•39 min
Finetune a perfect email generator in GPT-3 - take any input and generate a great emailEpisode release date: 24 Jul 2022Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality Postnihilism...
Feb 08, 2026•57 min
Let's build an ACOG (artificial cognitive entity) - Part 5: preparing to actEpisode release date: 11 Jul 2022Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality Postnihilism: The deman...
Feb 08, 2026•46 min
GPT-5 Rumors and Predictions - It's about to get real sillyEpisode release date: 31 Mar 2023Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality Postnihilism: The demand for meaning is ...
Feb 08, 2026•26 min
Understanding the Latest Q* Leak: The "Blanket Topology" Analogy for Energy-Based ModelsEpisode release date: 22 Mar 2024Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality Postnihilis...
Feb 08, 2026•7 min
Write a Novel w/ ChatGPT - 01 - Main Character, Setting, Theme - Cornelia Valerii - ASCENSIONEpisode release date: 8 Jan 2023Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality Postnih...
Feb 08, 2026•47 min
Proposing a ROBOT Tax: Decoupling Economic Growth from Human LaborEpisode release date: 21 Feb 2023Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality Postnihilism: The demand for mean...
Feb 08, 2026•37 min
I built a thinking machine. Happy birthday, ACE!Episode release date: 8 Oct 2023Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality Postnihilism: The demand for meaning is false, there...
Feb 08, 2026•32 min
AI isn't a bubbleSpreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution."Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future.Core Ideas:Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of realityPostnihilism: The demand for meaning is false, there is only the Great MysteryHeuristic Imperatives: An ethical, moral,...
Feb 08, 2026•19 min
OpenAI is Imploding - What does this mean for the future of AGI? Here are my thoughts...Episode release date: 21 Nov 2023Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality Postnihilis...
Feb 08, 2026•15 min
Finetuning GPT-3 101: Using Your Finetuned ModelEpisode release date: 19 Jul 2022Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality Postnihilism: The demand for meaning is false, ther...
Feb 08, 2026•12 min
Axiomatic Alignment: A critical component to Utopia and the Control ProblemEpisode release date: 4 Jun 2023Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality Postnihilism: The demand ...
Feb 08, 2026•33 min
April 2024 - Future of Humanity WebinarEpisode release date: 18 Apr 2024Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality Postnihilism: The demand for meaning is false, there is only...
Feb 08, 2026•1 hr 43 min
Prompt Engineering 101: Autocomplete, Zero-shot, One-shot, and Few-shot promptingEpisode release date: 8 Jul 2022Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality Postnihilism: The d...
Feb 07, 2026•16 min
GPT Prompt Strategy: Brainstorm, Search, Hypothesize, and Refine - THIS is the FUTURE!!Episode release date: 25 Oct 2023Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality Postnihilism...
Feb 07, 2026•28 min
Fixing "goldfish memory" with GPT-3 and external sources of information in a chatbot - part 1Episode release date: 29 Jun 2022Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality Postni...
Feb 07, 2026•1 hr 2 min
GPT Prompting: Semantic Exploration - got more CREATIVITY and out of the RUT with LLMs!Episode release date: 26 Oct 2023Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality Postnihilism...
Feb 07, 2026•26 min
How fast will AGI be adopted? How can we ensure equitable outcomes? Nations, Businesses, People...Episode release date: 15 Jan 2024Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality P...
Feb 07, 2026•36 min
Kord Campbell - Don't forget to look upEpisode release date: 26 Dec 2022Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality Postnihilism: The demand for meaning is false, there is only...
Feb 07, 2026•1 hr 26 min
Best books for Prompt Engineering with GPT-3 and LLMs - Crash Course in AGIEpisode release date: 27 Dec 2022Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality Postnihilism: The demand...
Feb 07, 2026•9 min
Prompt engineering with ChatGPT. Writing expert prompts for non-English speakers. Sommelier and OSHAEpisode release date: 1 Mar 2023Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality ...
Feb 07, 2026•39 min
What is vesperance? That sense of gathering night and change...Episode release date: 18 Sep 2023Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality Postnihilism: The demand for meaning...
Feb 07, 2026•8 min
SLAM DUNK: OpenAI, DeepMind, and UN all weigh in on GLOBAL AI Watchdogs and Safety!Episode release date: 27 Oct 2023Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality Postnihilism: Th...
Feb 07, 2026•34 min
My most dangerous idea Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution."Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future.Core Ideas:Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of realityPostnihilism: The demand for meaning is false, there is only the Great MysteryHeuristic Imperatives: An ethical, ...
Feb 07, 2026•25 min
Finetuning GPT-3 101: Augmenting Training DataEpisode release date: 18 Jul 2022Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality Postnihilism: The demand for meaning is false, there ...
Feb 07, 2026•15 min
Introducing the RAVEN MVP - a general purpose AI companion (with a live DEMO)Episode release date: 5 Jul 2022Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality Postnihilism: The deman...
Feb 06, 2026•32 min
Chief AI Officers - How to Hire & Train a CAIO - What are their metrics for success?Episode release date: 13 May 2024Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution. "Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future. Core Ideas: Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality Postnihilis...
Feb 06, 2026•21 min
