Episode 312: MechaSkeptic
Jul 15, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 312
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Episode description
David and Tamler return to David Hume's somewhat slippery brand of skepticism, this time focusing Chapter 12 of his Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. Plus speaking of things to be skeptical about, we dive into a recent paper called "Your Brain on ChatGPT" – does neuroscience show that LLM users incur a "cognitive debt"?
Your brain on ChatGPT [arxiv.org]
People are suffering... [linkedin.com]
David Hume's "An Enquiry Concerning Hunan Understanding" [wikipedia.org]
Hume's Enquiry Section 12: Of the Academical or Sceptical Philosophy [davidhume.org]
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