AI Consciousness Plans, Falling College Enrollment, and China’s Climbing Buddy Craze

2024-12-11

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In the first part of today's show, we explored how college enrollment is dropping at an alarming rate in the US and the implications for the future of higher education. Next, we tackled the big question: What should we do if AI becomes conscious? Scientists suggest it’s time to come up with a plan. Finally, we discovered a fascinating trend in China—people are hiring “climbing buddies” for large sums, with attractiveness determining the price. Today's unpopular opinion was lotteries shouldn't exist

In the first part of today's show, we explored how college enrollment is dropping at an alarming rate in the US and the implications for the future of higher education. Next, we tackled the big question: What should we do if AI becomes conscious? Scientists suggest it’s time to come up with a plan. Finally, we discovered a fascinating trend in China—people are hiring “climbing buddies” for large sums, with attractiveness determining the price.

Today's unpopular opinion was lotteries shouldn't exist.

In the second half of the show, we asked 100 humans to name the first thing someone would buy if they won the lottery. Later, we delved into the abrupt cancellation of Raygun: The Musical after a viral Olympian's legal threat.

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