The scientist, researcher, analyst, connector, thinker, and doer Brian Roemmele joins us for his second Infinite Loops appearance to discuss the decline of wisdom and how we can save it, why LLMs are the modern version of Plato’s cave, we need locally run AI models and MUCH more!
Important Links:
- Brian’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/brianroemmele?s=21&t=2hUj75NQ50PmHL5wMGyzfw
- ReadMultiplex.com - https://readmultiplex.com
- 40 AI Use Cases: How Many Did You Know About? - https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/40-ai-use-cases-how-many-did-you?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2)
- Brian’s first Infinite Loops appearance - https://www.infiniteloopspodcast.com/brian-roemmele-the-intelligence-amplifier-ep29/
Show Notes:
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:27 Main podcast
0:07:07 AI as Promethean fire
0:17:48 Why we need locally run AI models
0:39:09 AI use cases & the Nedd Ludd story
0:45:42 The decline of wisdom
0:55:56 Creating a wisdom keeper
1:28:34 Loneliness & abandonment
1:38:10 “How To Have A Conversation With Your Local Documents”
1:59:41 History is written by the victors; using wisdom to define our future
2:12:33 The tragedy of lost knowledge
2:23:43 You are loved and you are not alone
2:26:08 Outro
Books Mentioned:
- Cycles: The Science of Prediction; by Edward R. Dewey and Edwin F. Dakin
- The Iliad; by Homer
- The Odyssey; by Homer
- The Epic of Gilgamesh
- The Bible
- The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size; by Tor Norretranders
- The Hero with a Thousand Faces; by Joseph Campbell
