SkepSkep
All episodes
Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse — The Oracle Test
Scout ratingSCOUT· 38%1h 04m·2026-08-26·Science

The Oracle Test

Suspicious Minds: AI and the Apocalypse · 12

Twenty-five hundred years ago, the richest man in the world didn't trust his oracles, so he tested them. One passed: the Oracle of Delphi. Then it told him exactly what he wanted to hear, and his empire burned. A few weeks ago, I met a man who ran the same test on his oracles. The Oracle of ChatGPT, the Oracle of…

Listen in your app
Buzzmeter · cross-platform
Scout rating
38%
SCOUT

Scout bees are checking it out — divided opinions, the swarm hasn't committed.

Platform
38%
Community
no read yet
Value
no read yet
Hive Vote · Skep listeners
New on SkepAwaiting the hive's first votes

Buzzmeter says it's buzzing across platforms — the Hive Vote says whether the people who actually listened liked it.

Rate this episode

Add your vote to the Hive — listeners rate every episode after they finish.

Rate this episode
Recent reviews
  • No reviews yet — be the first.

What people are saying

“here's the tell - and TLDR: "buy my book and find the easter egg in it that reveals all."”

— @TwoBuddhasMeditation · YouTube comment

One great episode in your inbox, daily — free.

One email a day, unsubscribe anytime. No spam, ever.