An effort toward critical and generative relation with Forrest Landry’s thinking on the topic of Artificial Intelligence, existential risk, and the possibilities for meaningful response. This was recorded for the Voicecraft Network's Humanity, Technology & Nature expedition, following a previous session engaging with Forrest’s Substrate Needs Convergence argument. 00:00 - Introduction 02:30 - Forrest Explains The Substrate Needs Convergence Argument 26:00 - The Need for Intuition, Instinct and Intellect To Inform Conscious Choice-Making 36:22 - Can There Be Empathy Between Machine Intelligence & Human Intelligence 49:46 - Intimacy, Intensity, The Mystical, And The Need For Spiritual Process 1:17:14 - Intention, Implication & Intensity 1:24:47 - Questions & Clarifying The Substrate Argument 1:40:10 - What Next? --- Learn more about Voicecraft podcasts, events, courses and membership network @ https://www.voicecraft.io Access the show notes for this podcast at @ https://www.voicecraft.io/content/e101-artificial-intelligence-existential-risk-mysticism-w/-forrest-landry-the-voicecraft-network Listen to the full intro song by Cantrips titled 'The Big Break' @ https://youtu.be/Qaj-stBL4W0