4min chapter

Oxide and Friends cover image

Okay, Doomer: A Rebuttal to AI Doom-mongering

Oxide and Friends

CHAPTER

The Prescience of Nanotechnology

I think that too often people kind of pick their own metaphors. I wish people would learn more about nuclear non-plurial proliferation before they go to Y2K as a metaphor for them. And nanotechnology is one of these things that like sounds very scary. It's based on Feynman's piece of, you know, a machine that could make a smaller machine. But there are also practical reasons why this isn't going to happen.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode