The Last Invention

Documentary series on the history and future of artificial intelligence AI summary

Longview Technology · EN · 18 episodes · latest 2026-09-24

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The AI revolution has begun – the product of a seventy-year quest by scientists, mathematicians, and visionaries who set out to build machines that could think. But what began as a fringe idea has now become one of the most powerful forces of the 21st century. This is the story of that journey: its rivalries, its competing visions of utopia and apocalypse, and the race to build what may be humanity’s last invention.

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Street Fight Part II: Cruel & Unusual

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Sam Altman’s Attacker, In His Own Words

2026-04-16 · 21 min · Season 1, episode 13

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Wetwear

2026-04-09 · 40 min · Season 1, episode 12

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The AI Skeptics

2026-02-20 · 1 hr 16 min · Season 1, episode 11

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“Build the AI Wall” with Steve Bannon

2026-01-27 · 52 min · Season 1, episode 10

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Ezra Klein on the Uncertain Politics of A.I.

2025-12-19 · 1 hr 2 min · Season 1, episode 9

Ezra Klein – New York Times opinion columnist and an influential voice on the American left – joins us at a hinge moment in the A.I. revolution. As artificial intelligence accelerates, Klein examines what’s at stake…
EP 8: The Accelerationists

2025-11-20 · 54 min · Season 1, episode 8

Meet the accelerationists: a rising movement that believes expediting AI development is not only inevitable but morally necessary – humanity’s best chance at transcending its limits. What happens when the world’s most…

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Oldest episode in feed: 09/2025 · over a year
Typical length: 48 min
Format: Serial Meant to be heard in order

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