Oct 28, 20261h 4m
Episode 52 - Retired Predator Pilot Reflects on Autonomous Weapons Our guest this week has done something few philosophers of war can claim: he has flown the aircraft he writes about. We sit down with drone pilot and...
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Prosthetic Gods
Hosted by James Hughes and Nir Eisikovits · society · EN
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Welcome to “Prosthetic Gods,” the podcast where bioethicist James Hughes and philosopher Nir Eisikovits engage in spirited debates on the ethics and politics of emerging technologies. Hughes, a pro-technology transhumanist, and Eisikovits, with his Luddite stance, explore topics from brain-computer interfaces to artificial intelligence. Tune in and explore the promise and perils of technological advancements with us!
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What is Prosthetic Gods about?
Welcome to “Prosthetic Gods,” the podcast where bioethicist James Hughes and philosopher Nir Eisikovits engage in spirited debates on the ethics and politics of emerging technologies. Hughes, a pro-technology transhumanist, and Eisikovits, with his Luddite stance, explore topics from brain-computer interfaces to artificial intelligence. Tune in and explore the promise and perils of technological advancements with us!
Who hosts Prosthetic Gods?
Prosthetic Gods is hosted by James Hughes and Nir Eisikovits. The show has published 53 episodes to date.
What has Prosthetic Gods covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Retired Predator Pilot Reflects on Autonomous Weapons" (28 October 2026, 64 minutes), "Uploading Yourself to the Cloud" (14 October 2026, 54 minutes), and "Animal Testing" (30 September 2026, 55 minutes).
How often does Prosthetic Gods publish?
Prosthetic Gods publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 64 minutes across 53 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Prosthetic Gods?
Booking probability for Prosthetic Gods is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Prosthetic Gods requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Prosthetic Gods's contact route on record: verified email.
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About the host
James Hughes and Nir Eisikovits hosts Prosthetic Gods, a society podcast with 53 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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Episode #53
Uploading Yourself to the Cloud
Oct 14, 202654 minEpisode 51 - Uploading Yourself to the Cloud This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J discuss the transhumanist concept of brain uploading, exploring everything from cutting-edge connectomics and artificial intelligence...
Episode #52
Animal Testing
Sep 30, 202655 minEpisode 50 - Animal Testing This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J. dissect the rapid dismantling of the animal-testing paradigm. We explore the legal and political shifts sweeping the EU and the United...
Episode #51
War at Machine-Speed
Sep 16, 202652 minEpisode 49 - Targeting at Machine Speed This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J speak with Major Michael Brodka, a U.S. Army military intelligence officer and author of the July 2026 Military Review article “By...
Episode #50
Black Mirror
Sep 2, 202653 minEpisode 48 - Black Mirror Nir and J discuss the show Black Mirror, the now archetypal tech dystopian cultural phenomenon. In almost every episode, technology is the villain. What rarely appears is a legislature, a...
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- Aug 19, 20261h 1m
Episode 47 - Are Chatbots Conscious? A Conversation with Henry Shevlin Henry Shevlin, DeepMind's first in-house philosopher and associate director of Cambridge's Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, joins...
Episode #48
Killer Robots
Aug 5, 20261h 2mEpisode 46 - Killer Robots This week Nir and J discuss the evolving ethical, political, and strategic landscape of autonomous weapons systems, contrasting historical methods of remote warfare (such as landmines and...
Episode #47
Right to Try
Jul 22, 20261h 1mEpisode 45 - Right to Try This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J discuss patient autonomy and the "right to try". The debate surrounding medical autonomy is intensifying as desperate patients use federal "Right-to-Try"...
- Jul 8, 20261h 8m
Episode 44 - Magnificent Humanity This week, J and Nir talk to Father Michael Baggot about Pope Leo XIV’s recent encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, which outlines Catholic positions on AI and other emerging technologies...
Episode #45
Brain-Computer Interfaces
Jun 24, 20261h 12mEpisode 43 - Brain-Computer Interfaces This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J discuss the ethics of brain-computer interfaces. What role do they play in the futurist imagination, and what is the reality of their...
Episode #44
Live from Cambridge: Existential Risk
Jun 3, 20261h 13mLive from Cambridge: Existential Risk In this special live episode, recorded before an audience at Long Now Boston, Nir and J dig into existential risk. J takes seriously the prospect of catastrophic AI outcomes even...
Episode #43
Who Really Needs Ozempic Anyway?
May 20, 202659 minEpisode 42 - Who Really Needs Ozempic Anyway? This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J discuss the tradeoffs of GLP1 drugs. Their use has reversed the obesity epidemic and has proven to have myriad medical and...
Episode #42
Disgust
May 6, 202652 minEpisode 41 - Disgust This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J discuss the role of disgust in morality. Neuroscience suggests that feelings of disgust underlie many moral judgments, especially in the treatment of...
- Apr 22, 202657 min
Episode 40 - Nicholas Christakis - Technology and Contagion Dr. Nicholas Christakis is the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University and the Director of the Human Nature Lab. His research sits...
- Apr 17, 20262h 13m
Live from Portsmouth: Artificial Intelligence and Human Values In this special live episode of Prosthetic Gods, we bring you a night of big ideas recorded on April 2nd at the Music Hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire...
Episode #39
Sven Nyholm on Ethics of AI
Apr 9, 20261h 9mEpisode 39 - Sven Nyholm on the Ethics of AI This week on Prosthetic Gods we are talking to Sven Nyholm about his new book The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. If our thinking relies on external media, where do we...
Episode #38
Humanoid Robots
Mar 25, 20261h 2mEpisode 38 - Humanoid Robots This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J talk about the distinctive ethical issues raised by the humanoid robots coming to homes and workplaces. Their presence and human-like form elicit...
- Mar 13, 202651 min
Episode 37 - Anthropic's Conflict with the Pentagon: A Conversation with Alan Rozenshtein This week on Prosthetic Gods, J and Nir are talking to Alan Rozenshtein, professor of Law at the University of Minnesota, senior...
Episode #36
Buddhism and the Self
Feb 18, 202655 minEpisode 36 - Buddhism and the Self This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir is interrogating an essay by J. on Buddhism, enhancement, and the self. They discuss the appeal of Buddhism for teenage Hughes, and how Buddhism...
Episode #35
Pluribus
Feb 4, 20261h 5mEpisode 35 - Pluribus This week on Prosthetic Gods, Nir and J are discussing the hit Apple TV show Pluribus. Created by Vince Gilligan, the show runner of Breaking Bad, the show explores a world taken over by a very...
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Henry Shevlin
AI ethics professor, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence
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Nicholas Christakis
Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science, Internal Medicine & Biomedical Engineering at Yale University, Human Nature Lab, Yale
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SVEN NYHOLM
Professor of the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence at LMU Munich, Munich Centre for Machine Learning
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Alan Rozenshtein
research director at Lawfare and associate professor at Minnesota Law, University of Minnesota Law School
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