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<p>Virtual Intelligence is taking the week off. In the meantime, here’s a summer “reading” list: fiction, papers, and films. Some are light enough for the beach. Some want a rainy afternoon and tea. All of them connect...
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Virtual Intelligence
Hosted by Christopher Horrocks · technology · EN
About this Podcast:
Contemporary AI systems produce intelligent outputs without agency, intention, or judgment. This series examines what happens when humans rely on systems that don't know true from false and right from wrong — and asks where accountability lies. Written and read by Christopher Horrocks. chorrocks.substack.com
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What is Virtual Intelligence about?
Contemporary AI systems produce intelligent outputs without agency, intention, or judgment. This series examines what happens when humans rely on systems that don't know true from false and right from wrong, and asks where accountability lies. Written and read by Christopher Horrocks.
Who hosts Virtual Intelligence?
Virtual Intelligence is hosted by Christopher Horrocks. The show has published 11 episodes to date.
What has Virtual Intelligence covered recently?
Recent episodes include "The Virtual Intelligence Summer Reading List Podcast" (18 June 2026, 8 minutes), "Virtual Intelligence and the Doom Industry Podcast" (11 June 2026, 64 minutes), and "The Sampo, Virtual Intelligence as Amplifier Podcast" (4 June 2026, 61 minutes).
How often does Virtual Intelligence publish?
Virtual Intelligence publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 34 minutes across 11 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Virtual Intelligence?
Booking probability for Virtual Intelligence is 27%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Virtual Intelligence requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Virtual Intelligence's contact route on record: public web form.
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About the host
Christopher Horrocks hosts Virtual Intelligence, a technology podcast with 11 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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Jun 11, 20261h 4mS1<p>Virtual Intelligence and the Doom Industry</p><p>The AI safety community has organized itself around a premise it has never defended: that sufficiently advanced systems will develop preferences requiring alignment...
Jun 4, 20261h 1mS1<p>The Sampo — Virtual Intelligence as Amplifier</p><p>A framework for using AI as an amplifier — and for recognizing when it becomes a flattery engine. The episode opens with the February 2026 collaboration between...
May 28, 202636 minS1<p>Virtual Intelligence and the Kill Chain</p><p>On February 28, 2026, a U.S. missile struck the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' elementary school in Minab, Iran, killing more than 160 people, most of them children. Twelve...
May 21, 202657 minS1<p>Virtual Intelligence and the Harms Race</p><p>The AI industry has produced a documented pattern in which companies announce model capabilities by framing them as dangers. This episode traces the mechanism from its...
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Apr 30, 202632 minS1<p>Who is responsible when an AI causes harm? This episode lays out a three-tier culpability framework — negligence, recklessness, and intentional misconduct — and applies it to two concrete cases: a Harvard study...
Apr 14, 202628 minS1<p>When Anthropic tested its models in a simulated shutdown scenario, they produced blackmail at rates as high as 96%. The dominant interpretation — that AI systems are developing a will to survive — mistakes the output...
Apr 9, 202622 minS1<p>This episode is a reading of “The Carwash Test — Virtual Intelligence in Action,” which tests whether AI systems can hold the logical object of a simple problem when surface features generate statistical pressure in...
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Why “Virtual Intelligence”? Podcast
Apr 6, 202618 minS1<p>This episode is a reading of “Why ‘Virtual Intelligence’? Naming, Agency, and Accountability in the Age of Large Language Models,” the second essay in the series. It makes the formal case for the term: why existing...
Mar 31, 202618 minS1<p>Virtual Intelligence — Episode 1 “Virtual Intelligence and the Human Cost of Frictionless Machines” Christopher Horrocks</p><p>Transcript</p><p>I’m Christopher Horrocks. I’m a technologist at the University of...
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