The Local Maximum with Max Sklar

Join Max Sklar and guests in this podcast about AI, technology, and society. Email localmaxradio@gmail.com for questions and feedback.Show notes page on the website: www.localmaxradio.com localmaximum.substack.com

The Local Maximum with Max Sklar is a technology podcast hosted by Expand Your Perspective, with 330 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Expand Your Perspective hosts The Local Maximum with Max Sklar, a technology show with 330 episodes published.

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  Ep. 328 - Restarting the Local Maximum: Book Strategies for 2025

  Sep 1, 202558 minS0

  <p>Returning after a Hiatus</p><p>* Today is just going to be a hangout with me and Aaron if you’re into that.. And later, we’ll return to more specific topics</p><p>* Give a little personal history & history of the show</p><p>Full Move to NYC</p><p>Teaching</p><p>* Less time</p><p>Hopscotch Labs</p><p>* Working on that</p><p>* Beebot - coming SOON!!</p><p>* Internship Program</p><p>Hope for The Local Maximum</p><p>Reading Habits and Strategies (for the busy)</p><p>* Is it still worth reading books in t...

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  Ep. 327 - The Shape of Thought

  Dec 1, 202453 minS0

  <p>Author, entrepreneur, and AI professor Graham Morehead joins the Local Maximum to talk about Artificial Thought and human potential working with AI in his book, “The Shape of Thought”</p><p>https://grahammorehead.com/</p><p> </p> <br/><br/>Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe

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  Ep. 326 - James Barnes, The Autobiographer

  Oct 23, 202448 minS0

  <p>The Local Maximum returns from a hiatus with today’s interview of James Barnes, founder of Autobiographer, and AI-based app developed at Betaworks that helps you tell your own story.</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe

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  Ep. 325 - Eric Daimler: Perspectives on AI

  Aug 27, 202444 minS0

  <p>Today’s guest is Eric Daimler, co-founder and CEO of Conexus (conexus.com). Max talks to Eric about the enormous shift in focus in the industry since his last appearance in 2022, and gets his perspective on the promise and pitfalls of the latest generation of AI.</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe

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  Ep. 324 - The Technological Singularity Part II

  Aug 19, 202445 minS0

  <p>Max and Aaron go deeper into the ideas of the singularity and the law of accelerating returns as articulated in Ray Kurzweil’s Singularity is nearer. They talk about Nanotechnology, Longevity Escape Velocity, and Computronium.</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe

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