Episode 8.48: Now what? Using generative decoders like chatGPT to decide what comes next in life.

At the end of episode 47 of the series, I made the observation that if we could apply similar technologies to life itself, we might be able to find answers to questions like what next or now what? We explore this idea in a little bit more detail and consider its implications for the question how much of the past we should allow ourselves to take into consideration as we decide on the immediate and longer-term future.