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Is AI Intelligent? René Descartes answered the question 4 centuries ago.

Lorenzo Colombani

2025-10-20

1 min read

You’re not just late asking, you’re late thinking about it. A short audio interview.

This interview is entirely audio. Discover what the most notorious Fallout Ghoul has to say about AI.

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The Interview

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This interview is entirely audio.

Howard, who has lived for centuries, tells us how our questions about AI are about the same questions René Descartes (17th century philosopher, mathematician, polymath).

In other words, we’re still askin’ the same questions. Except Descartes was wondering about animals, and we’re wondering about a bunch of wires and algorithms.

Long story short? We’re 4 centuries late to the debate and still asking the same questions. Makes you think, uh?

As for the technical part: voice generation is AI (many iterations to get it right), everything else is good’ol sound engineering. Enjoy the new and the old brought together.

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Lorenzo Colombani translates between humans and machines — Certified Lawyer (France), court mediator, builder of AI instruments. Hannover, Germany.

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