The Shoggoth in the Machine: AI, ARGs, and the Future of Play (w/ Reed Berkowitz)
Published: June 19, 2026
Duration: 1:04:12
How do we keep the machine from pulling us into another world, or escaping into ours?
Rushkoff is joined by OG game designer, hacker, and Director of Curiouser Institute Reed Berkowitz to explore the liminal space between reality, fiction, and artificial intelligence.
From the early days of late-80s text-based worlds and San Francisco’s cyberdelic rave culture to the complex modern landscape of AI development, Douglas and Reed compare notes on what they thought the internet would become - and what it actually grew into.
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