{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 302: Monsters In The Mirror","description":"What are large language models, really? A genuinely different frame for what AI is, where it came from, and what it means to live alongside it. This episode of Permanently Moved is an hour-long audio essay on artificial intelligence, agency, and the history of computing that made LLMs possible. The essay moves from the invention of the mirror to double-entry bookkeeping, the printing press, the Manhattan Project, the transistor, and the particular civilisational strangeness of ChatGPT and its successors. It argues that the question everyone is asking about AI &quot;is it intelligent?&quot; is a trap, and it tries to ask a better one.&amp;nbsp; START SELECT RESET Issue 15 of SSRZ, the print companion to this episode, is available to pre-order now until Monday 16th March. 36 pages, A5, containing the full transcript plus an introduction and afterword not in the audio.  Membership (\u00a35\/month) shipping included: https:\/\/thejaymo.net\/support\/  Pre-order the zine (\u00a318 + shipping):&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/thejaymo.etsy.com\/uk\/listing\/4465040020\/monsters-in-the-mirror-start-select  CHAPTERS  (00:00:02) Introduction (00:00:34) Monsters In The Mirror (00:01:00) Part 1. The Mirror of Modernity (00:05:33) Part 2. The State\u2019s Gaze (00:11:28) Part 3. Paper Truths (00:17:27) Part 4. Crystal Fire (00:26:13) Part 5. The Silicon Mirror (00:31:54) Part 6. World(view) in the West (00:35:28) Part 7. Haunted Habitats (00:40:45) Part 8. Thinking Machines (00:49:28) Part 9. Abracadabra (00:54:26) Part 10. Monsters in the Mirror (00:59:03) Afterward (01:00:05) Support the Show (01:00:48) Credits Mentioned in this episode Tyson Yunkaporta \u2014 Sand Talk James C. Scott \u2014 Seeing Like a State Marion Fourcade &amp;amp; Kieran Healy \u2014 The Ordinal Society Marek Poliks &amp;amp; Roberto Alonso Trillo \u2014 Exocapitalism Marshall McLuhan \u2014 The Gutenberg Galaxy Walter Ong \u2014 Orality and Literacy Jean Baudrillard \u2014 Simulacra and Simulation Nick Land \u2014 Fanged Noumena Monica Gagliano \u2014 Thus Spoke the Plant Benedict Anderson \u2014 Imagined Communities Bayo Akomolafe Gordon White \u2014 Rune Soup Permanently Moved is a quarterly podcast written, recorded, and edited by Jay Springett.&amp;nbsp; --- SHOW NOTES  https:\/\/thejaymo.net\/2026\/03\/02\/302-monsters-in-the-mirror-permanently-moved\/  FIND EVERYTHING ELSE  thejaymo.net:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/thejaymo.net\/  Experience.Computer:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/experience.computer\/  Worldrunning.guide:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/worldrunning.guide\/ Subscriber Zine support the show!&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/startselectreset.com\/ ","author_name":"Permanently Moved","author_url":"https:\/\/permanentlymoved.online\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40279185\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/199114065"}