AI Warfare! Killer Robots! Jim Carrey Clones?! With Van Lathan

Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker welcome Higher Learning’s Van Lathan for a grab bag of an episode that covers everything from killer robots to cloning your pets. Buckle up! In this episode: (2:45) Anthropic AI (12:42) A communist streak (19:38) 'Project Hail Mary' (33:25) Starting five killer robots (42:24) Jim Carrey replicant? (54:31) The LUSID score (57:04) The Doomscroll: Missing general, Bohemian Grove, and Rachel Dolezal Hosts: Jason Concepcion and Tyler Parker Guest: Van Lathan Producers: Cory McConnell, Donnie Beacham, and Justin Sayles Art direction: David Shoemaker Motion graphics and animations: Chris Calleton Engineering: Sarah Reddy Set design: Hannah Leiken and Jonathan Ratliff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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AI Warfare! Killer Robots! Jim Carrey Clones?! With Van Lathan is an episode from Unexplained Mysteries by The Ringer.

This episode is 70:50 long.

This episode was published on Mar 5, 2026.

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