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The Cognitive Revolution · Saturday, September 26, 2026

The Cognitive Revolution's 'Utopia?' Episode Explores AI's Impact on Humanity

The latest episode of The Cognitive Revolution features a reading of the first four chapters of Joel Borgen's novel, 'The Receipt Horizon.' The novel, co-written with AI models like ChatGPT and Claude, explores a future where humanity has avoided an AI disaster, leading to a life of leisure but also human disempowerment.

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“The story takes place in a timeline in which humanity narrowly avoids an existential AI disaster.”
“The problem, if you can call it one, is human disempowerment.”
“Is this scenario Utopian or dystopian?”
Heard on The Cognitive Revolution — “What is Utopia? Presenting The Receipt Horizon, by Joel Borgen – Chapters 1–4”, published Saturday, September 26, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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