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<div>Artificial Intelligence has too much hype. In this podcast, linguist Emily M. Bender and sociologist Alex Hanna break down the AI hype, separate fact from fiction, and science from bloviation. They're joined by special guests and talk about everything, from machine consciousness to science fiction, to political economy to art made by machines.</div>
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Manifesting the End of Tech Bro Manifestos, 2026.09.08
Published: September 17, 2026 10:00
Last month, Sam Altman proclaimed that we're already in "the Singularity." Not to be outdone, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg have both recently come out with lengthy blog posts about "superhuman AI." Emily and Alex brave some truly terrible writing to…
Working 9 to Hype, 2026.08.10
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/19738984-working-9-to-hype-2026-08-10.mp3
Published: September 2, 2026 10:00
In the past year, tech companies have laid off thousands of employees. But when CEOs blame "AI innovation," they're redirecting attention from something much more predictable: job discrimination and gig-ification. Emily and Alex examine some narratives of…
Rumors of a Singularity Have Been Grossly Exaggerated, 2026.08.03
Published: August 19, 2026 10:00
In the wake of OpenAI's announcement that its products caused a "cyber incident," Sam Altman is now claiming that we're already in the Singularity. And some media outlets are only too happy to help him advance that narrative! Alex and Emily tear up the AI…
Who's Responsible for "Responsible AI"?, 2026.07.06
Published: August 4, 2026 10:00
Lately, a new framework has been creeping into AI boosterism: "harm reduction," or "responsible use." Education technology scholar dr. sava saheli singh joins Alex and Emily to unpack narratives around automation inevitability in the classroom. Spoiler…
State of Emergency, 2026.06.29
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/19535278-state-of-emergency-2026-06-29.mp3
Published: July 23, 2026 10:00
AI boosters want to hand off emergency services to the bullshit generators. And horrifyingly, some medical professionals want to help them! Join Emily and Alex for a deep dive on the latest automated horrors threatening our collective health and…
When the Bubble Bursts (with Matt Scherer), 2026.06.01
Published: July 7, 2026 10:00
What should we do when the "AI" bubble pops? Emily and Alex are joined by researcher Matt Scherer, who recently published a report called "No Bailout for Big Tech Billionaires: Policies for when the AI bubble bursts." They unpack what the boosters are…
Beware the 20x Engineer, 2026.05.11
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/19387382-beware-the-20x-engineer-2026-05-11.mp3
Published: June 24, 2026 10:00
"Sure, LLMs are bad at some things, but you can't deny that they're useful for programming!" Sound familiar? In this week's episode, Emily and Alex break down the key myths around AI-boosted productivity in tech. Plus, Alex previews her work with DAIR's…
Bernie Goes Down the X-Risk Rabbithole (with Dr. Nathalie Maréchal), 2026.05.04
Published: June 9, 2026 10:00
Senator Bernie Sanders recently hosted a panel on "The Existential Threat of AI," featuring Future of Life Institute co-founder Max Tegmark and other x-riskers. Dr. Nathalie Maréchal joins Emily and Alex to unpack this latest stop on Bernie's descent into…
LIVE: Anthropic Imagines a Very Special Boy, 2026.04.30
Published: May 26, 2026 10:00
Last month, we recorded our very first in-person podcast, live from Brooklyn! Alex and Emily debunk an especially soulless hype artifact about Anthropic's absurd claims of "moral education" for chatbots. Tune in to hear our rendition of "There Was A…
Hotter Than (AI) Hell, 2026.04.20
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/19167650-hotter-than-ai-hell-2026-04-20.mp3
Published: May 13, 2026 10:00
The weather’s getting warmer, so what better time to take a trip to the hottest place in the universe — Fresh AI Hell! Emily and Alex take a spin through more than 30 hype artifacts, with topics including medicine, data centers, and fake people.Fresh AI…
There's No Ghost in the Machine (with Carmen Maria Machado), 2026.04.13
Published: April 28, 2026 10:00
Why are some writers and publishers so excited to automate their work? Author Carmen Maria Machado joins Alex and Emily to unpack what writers are missing when they hand off their work to chatbots, and the underlying issues this reveals in the publishing…