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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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AI Hell in a Handbasket, 2025.04.14
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/17065555-ai-hell-in-a-handbasket-2025-04-14.mp3
Published: April 30, 2025 10:00
It's been 4 months since we've cleared the backlog of Fresh AI Hell and the bullshit is coming in almost too fast to keep up with. But between a page full of awkward unicorns and a seeming slowdown in data center demand, Alex and Emily have more good news…
"AI" Agents, A Single Point of Failure (with Margaret Mitchell), 2025.03.31
Published: April 17, 2025 10:00
After "AI" stopped meaning anything, the hype salesmen moved on to "AI" "agents", those allegedly indefatigable assistants, allegedly capable of operating your software for you -- whether you need to make a restaurant reservation, book a flight, or book a…
Linguists Versus 'AI' Speech Analysis (with Nicole Holliday), 2025.03.17
Published: April 2, 2025 10:00
Measuring your talk time? Counting your filler words? What about "analyzing" your "emotions"? Companies that push LLM technology to surveil and summarize video meetings are increasingly offering to (purportedly) analyze your participation and assign your…
The Anti-Bookclub Tackles 'Superagency', 2025.03.03
Published: March 19, 2025 10:00
Emily and Alex read a terrible book so you don't have to! Come for a quick overview of LinkedIn co-founder and venture capitalist Reid Hoffman's opus of magical thinking, 'Superagency: What could possibly go right with our AI future' -- stay for the…
The War on Knowledge (with Raina Bloom), 2025.02.24
Published: March 5, 2025 14:00
In the weeks since January 20, the US information ecosystem has been unraveling fast. (We're looking at you Denali, Gulf of Mexico, and every holiday celebrating people of color and queer people that used to be on Google Calendar.) As the country's…
Petro-Masculinity Versus the Planet (with Tamara Kneese), 2025.01.27
Published: February 19, 2025 14:00
Sam Altman thinks fusion - particularly a company he's personally invested in - can provide the energy we "need" to develop AGI. Meanwhile, what if we just...put data centers on the Moon to save energy? Alex, Emily, and guest Tamara Kneese pour cold water…
The UK's Misplaced Enthusiasm (with Gina Neff), 2025.01.20
Published: February 5, 2025 14:00
In January, the United Kingdom's new Labour Party prime minister, Keir Starmer, announced a new initiative to go all in on AI in the hopes of big economic returns, with a promise to “mainline” it into the country’s veins: everything from offering public…
Sam Altman's Fever Dream, 2025.01.13
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/16481095-sam-altman-s-fever-dream-2025-01-13.mp3
Published: January 22, 2025 11:00
Not only is OpenAI's new o3 model allegedly breaking records for how close an LLM can get to the mythical "human-like thinking" of AGI, but Sam Altman has some, uh, reflections for us as he marks two years since the official launch of ChatGPT. Emily and…
Episode 47: Hell is Other People's AI Hype
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/16353749-episode-47-hell-is-other-people-s-ai-hype.mp3
Published: December 30, 2024 14:00
It’s been a long year in the AI hype mines. And no matter how many claims Emily and Alex debunk, there's always a backlog of Fresh AI Hell. This week, another whirlwind attempt to clear it, with plenty of palate cleansers along the way.Fresh AI Hell:Part…
Episode 46: AGI Funny Business (Model), with Brian Merchant, December 2 2024
Published: December 18, 2024 11:00
Once upon a time, artificial general intelligence was the only business plan OpenAI seemed to have. Tech journalist Brian Merchant joins Emily and Alex for a time warp to the beginning of the current wave of AI hype, nearly a decade ago. And it sure seemed…