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415. It’s Time to Build… Radical Policy for AI (ft. Sarah Myers West, Amba Kak)
We are joined by Amba Kak and Sarah Myers West — co-directors of the AI Now Institute — to discuss their excellent new Landscape Report on Artificial Power. We discuss Trump’s AI Action Day and his a…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Patreon Preview – 414. Deus Ex Zuck
After chatting about Ed’s trip to Greece, we turn our sights on the incredible amount of money that Mark Zuckerberg is spending to poach big names from across the tech sector and assemble the greates…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
413. ScamGPT – How AI Supercharges Fraud (ft. Alice Marwick)
We chat with Alice Marwick — director of research at Data & Society — about a new report she co-authored on how generative AI is now unleashing a new world of scams and fraud. AI is supercharging the…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Patreon Preview – 412. Sweat Your Genetic Assets
We dive into Nucleus Genomics, a startup backed by the Founders Fund, that wants to help you evaluate, rank, and name your embryos in a pre-IVF dashboard designed for “genetic optimization.” We talk …
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
411. Big Easy’s Big Brother
We get into a secret partnership between the New Orleans Police Department and Project NOLA, a private nonprofit organisation that owns and operates an extensive network of cameras blanketing New Orl…
Published on 3 months ago
Patreon Preview – 410. Palantir’s Psychohistory
We chat about Palantir and their role in enacting Trump’s executive order for a unified database across federal agencies and a master profile for every individual — and their larger role in bringing …
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
409. The Breakup Meltdown
It’s a real friends and enemies episode of TMK. We get into the messy breakup between Trump and Musk, then talk about the rekindling relationship between Palmer Luckey and Mark Zuckerberg, before end…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
408. Synthetic Text Extruder Hype (ft. Emily Bender, Alex Hanna)
We chat with Emily Bender and Alex Hanna — authors of AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want — and pierce the veil of hype by getting into how these systems actually work …
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Patreon Preview – 407. Burn Notice
[Note: sorry for the lateness, blame sickness. Also, we are doing two premium episodes in a row to change up our schedule because we’re interviewing authors of a new book next week and want it to be …
Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago
Patreon Preview – 406. The Golden Path
We talk about Pope Le(t)o’s striking critiques of AI and the needs for luddism to be an intersectional movement. Then we get into the Republicans’ advocacy for AI rights over States’ rights, which co…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago