Episode 60 - Vibe Coding: Four Security Nightmares in a Trenchcoat
Security researcher Susanna Cox explains why "vibe coding" and other LLM-assisted coding is neither more efficient nor sufficiently secure.
Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000
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Artificial Intelligence has too much hype. In this stream, linguist Prof. Emily M. Bender and sociologist Dr. 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.
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Episodes
Episode 59 - Et Tu, American Federation of Teachers?
The chatbot boosters are looking for educators to play brand ambassador for more intrusion of so-called "AI" into the classroom, and even the teachers' unions are buying it. Charles Logan joins to dissect.
Why "AI" Is a Con: Our Book Launch!
We talk to tech journalist Vauhini Vara about the inherent con of technologies marketed as "artificial intelligence," plus our vision for a profoundly different tech future, free of hype and totalizing deployment.
Episode 58 - "Like Magic Intelligence in the Cloud"
Because Sam Altman hates opening his laptop, OpenAI is merging with iPhone guy Jony Ive's design firm. A look at the announcement video, and some thoughts on the mythologizing of San Francisco.
Episode 57 - The "AI"-Enabled Immigration Panopticon
Immigration lawyer Petra Molnar joins to talk about the many ways tech companies are using AI to surveil and police the borders and dehumanize migrants.
Episode 56 - AGI: "Inevitable", "Imminent", and Inane
Emily and Alex dissect a self-serious work of science-fiction about how "AGI" could exist as soon as 2027.