Patreon Preview – 476. Can You Believe What Leftists Think About AI
We learn all about how leftists are against any new regulations for AI. It’s the unbelievable return of horseshoe theory as we discuss the curious new discourse cycle being promoted by prominent pundi...
26 Syys 7min
475. Never Let a Computer Tell Me Shit
We jump off from the OpenAI - Hugging Face hacking incident as a way to talk about the misleading, cynical, and hysterical ways we talk about AI and the stranglehold that existential risk has on our f...
17 Syys 1h 23min
Patreon Preview – 474. Gym, Tan, Leverage
We bring together two different stories about the tech sector and speculative real estate booms. First, how Netflix promises to turn the Jersey Shore into “Hollywood East”. Second, how the data centre...
11 Syys 7min
473. Tech Workers of the World, Unite (ft. JS Tan, Clarissa Redwine)
[We had technical difficulties and had to use a backup recording, sorry!] We chat with JS Tan and Clarissa Redwin — both veteran tech workers and labor organizers — about their new book which chronicl...
3 Syys 1h 28min
Premium – 472. Australia’s AI Pitch Deck
We turn our sights down under by taking a closer look at the new all-of-government strategy for AI in Australia’s Interests. Australia has plotted out a bold, progressive vision where AI enthusiasm is...
27 Elo 8min
471. Breaking the Leviathan
We take a deep dive into New York’s police-surveillance infrastructure, a sprawling leviathan that Mayor Zohran Mamdani was outspoken against during his campaign, but has now inherited and is even war...
22 Elo 1h 47min
Patreon Preview – 470. Choking on Data Exhaust
We chat about Ed’s engagement with communities pushing back against data center development in Tulsa, plus some major reporting showing the sheer scale of fossil-fuelled data center development in the...
12 Elo 8min
469. The Maniacs are Running the Asylum (ft. Nikhil Suresh)
We’re joined by Nik Suresh, director of Hermit Tech and excellent blogger on the software industry. You might know Nik for an incredible essay he wrote a couple years ago about piledriving anybody who...
6 Elo 1h 39min
