The A.I. Jobpocalypse + Building at Anthropic with Mike Krieger + Hard Fork Crimes Division
This week, we dive into Kevin’s recent column about how A.I. is affecting the job market for new graduates, and debate whether the job apocalypse is already here for entry-level work. Then Mike Kriege...
30 Touko 20251h 8min
Google DeepMind C.E.O. Demis Hassabis on Living in an A.I. Future
This week, we take a field trip to Google and report back about everything the company announced at its biggest show of the year, Google I/O. Then, we sit down with Google DeepMind’s chief executive a...
23 Touko 20251h 13min
Ed Helms Answers Your Hard Questions
The actor, comedian and author Ed Helms has a new book out about historical blunders. He swings by Hard Fork to tell us about it and answer your moral quandaries, ethical dilemmas and etiquette questi...
16 Touko 202556min
Bad Apple + The Rise of the AI Empire + Italian Brain Rot
This week, iPhone users started to feel the impact of a stern court order against Apple that requires the company to stop collecting a commission on some app sales. We break down what this means for a...
9 Touko 20251h 11min
The Dangers of A.I. Flattery + Kevin Meets the Orb + Group Chat Chat
This week we dig into the ways chatbots are starting to manipulate us, including ChatGPT’s sycophantic update, Meta’s digital companionship turn and a secret experiment run on Reddit users. Then Kevin...
2 Touko 20251h 7min
Is Google Breaking Up? + Seasteading Is Back + Tool Time
This week, with big developments in two antitrust cases against Google, we discuss how the company may be forced to change its business. Then we’re joined by the journalist Mark Yarm to discuss his re...
25 Huhti 20251h 7min
Meta on Trial + Is A.I. a ‘Normal’ Technology? + HatGPT
This week Meta is on trial, in a landmark case over whether it illegally snuffed out competition when it acquired Instagram and WhatsApp. We discuss some of the most surprising revelations from old em...
18 Huhti 20251h 20min
