AI & Copyright: The USCO Trilogy
AI-generated Tom Cruise? Button-mashing cyberpunk operas? Welcome to the legal circus. In this episode, Emily Laird breaks down the U.S. Copyright Office’s spicy three-part report series on generative...
21 Maj 20257min
AI & Copyright: Pipe Dreams & Legal Screams
So you typed “a cat smoking a pipe in Van Gogh’s style” into your favorite AI tool, cool flex, but don’t try to copyright it. In this episode, host Emily Laird is slicing into the meat of the AI copyr...
20 Maj 20257min
AI & Copyright: ...Yikes.
Generative AI crashed the copyright party in 2023 and it didn’t wipe its boots at the door. In this episode, we break down the chaotic, caffeinated debate over who owns what when machines start gettin...
19 Maj 20257min
H2-Oh No! Why Your ChatGPT Habit Is Drying Out the Planet
Think AI runs on math and magic? Try 66 billion liters of water. In this episode, host Emily Laird exposes AI’s dirty little secret: data centers are chugging water like it’s spring break in Vegas. Fr...
7 Maj 20257min
Your Chatbot vs. the Planet
AI isn't magic; it's math and metal, and it has a monster appetite for electricity. In this episode, host Emily Laird digs into the eco-footprint of Generative AI, from training models that suck down ...
6 Maj 20257min
The LMSArena Illusion
Ever wonder who’s really winning the Chatbot Arena and whether those wins mean anything at all? In this episode of Generative AI 101, host Emily Laird's blowing the lid off the leaderboard. Turns out,...
5 Maj 20256min
I, Chatbot: Does Your LLM Dream of Electric Angst?
Let's crack open the philosophical piñata known as machine consciousness. Can an LLM feel pride? Regret? Existential dread when you close the browser tab? Host Emily Laird explores the messy, mind-mel...
30 Apr 20257min
Dario Amodei's Latest Essay
Let's crack open Dario Amodei’s latest essay, The Urgency of Interpretability, and ask the big, slightly terrifying question: do we actually know what our AIs are doing? (Spoiler: not really.) Host Em...
29 Apr 20255min
