Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000
By Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna
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Episodes: 57
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Artificial Intelligence has too much hype. In this podcast, linguist Emily M. Bender and sociologist 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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The "AI"-Enabled Immigration Panopticon (with Petra Molnar), 2025.05.05
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May 28, 2025 |
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AGI: "Imminent", "Inevitable", and Inane, 2025.04.21
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May 14, 2025 |
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AI Hell in a Handbasket, 2025.04.14
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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"AI" Agents, A Single Point of Failure (with Margaret Mitchell), 2025.03.31
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Linguists Versus 'AI' Speech Analysis (with Nicole Holliday), 2025.03.17
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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The Anti-Bookclub Tackles 'Superagency', 2025.03.03
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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The War on Knowledge (with Raina Bloom), 2025.02.24
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Petro-Masculinity Versus the Planet (with Tamara Kneese), 2025.01.27
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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The UK's Misplaced Enthusiasm (with Gina Neff), 2025.01.20
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Sam Altman's Fever Dream, 2025.01.13
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Episode 47: Hell is Other People's AI Hype, December 9 2024
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Episode 46: AGI Funny Business (Model), with Brian Merchant, December 2 2024
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Episode 45: Billionaires, Influencers, and Ed Tech (feat. Adrienne Williams), November 18 2024
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Episode 44: OpenAI's Ridiculous 'Reasoning', October 28 2024
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Episode 43: AI Companies Gamble with Everyone's Planet (feat. Paris Marx), October 21 2024
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Episode 42: Stop Trying to Make 'AI Scientist' Happen, September 30 2024
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Episode 41: Sweating into AI Fall, September 9 2024
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 40: Elders Need Care, Not 'AI' Surveillance (feat. Clara Berridge), August 19 2024
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Episode 39: Newsrooms Pivot to Bullshit (feat. Sam Cole), Aug 5 2024
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Episode 38: Deflating Zoom's 'Digital Twin,' July 29 2024
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Episode 37: Chatbots Aren't Nurses (feat. Michelle Mahon), July 22 2024
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Episode 36: About That 'Dangerous Capabilities' Fanfiction (feat. Ali Alkhatib), June 24 2024
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Episode 35: AI Overviews and Google's AdTech Empire (feat. Safiya Noble), June 10 2024
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Episode 34: Senate Dot Roadmap Dot Final Dot No Really Dot Docx, June 3 2024
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Episode 33: Much Ado About 'AI' 'Deception', May 20 2024
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Episode 32: A Flood of AI Hell, April 29 2024
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May 23, 2024 |
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Episode 31: Science Is a Human Endeavor (feat. Molly Crockett and Lisa Messeri), April 15 2024
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May 07, 2024 |
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Episode 30: Marc's Miserable Manifesto, April 1 2024
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Episode 29: How LLMs Are Breaking the News (feat. Karen Hao), March 25 2024
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Episode 28: LLMs Are Not Human Subjects, March 4 2024
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Episode 27: Asimov's Laws vs. 'AI' Death-Making (w/ Annalee Newitz & Charlie Jane Anders), February 19 2024
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Episode 26: Universities Anxiously Buy in to the Hype (feat. Chris Gilliard), February 5 2024
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Episode 25: An LLM Says LLMs Can Do Your Job, January 22 2024
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Episode 24: AI Won't Solve Structural Inequality (feat. Kerry McInerney & Eleanor Drage), January 8 2024
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Episode 23: AI Hell Freezes Over, December 22 2023
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Episode 22: Congressional 'AI' Hearings Say More about Lawmakers (feat. Justin Hendrix), December 18 2023
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Episode 21: The True Meaning of 'Open Source' (feat. Sarah West and Andreas Liesenfeld), November 20 2023
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Episode 20: Let's Do the Time Warp! (to the "Founding" of "Artificial Intelligence"), November 6 2023
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Episode 19: The Murky Climate and Environmental Impact of Large Language Models, November 6 2023
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Episode 18: Rumors of Artificial General Intelligence Have Been Greatly Exaggerated, October 23 2023
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Episode 17: Back to School with AI Hype in Education (feat. Haley Lepp), September 22 2023
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Episode 16: Med-PaLM or Facepalm? A Second Opinion On LLMs In Healthcare (feat. Roxana Daneshjou), August 28, 2023
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Episode 15: The White House And Big Tech Dance The Self-Regulation Tango, August 11 2023
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Episode 14: Henry Kissinger, Machines of War, and the Age of Military AI Hype (feat. Lucy Suchman), July 21 2023
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Episode 13: Beware The Robo-Therapist (feat. Hannah Zeavin), June 8 2023
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Episode 12: It's All Hell, May 5 2023
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Episode 11: A GPT-4 Fanfiction Novella, April 7 2023
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Episode 10: Don't Be A Lawyer, ChatGPT. March 3, 2023
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Episode 9: Call the AI Quack Doctor, February 17, 2023
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Episode 8: The ChatGPT Awakens, January 20, 2023
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Episode 7: There Are Now 15 Competing Evaluation Metrics (ft. Dr. Jeremy Kahn). December 12, 2022
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Episode 6: Stochastic Parrot Galactica, November 23, 2022
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Episode 5: Sam Bankman-Fried's Future Fund, November 9 2022
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Episode 4: Is AI Art Actually 'Art'? October 26, 2022
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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Episode 3: "Can Machines Learn To Behave?" Part 3, September 23, 2022
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Episode 2: "Can Machines Learn To Behave?" Part 2, September 6, 2022
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Episode 1: "Can Machines Learn To Behave?" Part 1, August 31, 2022
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May 31, 2023 |