Why does this feel weird?
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Why does this feel weird?
Why Does This Feel Weird? is the podcast for anyone who feels unsettled by our rapidly changing world of technology but can’t quite put their finger on why. Hosted by a researcher (Alex) and a strategist (Jacob), listen to us explore the psychological and social impact of living through weird, wond...
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AI, the law and hallucinations
This week we dive into documented cases of AI hallucinations in legal and consulting settings and explore what it means when senior consultants trust...
Why are AI ads so weird?
OpenAI just launched their most ambitious consumer marketing campaign - lifestyle ads showing young people using ChatGPT for recipes and road trips, w...
Does every company need a social media account?
Why is your dentist doing TikTok tours? Why are influencers hawking health insurance through cringey skits? And when did we accept that paying for str...
What do AI companies know about us?
OpenAI analysed 1.5 million private conversations to understand how people really use ChatGPT.
With 10% of the adult population using ChatGPT f...
Is AI too helpful?
In this episode we discuss how AI tools are trained to keep you engaged rather than actually help you, why governments are scrambling to regulate some...
Can AI Run a Business?
When a major sunscreen company faced a PR crisis this week, we wondered: could AI handle it better than humans? Alex built a team of 5 AI agents (CEO,...
How to Lose Money with AI
What happens when you give an AI complete control of a vending machine business? Meet Claudius - Anthropic's AI that was tasked with running a real ve...
AI glasses
Mark Zuckerberg says if you don't have AI glasses, you'll be at a "cognitive disadvantage." But isn't it weird if everyone's wearing hidden cameras? <...
Your Brain on ChatGPT
Why MIT researchers think AI is making us 55% dumber – and why that might be the least of our problems. We explore cognitive debt, digital dependency,...
Why do AI voice assistants feel weird?
From the "uncanny valley" of almost-human voices to the privacy implications of always-listening devices, Alex and Jacob dive deep into why voice AI m...
Why does talking to AI feel weird?
Why do conversations with AI chatbots feel so unsettling? From anthropomorphising our digital assistants to the strange intimacy of typing our thought...