I appreciated the chance to talk with Kathryn Jezer-Morton for this article. It's unfortunate that we have to deal with Big Tech's messes everywhere, including in our own families, but given that, I'm glad for a chance to help people think this through.
The Cut
How Are We Supposed to Talk to Our Kids About AI?
We adopted social media with the critical thinking of a toddler putting a LEGO in their mouth. Let’s not make that mistake again.
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In early July, I had the opporunity to discuss The AI Con with @npub15n85...nqhg at RMIT. ABC is presenting part of that conversation in their programme "Big Ideas" on Tuesday Sept 2:
ABC listen
The AI Con — unpacking the artificial intelligence hype machine - ABC listen
Is the world really in the midst of an AI revolution, or is it all just clever marketing, powered by immense amounts of money, capital and hype? Th...
Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 Episode 61 “Winning the Race to Hell”
Buzzsprout
Winning the Race to Hell (with Sarah Myers West and Kate Brennan), 2025.08.04 - Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000
Trump’s “AI Action Plan” is his latest attempt to turn AI hype into official national policy. Kate Brennan and Sarah Myers West, of the AI No...
 in which AI Now Institute’s Kate Brennan and Sarah Myers West join me and @Alex Hanna to wade through the muck that is Trump’s AI Action Plan
Journalists stop prentending that using synthetic text extruding machines to extrude synthetic text is "interviewing" them challenge
the Guardian
Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times
As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentient
New on the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 newsletter: A bit of historical context for the past week's news that, gee, "AI" isn't all it's cracked up to be
“AI” skepticism went mainstream this week
After years of non-stop hype and bloviation, a flood of recent news stories suggest the tide may be turning on “AI”. Headlines this week announ...
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Some reflections from #WorldCon on how to talk to friends about "AI"
Friends Don't Let Friends Prompt
By Emily Alex and I were at WorldCon (the World Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention) last week, talking about The AI Con with people whose livel...
Join us today! ~~~ Chatbots for therapy: Worst idea ever or a good way to drive people into psychosis? On the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 live stream, Maggie Harrison Dupré will join @Alex Hanna and me to process the hype: Monday, August 18, noon Pacific
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<3 this review of The AI Con, not least for the phrase "Slopholm Syndrome"
Never mind the botlickers, ‘AI’ is just normal technology
We desire existential certainty in this world of complexity and amid our sense of powerlessness, but turning to the new oracles isn’t a solution
Tomorrow! ~~~ Chatbots for therapy: Worst idea ever or a good way to drive people into psychosis? On the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 live stream, Maggie Harrison Dupré will join @Alex Hanna and me to process the hype: Monday, August 18, noon Pacific
Twitch
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Chatbots for therapy: Worst idea ever or a good way to drive people into psychosis? On the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 live stream, Maggie Harrison Dupré will join @Alex Hanna and me to process the hype: Monday, August 18, noon Pacific
Twitch
Twitch
Twitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.