
About this podcast
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.
89 episodes · Technologie
Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000
Latest episodeMy Tech Workers Have Unionized, 2026.10.05
About this podcast
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.
Recent episodes
- Big Tech Colon-AI-lism, 2026.09.1530 Sept · 55 min
- Manifesting the End of Tech Bro Manifestos, 2026.09.0817 Sept · 57 min
- Working 9 to Hype, 2026.08.102 Sept · 54 min
- Rumors of a Singularity Have Been Grossly Exaggerated, 2026.08.0319 Aug · 55 min
- Who's Responsible for "Responsible AI"?, 2026.07.064 Aug · 59 min
- State of Emergency, 2026.06.2923 Jul · 56 min
- When the Bubble Bursts (with Matt Scherer), 2026.06.017 Jul · 53 min
- Beware the 20x Engineer, 2026.05.1124 Jun · 53 min
- Bernie Goes Down the X-Risk Rabbithole (with Dr. Nathalie Maréchal), 2026.05.049 Jun · 1 h 04 min
- LIVE: Anthropic Imagines a Very Special Boy, 2026.04.3026 May · 1 h 01 min