Artificial Insanity

sophieandjess
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Artificial Insanity covers AI news, culture, society, and literacy for the non-techie. If you refuse to let tech billionaires do the thinking for you and want to understand AI without the boring tech bro lectures, come hither. Sophie and Jess have over 20 years of combined experience across television, film, animation, and tech, and now they're looking at what's next. And it's all leading toward one big, menty b. We cut through the hype and get to what actually matters— the everyday hard-working person who wants to keep their job or just wants 30 more minutes with their kid at night.

  1. 1D AGO

    Are these Tech Oligarchs Bitchier than the Real Housewives?

    The boys are at it AGAIN. 🍿 This week: Peter Thiel, fresh off destroying Gawker, is back with a new scheme to push him closer to world domination. It's called Objection.ai: an AI-powered "truth tribunal" where tech billionaires can pay to have a robot jury investigate journalists who say mean things about them. Co-founded by the same lawyer who helped Thiel bankrupt Gawker, critics say it's less about truth and more about making it terrifying to report on powerful men with thin skin. We explain how it works and why it's somehow even worse than it sounds. Then, bust out the popcorn to watch Silicon Valley's best cat fight: We cover the start of the Elon VS Altman trial. And finally, a palate cleanser: Oracle employees staging a quiet rebellion against mass layoffs from the inside.

    1h 15m

  2. MAY 5 ·  BONUS

    AI Is Growing Too Fast - And Data Centers Can't Keep Up

    AI is advancing at an INSANE pace.... But there's one critical infrastructure problem standing in its way: data centers. In this video, we break down why data center capacity, energy supply, and cooling limitations could be the biggest obstacle to the future of artificial intelligence. (Not to mention the power of the people, protesting data center builds in their own towns and actually getting them cancelled!) Power is emerging as the primary bottleneck in modern data center expansion for AI, and according to Goldman Sachs, data center electricity demand could rise by over 165% by 2030. DC&T GlobalThe tech giants are not running out of ideas. But they're running out of electricity. Follow us on TikTok & IG @artificialinsanitypodEmail us at: artificialinsanitypodcast@gmail.com

    25 min

  3. APR 30

    Is AI conscious? We said no. They got mad.

    We made one video saying Claude probably isn't conscious. The comments? Absolute chaos.Turns out, people have feelings about AI feelings.... And they're not shy about sharing them. So we're back to dig into the wildest arguments from both sides! We'll cover:- Why our last video sent certain corners of the internet into a spiral- The actual philosophical debate around AI consciousness (yes, it's a real thing)- The most unhinged and most compelling arguments we received- Whether any of it changed our mindsWhether you think Claude is a sentient being or a very expensive autocomplete - this one's for you.Follow us on IG: @artificialinsanitypod Email: artificialinsanitypodcast@gmail.com

    51 min

  4. APR 28 ·  BONUS

    Hollywood Stars Are Grooming Us To GET ON BOARD with AI

    Last week, Reese Witherspoon got many of her fans VERY fired up when she posted an instagram reel urging women to start learning A.I.But Reese is just one of many entrepreneurial Hollywood stars who are getting in on the AI grift. They can smell the money from a mile away. Meanwhile Disney just replaced 1000 artists with AI and studios are laying off thousands of film crew members in the hopes that AI can create movies at a fraction of the cost.#reesewitherspoon #ai #aiethics #layoffs

    23 min

  5. APR 21

    Eat The Rich 2.0: Why Young People Are Declaring War on the AI Elite

    Two attacks. Three days apart. Both targeting the most powerful man in AI.Sam Altman's San Francisco home was hit twice in a single week - first when a 20-year-old hurled a Molotov cocktail at his front gate, then when a 23-year-old and a 25-year-old allegedly fired a gun near his property. All three suspects: Gen Z, all in their 20s. And the attacks came just days after an explosive New Yorker investigation by Ronan Farrow raised serious questions about Altman's trustworthiness - with one anonymous board member describing him as combining a strong desire to be liked with "a sociopathic lack of concern for the consequences that may come from deceiving someone."So who is Sam Altman and why is a generation of young people so willing to direct their rage at him?Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe AI will lead to fewer jobs over the next 20 years, and the leaders of AI companies largely agree. When the people most threatened by that future are young, broke, and watching billionaires get richer by the day, something has to give. We draw a direct line from Luigi Mangione - the folk hero of the wealth-gap era - to what's now unfolding at the gates of Silicon Valley. Online, some users compared the Altman attacker directly to Mangione, calling both men "heroes."Are we entering a new era of class rage? Is "Eat the Rich" moving from meme to movement? We get into all of it.#samaltman #ai #jobloss #eattherich #wealthgap Follow us on IG @artificialinsanitypodEmail us: artificialinsanitypodcast@gmail.com

    56 min

  6. APR 15

    Digital Immortality: The AI Industry's Attempt to Replace Grief

    If you could re-create an AI version of your deceased loved one, would you do it? We know this sounds like the plot of an episode of Black Mirror, but one tech developer was committed to making it happen - which raises the question - if we as a human race could eliminate grief - should we???#podcast #bigtech #aiethics #blackmirror

    50 min

  7. APR 9

    Was the Claude Leak a Sign of Danger on the Horizon?

    On it's surface, the recent leak of Claude Code just seemed like a big OOPSIE for Anthropic, but could it be a sign of bad things to come? This week we look at the extreme fragility of the tech that our entire country is now relying on. And what kind of consequences could we be looking at if it fails?

    1h 7m

  8. APR 1

    We Watched the New AI Documentary and OMG....

    This week, we cover the new "The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist"...who named this?? Better question -- who decided to make this documentary? And why did Sam Altman and Dario Amodei agree to be in it? While it's a great informational jumping off point, we're disappointed to learn it TOTALLY skipped over some big AI issues. Also, we have a little fun and get into all the crazy run-ins celebrities are getting into with AI. You'll never guess which celeb has an AI chatbot...or you will totally guess because it makes perfect sense.

    1h 4m
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Artificial Insanity covers AI news, culture, society, and literacy for the non-techie. If you refuse to let tech billionaires do the thinking for you and want to understand AI without the boring tech bro lectures, come hither. Sophie and Jess have over 20 years of combined experience across television, film, animation, and tech, and now they're looking at what's next. And it's all leading toward one big, menty b. We cut through the hype and get to what actually matters— the everyday hard-working person who wants to keep their job or just wants 30 more minutes with their kid at night.

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  • Creator
    sophieandjess
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    29
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © sophieandjess
  • Show Website
    Artificial Insanity

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