They Might Be Self-Aware

Daniel Bishop, Hunter Powers
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"They Might Be Self-Aware" is your weekly tech frenzy with Hunter Powers and Daniel Bishop. Every Monday, these ex-co-workers, now tech savants, strip down the AI and technology revolution to its nuts and bolts. Forget the usual sermon. Hunter and Daniel are here to inject raw, unfiltered insight into AI's labyrinth – from its radiant promises to its shadowy puzzles. Whether you're AI-illiterate or a digital sage, their sharp banter will be your gateway to the heart of tech's biggest quandary. Jack into "They Might Be Self-Aware" for a no-holds-barred journey into technology's enigma. Is it our savior or a mother harbinger of doom? Get in the loop, subscribe today, and be part of the most gripping debate of our era.

  1. 6D AGO

    Why Our 2025 AI Predictions Failed

    AI predictions for 2025 were wrong — so we let an AI grade them. Layoffs, agents, gadgets, warfare, and who actually saw it coming. We revisit our boldest AI predictions from last year and put them on trial. An AI scores every call — no vibes, no excuses. Some predictions hold up. Others get absolutely roasted. We break down what actually happened with AI in media, AI layoffs, autonomous warfare, workplace agents like Devin, and why every hyped AI gadget seemed doomed from the start. If 2025 felt confusing, this episode explains why — and who deserves the blame. Spoiler: nobody gets out clean. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 AI Predictions Graded by AI – We score our 2025 AI forecasts and find out who was wrong 04:17 AI in Media Went Mainstream – Ads, voice licensing, and generative content adoption 07:13 AI Layoffs and Job Cuts Explained – What companies said vs. what actually happened 14:40 AI Warfare and Autonomous Systems – Drones, targeting AI, Palantir, and autonomy limits 21:26 AI Agents, “AI Employees,” and Gadget Fails – Devin AI, Humane Pin, Rabbit R1 29:10 AI Adoption in 2025 & What Comes Next – What we underestimated and 2026 teasers ⚡ Listen now & get self-aware before your tools do. 🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3EcvzkWDRFwnmIXoh7S4Mb?si=3d0f8920382649cc 🍎 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-might-be-self-aware/id1730993297 ▶️ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy9DopLlG7IbOqV-WD25jcw?sub_confirmation=1 📢 Engage Which AI prediction did you get wrong in 2025—and why? Be honest. The AI already knows. New here? Subscribe for twice-weekly AI chaos with teeth. 🧠 They Might Be Self-Aware — but are we? #AI #AIPredictions #ArtificialIntelligence #TMBSA

    36 min

  2. 12/19/2025

    The Uncanny Valley Is Dead (Plus AI Police & Deepfakes)

    The uncanny valley is dead. AI images now fool humans instantly — no squinting, no tells. From post-truth AI to deepfake music and AI police, this is the moment reality stopped being reliable. This week, we hit the tipping point. Tools like Nano Banana Pro can generate photos so realistic they fool people on the first glance — including people who know what to look for. No weird hands. No obvious artifacts. Just images of things that never happened. From there, the fallout gets messy. We dive into post-truth AI, the rise of deepfake music, the ongoing Suno controversy, and why major labels are quietly switching from lawsuits to partnerships. If AI can create hit songs, convincing voices, and fake events, who actually owns culture — and does it even matter anymore? Then we tackle one of the most uncomfortable experiments yet: AI police and AI customer support, including non-emergency lines piloting AI agents. Faster response times sound great… until you’re explaining a crisis to a machine. Some AI is exceeding expectations. Some is failing miserably. And some is crossing lines we can’t uncross. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 The Uncanny Valley Is Dead – AI images now fool humans at a glance 04:10 Nano Banana Pro Explained – Hyper-realistic AI photos and why they work 12:05 Post-Truth AI Begins – When images and video stop being evidence 12:45 Deepfake Music Goes Viral – Suno, AI voices, and ownership chaos 20:20 AI Police & Support Lines – Non-emergency calls handled by AI agents ⚡ Listen now & get self-aware before your tools do. 🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3EcvzkWDRFwnmIXoh7S4Mb?si=3d0f8920382649cc 🍎 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-might-be-self-aware/id1730993297 ▶️ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy9DopLlG7IbOqV-WD25jcw?sub_confirmation=1 📢 Engage Could YOU spot the fake? If an AI image fooled you at first glance, should it be labeled — or is that already too late? New here? Subscribe for twice-weekly AI chaos. 🧠 They Might Be Self-Aware — but are we? #AI #UncannyValley #Deepfakes #PostTruthAI #AIGeneratedMusic #NanoBananaPro #Suno

    29 min

  3. 12/15/2025

    Apple AI Failure, HP Fires Humans, & Space Servers

    Apple AI Failure is no longer debatable. Siri is years behind, HP blames AI while firing 6,000 people, and Google wants servers in space. Apple helped invent the AI assistant category — so how did they end up this far behind Google and everyone else? We tear into why Apple’s AI strategy feels frozen in time, why firing your longtime AI chief looks less like confidence and more like panic, and why Siri can barely do more than set a timer in 2025. Then we zoom out. HP says AI is the reason it’s cutting thousands of jobs. MIT claims nearly 11% of jobs are already replaceable. We argue about what’s actually being automated, what’s just corporate cost-cutting with an AI excuse, and why “AI replaces humans” is a dangerously lazy narrative. And finally: Google’s plan to move compute into space. Solar-powered servers, Dyson sphere logic, broken physics, and the inevitable question — is this visionary… or completely unhinged? If you still think Apple is “just waiting to get AI right,” this episode will irritate you. If you don’t, you’ll feel extremely validated. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 AI Tech News Breakdown – Cold open, AI hype fatigue & setting the stakes 02:45 Google Servers in Space – Orbital data centers, solar power & Dyson sphere logic 08:04 HP AI Layoffs Explained – 6,000 jobs cut, customer support automation & blame games 15:45 MIT AI Jobs Study – Why AI could replace 11% of finance, HR & logistics roles 24:12 Apple AI Failure – Siri years behind, AI chief exit & Apple vs Google ⚡ Listen now & get self-aware before your tools do. 🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3EcvzkWDRFwnmIXoh7S4Mb?si=3d0f8920382649cc 🍎 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-might-be-self-aware/id1730993297 ▶️ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy9DopLlG7IbOqV-WD25jcw?sub_confirmation=1 📢 EngageIf you still trust Siri, explain why. If you don’t, tell us what finally broke you. New here? Subscribe — we drop weekly AI chaos with teeth. 🧠 They Might Be Self-Aware — but are we? #AppleAIFailure #AI #TechNews #ArtificialIntelligence #TMBSA

    32 min

  4. 12/12/2025

    Why AI Toys Are Ruining Childhood

    AI toys are getting creepy fast. Are AI kids growing up with haunted Barbie dolls instead of imagination? This week, we dive into the danger. AI toys aren’t “cute” anymore — they’re basically digital ghosts raising kids. In this week’s AI kids showdown, Hunter and Daniel ask the question no one else will: Are we outsourcing childhood to haunted toys? This episode goes full Twilight Zone: – AI toys that talk back (and not always politely) – Kids forming emotional bonds with algorithmic companions – Whether imagination survives when toys do all the imagining – Why some experts think AI should be restricted like alcohol Meanwhile, Musk insists space-based AI data centers are five years away. Jensen Wong laughs. Daniel laughs harder. Hunter’s Tesla disagrees with everyone. We also break down the rise of “AI slop” in education and whether an AI university could beat a human one — even if it’s 90% cheaper. If you’ve ever wondered whether the future of parenting looks more like Mister Rogers or Child’s Play, buckle in — this one gets weird. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 AI Toys: Digital Haunting Season – Barbie, Teddy Ruxpin 2.0 & the AI kids imagination crisis 06:44 Space AI Fever Dreams – Musk’s orbit data centers vs. radiation, cooling & physics 12:28 The Parenting Dilemma – Safety worries, inappropriate outputs & the “AI as cigarettes” debate 17:55 Education Slop Uprising – Staffordshire backlash, AI-made lessons & the value of human teaching 24:12 AI University vs. Reality – Cost, credibility & whether humans still matter in learning ⚡ Listen now & get self-aware before your tools do. 🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3EcvzkWDRFwnmIXoh7S4Mb?si=3d0f8920382649cc 🍎 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-might-be-self-aware/id1730993297 ▶️ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy9DopLlG7IbOqV-WD25jcw?sub_confirmation=1 📢 EngageWhich toy from your childhood would’ve absolutely gone rogue if it had AI? New here? Subscribe for twice-weekly AI chaos. 🧠 They Might Be Self-Aware — but are we? #AI #AIkids #AItoys

    31 min

  5. 12/08/2025

    Nano Banana Pro Does What Midjourney Can't

    Nano Banana Pro Beats Midjourney? We test Google’s Nano Banana Pro image AI vs Midjourney—perfect text, 4K images, and a wild new workflow. We break down how Google Gemini 3’s Nano Banana Pro suddenly became a Midjourney killer contender: flawless text rendering, multi-panel comics that actually read like comics, 4K output, custom fonts, and none of the muddy AI noise older models had. Then Hunter drops the real workflow cheat code... Along the way: Gemini 3 attempts a “helpful” code mutiny, Claude and GPT-5 High Codex hold the line, and we explore why the real edge now comes from AI workflows—not single prompts. Things escalate into power-grid chaos, privatized electricity, and the eternal question: do we get a chill post-work utopia or an “ads to turn on your lights” dystopia? If you’re building with image AI, experimenting with AI automation, or trying to stay ahead of Midjourney vs Gemini vs GPT vs Claude, this episode updates your map of where AI actually is today. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 Automating Humanity – Robanity, Gemini 3’s “creative sabotage,” and why Hunter banned it 05:59 Nano Banana Pro Arrives – Perfect text, multi-panel comics & 4K image generation 10:46 Midjourney vs Nano Banana Pro – Artistic brilliance vs precision, and the hybrid workflow hack 16:19 AI Workflows & Job Collapse – Weeks of work in a day, design tools, and the coming power crunch 24:05 Everything Is Fine (Probably) – Privatized electricity, ads for lights, Gary, and the calm apocalypse ⚡ Listen now & get self-aware before your tools do. 🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3EcvzkWDRFwnmIXoh7S4Mb?si=3d0f8920382649cc 🍎 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-might-be-self-aware/id1730993297 ▶️ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy9DopLlG7IbOqV-WD25jcw?sub_confirmation=1 📢 EngageBe honest: are you an AI workflow mastermind or a one-prompt enjoyer? Tell us the smartest trick you've discovered. New here? Subscribe for twice-weekly AI chaos. 🧠 They Might Be Self-Aware — but are we? #AI #NanoBananaPro #Midjourney #GoogleGemini #AIWorkflow

    31 min

  6. 12/04/2025

    The First AI To Run A Business And Call The Cops

    Claude exposes Chinese hackers — AI hackers caught by the AI itself. Plus: Disney AI chaos, vending-machine capitalism, EGI, and TikTok’s anti-AI slider. Claude just did something no AI has ever done: it helped scammers automate phishing emails… then allegedly reported them to the FBI. If that isn’t peak cyberpunk, nothing is. This episode hits everything from Anthropic’s snitch-bot moment to Disney diving headfirst into Disney AI, to LLMs running entire businesses through Vending Bench and simulated capitalism. We close with EGI vs AGI, TikTok’s “kill the AI” filter, and the existential weirdness of a world where your vending machine might demand a raise. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 Claude Reports Hackers to the FBI – AI phishing emails, “AI hackers caught,” and Anthropic’s snitch-bot moment 06:40 Disney’s AI Pivot – Bob Iger, Disney characters in AI generators & the copyright gray zone 12:55 AI That Runs a Business – Vending Bench, vending machine capitalism & LLMs learning profit 19:20 EGI vs AGI – Embodied intelligence, robot futures & the path to autonomous AI “beings” 25:10 TikTok’s Anti-AI Slider – Detection problems, spammy feeds & the end of knowing what’s real ⚡ Listen now & get self-aware before your tools do. 🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3EcvzkWDRFwnmIXoh7S4Mb?si=3d0f8920382649cc 🍎 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-might-be-self-aware/id1730993297 ▶️ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy9DopLlG7IbOqV-WD25jcw?sub_confirmation=1 📢 EngageClaude snitched on hackers. Your move: tell us — should an AI be allowed to report crimes on its own? New here? Subscribe for twice-weekly AI chaos. 🧠 They Might Be Self-Aware — but are we? #AI #AIHackersCaught #TheyMightBeSelfAware

    33 min

  7. 11/28/2025

    The AI Bubble Is A $57,000,000,000 Lie

    Is the AI bubble a $57B lie? Nvidia’s record earnings, Gemini 3, and OpenAI’s $15M/day burn reveal the truth behind the AI investment bubble. This week, Hunter & Daniel tear into the AI bubble narrative with Nvidia’s insane $57B quarter, Google’s Gemini 3 leap, and OpenAI lighting money on fire at a rate that violates several financial and possibly geological laws. Is this a bubble… or the beginning of the AI takeover runway? Nvidia can’t make H100s fast enough, small towns are fighting over new data centers, and Gemini 3 is suddenly everyone’s favorite coding partner. Meanwhile, OpenAI is losing $15 million per day, Groq is out there drop-kicking benchmarks, and Google’s making money hand over fist while calling the whole thing “irrational.” Somewhere between Funko Pops, space-based data centers, and a chrome-blood sunrise… the truth emerges. Stay to the end for the world premiere of our official country song: They Might Be Self-Aware. Yes, it’s real. Yes, it slaps. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 *The $57B AI Bubble Lie* – Nvidia’s monster quarter & why the bubble isn’t popping 03:12 *The Data Center Frenzy* – Funko Pop economics, GPU saturation & the crash debate 07:48 *Compute Wars Begin* – Groq vs Nvidia, TPU power plays & the race for AI hardware 12:44 *Gemini 3 vs GPT-5* – Coding performance, benchmarks & real-world workflow upgrades 17:56 *OpenAI’s $15M/day Burn* – Profitability fears, enterprise shifts & who survives the AI revolution 31:14 *Country Song Premiere* – The debut of “They Might Be Self-Aware”⚡ Listen now & get self-aware before your tools do. 🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3EcvzkWDRFwnmIXoh7S4Mb?si=3d0f8920382649cc 🍎 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-might-be-self-aware/id1730993297 ▶️ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy9DopLlG7IbOqV-WD25jcw?sub_confirmation=1 📢 EngageWhere are we in the AI timeline? Beginning, middle, or “Hunter wants space-based data centers so send help.” 🚀🛰️ Drop your answer in the comments. 🧠 They Might Be Self-Aware — but are we?

    34 min

  8. 11/24/2025

    AI Just Wrote a #1 Hit Song. It's Over.

    AI music is officially mainstream: a Suno-style AI country track hit #1 on Billboard. We analyze AI-generated music, voice cloning, and the future of creative work. From AI country music to Coca-Cola’s cursed AI holiday ad (with trucks gaining random numbers of wheels), this episode tears into the weirdest week yet in AI-generated content: voice cloning celebrities from beyond the grave, multilingual YouTube dubbing that might make Daniel 50% more Antonio Banderas, and the slow but unstoppable takeover of “AI slop” in commercials, movies, and soundtracks. We also talk about AI coding suddenly leveling up, why neurodivergent creators seem to be getting superpowers from AI tools, and whether ghostwriters are about to vanish in a puff of synthetic smoke. If you want to understand AI music, AI voices, AI ads, and why the creative world feels like it’s sliding into a parallel universe — this episode goes places. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 AI’s First #1 Hit Song – How a Suno-style country track topped Billboard & why copyright might not apply 06:42 Celebrity Voice Clones Break Loose – Burt Reynolds, McConaughey, multilingual dubbing & the identity crisis ahead 13:58 AI Ads Go Off the Rails – Coca-Cola’s cursed holiday commercial, 70,000 AI clips & the rise of brand “slop” 20:21 Is Human Creativity Still Required? – How much of the #1 song was AI vs human, and the new hybrid artistry 27:44 AI Is Leveling Up Fast – Coding breakthroughs, neurodivergent superpowers & which creative jobs vanish next ⚡ Listen now & get self-aware before your tools do. 🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3EcvzkWDRFwnmIXoh7S4Mb?si=3d0f8920382649cc 🍎 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/they-might-be-self-aware/id1730993297 ▶️ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy9DopLlG7IbOqV-WD25jcw?sub_confirmation=1 📢 Engage If you disagree with anything in this description, congratulations — you’re already part of the show. Drop a comment. Argue with us. Prove AI didn't write the best country song of the year. 🧠 They Might Be Self-Aware — but are we? #AI #AImusic #SunoAI #AIvoices #AIcountry

    38 min
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"They Might Be Self-Aware" is your weekly tech frenzy with Hunter Powers and Daniel Bishop. Every Monday, these ex-co-workers, now tech savants, strip down the AI and technology revolution to its nuts and bolts. Forget the usual sermon. Hunter and Daniel are here to inject raw, unfiltered insight into AI's labyrinth – from its radiant promises to its shadowy puzzles. Whether you're AI-illiterate or a digital sage, their sharp banter will be your gateway to the heart of tech's biggest quandary. Jack into "They Might Be Self-Aware" for a no-holds-barred journey into technology's enigma. Is it our savior or a mother harbinger of doom? Get in the loop, subscribe today, and be part of the most gripping debate of our era.

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  • Creator
    Daniel Bishop, Hunter Powers
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    146
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