Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000

Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna

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.

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Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000

Episodes (74)

Feb 26th How the War Department Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI (with Naomi Klein), 2026.02.09
Feb 12th A Bad Case of Hype-itis, 2026.02.02
Jan 30th Hell All the Way Down, 2022–2025

Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000

Feb 26, 2026
52 minutes
36 MB

AI boosters and the US military are engaged in a lethal love affair. Award-winning journalist Naomi Klein joins Emily and Alex to discuss how glitchy technology supports global imperialism — and vice versa. Plus, we explore which Dr. Strangelove characters are currently running the US war machine. Naomi Klein is a columnist for The Guardian and the international bestselling author of nine books published in over 35 languages. Her new book, End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World, written with Astra Taylor, will be published in September 2026. References: War Department press release on Ge...

Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000

How the War Department Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI (with Naomi Klein), 2026.02.09

Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna

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