Brooke Gladstone

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1,676 appearances 17 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 2d ago

Brooke Gladstone’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 17 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 6.

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On the Media · F@#$ the AI Overlords · 31 Jul 2026 podcast

I'm so glad. voice-verified

I was very worried about you. voice-verified

Coming up, how long can AI's staggering dominance sustain itself on a foundation of hot air, bullying, and tricky math? voice-verified

This is On The Media. voice-verified

This is On the Media. voice-verified

I'm Brooke Gladstone. voice-verified

We're back with friend of the show, Cory Doctorow, author of the new book, The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI, in which he argues that hype is what's keeping the whole industry afloat. voice-verified

How much of the efforts of these global behemoths do you think is behind generating hype? voice-verified

We've talked about that on the show. voice-verified

There was this near hysteria when they seemed to be almost as good as everything else, but then it turned out they weren't as great at everything. voice-verified

You have some examples of that in the book. voice-verified

Can you give me the one that's easiest to explain? voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

So some workers have been permanently replaced by AI, like customer service representatives, and that's clearly not to help me. voice-verified

Not at all. voice-verified

I mean, it just sucks. voice-verified

We don't care. voice-verified

We don't have to. voice-verified

We're the phone company. voice-verified

So you're saying AI can replace all these workers because there are no consequences? voice-verified

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