Evan Bernstein

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1,829 appearances 7 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 13 Jun

Evan Bernstein’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 7 in all, peaking in May 2026 with 4.

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe · The Skeptics Guide #876 - Apr 23 2022 podcast

So why add credence to this pseudoscience is what they're asking of Zoom. matched

And yeah, I agree. matched

All that is correct. matched

Are there fears founded, though, do you think? matched

I mean, do you think there's a real legitimate concern here that Zoom might be using AI in this manner? matched

Or in the Zoom window, is there going to be some sort of reminder window? matched

I don't want to call it a warning, but saying, hey, by the way, we're using this technology. matched

And for more information, click here about this technology. matched

And it reminds me of the infamous South Park episode about that. matched

So you can go ahead and look that one up if you want to be horrified. matched

One of their more graphic probably episodes. matched

And it doesn't work. matched

That's the other part of all this because this has been studied and they've – look, they assembled – a few years ago, the Journal of Psychological Science and the Public Interest matched

They did an analysis. matched

They read 1,000 papers, 1,000 papers about this very topic. matched

And after two and a half years, the team reached their conclusion. matched

There was little to no evidence that people can reliably infer someone else's emotional state from a set of facial movements. matched

That's the bottom line. matched

I don't want people to be depressed. matched

It's like a calliope breaking down or something, you know. matched

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