In episode 1854, Jack and Miles are joined by Research Associate at the Leverhulme Centre for The Future of Intelligence, co-editor of The Good Robot: Why Technology Needs Feminism, and co-host of The Good Robot podcast, Dr. Kerry McInerney, to discuss… Trump Now Wants AI To Be As Racist And Problematic As He Is…, Are There Cool Uses of AI That Aren’t Getting Attention? The Signal Chats Powering The Rightward Shift in Tech, What Is Happening With Open AI? Using AI Large Language Models To Entrap People Online, Actors regret signing over their likenesses to AI companies… and more!
Trump Now Wants AI To Be As Racist And Problematic As He Is…
The group chats that changed America
We Disagree on a Lot of Things. Except the Danger of Anti-Critical-Race-Theory Laws.
This ‘College Protester’ Isn’t Real. It’s an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops
Trump fans gloat over FBI arrest of judge with ‘crying’ AI mugshot
Regrets: Actors who sold AI avatars stuck in Black Mirror-esque dystopia
AI avatar generator Synthesia does video footage deal with Shutterstock
Saying ‘Thank You’ to ChatGPT Is Costly. But Maybe It’s Worth the Price.

LISTEN: Ancients by RIO KOSTA

In episode 1854, Jack and Miles are joined by Research Associate at the <a href="http://lcfi.ac.uk/">Leverhulme Centre for The Future of Intelligence</a>, co-editor of <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/good-robot-9781350399952/">The Good Robot: Why Technology Needs Feminism</a>, and co-host of <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-good-robot/id1570237963">The Good Robot</a> podcast, <a href="https://twitter.com/KerryAMcInerney">Dr. Kerry McInerney</a>, to discuss&hellip; Trump Now Wants AI To Be As Racist And Problematic As He Is&hellip;, Are There Cool Uses of AI That Aren&rsquo;t Getting Attention? The Signal Chats Powering The Rightward Shift in Tech, What Is Happening With Open AI? Using AI Large Language Models To Entrap People Online, Actors regret signing over their likenesses to AI companies&hellip; and more!
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<li><a href="https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-dei-trump-algorithmic-bias-woke-ai-8302e12dd74df69a1adc6565710f033d">Trump Now Wants AI To Be As Racist And Problematic As He Is&hellip;</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/04/27/2025/the-group-chats-that-changed-america">The group chats that changed America</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/05/opinion/we-disagree-on-a-lot-of-things-except-the-danger-of-anti-critical-race-theory-laws.html">We Disagree on a Lot of Things. Except the Danger of Anti-Critical-Race-Theory Laws.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://archive.is/7AMD4">This &lsquo;College Protester&rsquo; Isn&rsquo;t Real. It&rsquo;s an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.dailydot.com/debug/judge-hannah-dugan-mugshot-ai-debunk/">Trump fans gloat over FBI arrest of judge with &lsquo;crying&rsquo; AI mugshot</a></li>
<li><a href="https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/regrets-actors-who-sold-ai-avatars-stuck-in-black-mirror-esque-dystopia/">Regrets: Actors who sold AI avatars stuck in&nbsp;Black Mirror-esque dystopia</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/10/ai-avatar-generator-synthesia-video-footage-shutterstock">AI avatar generator Synthesia does video footage deal with Shutterstock</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/technology/chatgpt-alexa-please-thank-you.html">Saying &lsquo;Thank You&rsquo; to ChatGPT Is Costly. But Maybe It&rsquo;s Worth the Price.</a></li>
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LISTEN: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3KRf68DPpvEMYIpWMbDL5b">Ancients by RIO KOSTA</a>

There’s more news and less comprehension today than any historical period that didn’t involve literal witch trials, and trying to stay on top of it all can feel like playing a game of telephone with 30 people, except everyone’s speaking at the same time and like a third of them are openly racist for some reason. From Cracked co-founder Jack O’Brien, THE DAILY ZEITGEIST is stepping into that fray with some of the funniest and smartest comedic and journalistic minds around. Jack and co-host Miles Gray spend up to an hour every weekday sorting through the events and stories driving the headlines, to help you find the signal in the noise, with a few laughs thrown in for free.

The Daily Zeitgeist

The Normalization Of AI (with Dr Kerry McInerney) 04.29.25

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