# The Mythical AI Bear

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Podcast: [muckrAIkers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/muckraikers-7026051)
Published: 2026-03-17T18:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://kairos.fm/muckraikers/e021
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## Resource

This week, Jacob and Igor dissect the "mythical AI bear," the strawman version of AI criticism that gets thrown around in tech discourse. Working through a viral blog post that typifies the genre, they examine how legitimate concerns about code quality, labor displacement, intellectual property, and the erosion of craft get flattened into caricature. Plus: Sam Altman writes ten paragraphs about how unbothered he is by an ad. Chapters (00:00) - Introduction (00:30) - Altman's Super Bowl Meltdown (03:11) - What is "The Bear"? (06:41) - But You Have No Idea What The Code Is (15:44) - But The Craft, But The Mediocrity, But It'll Never Be AGI (24:43) - But They Take Our Jobs & But The Plagiarism (31:21) - Stochastic Parrots & Mythical Bears (42:34) - Outro Critical Links Below are the most important links for this episode. For more, visit the episode page on Kairos.fm. Big Think article - The rise of AI denialism Fly.io blogpost - My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts antirez blogpost - Don't fall into the anti-AI hype Emily Bender blogpost - Resistance Isn't Denialism Cory Doctorow blogpost - Reverse centaurs are the answer to the AI paradox Washington Post article - The AI boom is so huge it's causing shortages everywhere else Business Insider article - Veteran investor Jeremy Grantham says AI is 'obviously a bubble' Ipsos survey - Google / Ipsos Multi-Country AI Survey 2026 Understanding AI Substack post - AI skeptics and AI boosters are both wrong

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