{"podcast":{"title":"Life with Machines","slug":"life-with-machines-7014298","podcast_index_feed_id":7014298,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/lifewithmachines","website_url":"https://newsletter.lifewithmachines.media/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/2cb04cee-649c-11ef-a7a2-1fe161372257/image/ceb2a2cb2569250af373af5b41fa3b3f.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Baratunde Thurston","episode_count":48,"summary":"Life With Machines explores the human side of the A.I. revolution – the good, the bad, and the weird – and asks, “How can these machines help us become more human?” In this video podcast, host Baratunde Thurston helps us understand our rapidly emerging future, and encourages us to shape it and laugh at the absurdity. Baratunde demystifies A.I. and makes it personal with a wide range of guests: entrepreneurs, artists, policymakers, technologists, business leaders, creators, educators, and scientists. Maybe even an A.I. or two. Everyone should have a say in where technologies like A.I. take us, not just a handful of people in California who think nitro cold brew on tap should be a human right. Join us in candid conversations and fun experiments, as we imagine and co-create our life, with machines.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T04:19:49.600155+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-with-machines-7014298"},"episode":{"title":"Steer the Future or Get Steamrolled (cross-post)","slug":"steer-the-future-or-get-steamrolled-cross-post","published_at":"2026-06-11T14:33:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-with-machines-7014298/steer-the-future-or-get-steamrolled-cross-post","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-with-machines-7014298","url":"https://lifewithmachines.media","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/FTTLI6481420694.mp3","summary":"A few months ago, Dan Blumberg — host of Future Around and Find Out, Webby winner for Best Technology Podcast — brought me in and let me get spicy. The question we kept circling: who actually gets to decide what this technology does to us, for us and with us? We get into why faster is not the same as better, the shell game that is AI financing, and the day I realized I was treating a prediction machine like it had thoughts and a soul. We talk about Blair, our AI co-producer on Life With Machines, and what Blair taught me about the difference between processing and thinking. We get into why strong men are actually weak little boys, why community organizing for CEOs might be the most useful job nobody's taken yet, and why comedy can help — but it won't save us. That's up to all of us. Hosted by Dan Blumberg of Future Around and Find Out. ------------ CONNECT WITH US Get our newsletter for deeper insights, chances to influence the show, and more experiments and calls to action! ------------ Follow us! Instagram LinkedIn Work with Life With Machines: teambaratunde@palettemgmt.com Send Questions, Comments, or Ideas: contact@lifewithmachines.media ------------ #LifeWithMachines #AIForAll #FutureAroundAndFindOut #TechAndDemocracy #FromMeToWe","meta_description":"A few months ago, Dan Blumberg — host of Future Around and Find Out, Webby winner for Best Technology Podcast — brought me in and let me get spicy. The qu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3034,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/life-with-machines-7014298/episodes/steer-the-future-or-get-steamrolled-cross-post/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-with-machines-7014298/steer-the-future-or-get-steamrolled-cross-post.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}