{"podcast":{"title":"muckrAIkers","slug":"muckraikers-7026051","podcast_index_feed_id":7026051,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/muckraikers","website_url":"https://kairos.fm/muckraikers/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/2Xoj9Q8V0g3EZ4QkfrR-DMBxWLBu5eO1bikePOFS7Ng/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83MzQ3/NzVkMTk3MWFiM2Nl/ZDRmNzFhMGQxZDQ3/MzM3Yi5wbmc.jpg","author":"Jacob Haimes","episode_count":25,"summary":"Join us as we dig a tiny bit deeper into the hype surrounding \"AI\" press releases, research papers, and more. Each episode, we'll highlight ongoing research and investigations, providing some much needed contextualization, constructive critique, and even a smidge of occasional good will teasing to the conversation, trying to find the meaning under all of this muck.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T04:21:26.211565+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/muckraikers-7026051"},"episode":{"title":"Tech Bros Love AI Waifus","slug":"tech-bros-love-ai-waifus","published_at":"2025-12-15T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/muckraikers-7026051/tech-bros-love-ai-waifus","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/muckraikers-7026051","url":"https://kairos.fm/muckraikers/e018","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e/media.transistor.fm/e54d3007/0cbe188c.mp3","summary":"OpenAI is pivoting to porn while public sentiment turns decisively against AI. Pew Research shows Americans are now concerned over excited by a 2:1 margin. We trace how we got here: broken promises of cancer cures replaced by addiction mechanics and expensive APIs. Meanwhile, data centers are hiding a near-recession, straining power grids, and literally breaking your household appliances. Drawing parallels to the 1970s AI winter, we argue the bubble is shaking and needs to pop now, before it becomes another 2008. The good news? Grassroots resistance works. Protests have already blocked $64 billion in data center projects. NOTE: The project that we cite for the $64 billion blockage is actually a pro-data-center campaign. The numbers still seem ok, but it's worth being aware of. Chapters (00:00) - - Introduction (06:45) - - The Addiction Business Model (10:15) - - Public Sentiment Data (22:45) - - Data Centers and Infrastructure Problems (36:30) - - The Bubble Discussion (44:36) - - Closing Thoughts & Outro Links Public Sentiment on AI Pew Research report - How People Around the World View AI Pew Research report - How the U.S. Public and AI Experts View Artificial Intelligence Pew Research report - How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society University of Toronto report - Trust, attitudes and use of artificial intelligence: A global study 2025 Melbourne Business School report - Key findings on public attitudes towards AI The Washington Post article - Americans have become more pessimistic about AI. Why? The New York Times article - From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy The Guardian article - ‘It shows such a laziness’: why I refuse to date someone who uses ChatGPT The Register article - OpenAI's ChatGPT is so popular that almost…","meta_description":"OpenAI is pivoting to porn while public sentiment turns decisively against AI. Pew Research shows Americans are now concerned over excited by a 2:1 margin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2736,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/muckraikers-7026051/episodes/tech-bros-love-ai-waifus/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/muckraikers-7026051/tech-bros-love-ai-waifus.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}