{"podcast":{"title":"The Zack Arnold Podcast","slug":"the-zack-arnold-podcast-1048782","podcast_index_feed_id":1048782,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/3d41cbb8-d093-4c61-aaac-99f8b3db1daf","website_url":"https://zackarnold.com/podcast","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2025/5/1/13/e7f6f2d3-a002-4461-98ca-5a5a30213314_743-2efe8661c570_opt_podcast_artwork-1400x1400.jpg","author":"Zack Arnold","episode_count":582,"summary":"If you want to make things that matter, I want to help you. And if you've built your entire career around your creativity, you too may be asking: Is there a future for us? Or is it game over? I don't know what the future holds, but I do promise few are more dedicated to helping us find the answers than I am.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T04:17:20.700032+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-zack-arnold-podcast-1048782"},"episode":{"title":"How to Not Get F•cked by AI: A Creative's Manifesto","slug":"how-to-not-get-f-cked-by-ai-a-creative-s-manifesto","published_at":"2026-03-25T13:00:35+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-zack-arnold-podcast-1048782/how-to-not-get-f-cked-by-ai-a-creative-s-manifesto","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-zack-arnold-podcast-1048782","url":"https://zackarnold.com/podcast","audio_url":"https://audio2.redcircle.com/episodes/5f29a273-d486-48ef-b69b-7c095ccf5f78/stream.mp3","summary":"In this mini episode, I imagine being thrown back to the “Dark Ages” of 1994 with no Internet, no Google, no AI, and I ask myself where I’d be frustrated, where I’d fumble, and where I’d be absolutely f•cked. I tease how much of my work and life I’ve cognitively offloaded for the sake of convenience, and why the real danger isn’t losing access to tools but outsourcing thinking, synthesizing, and creating to the machines. As we cross the Rubicon into the Age of AI, the question isn’t just “Am I still useful?” but whether I’m protecting the parts of the creative process that must remain human. I’ll share my rules to stay the master of my technology by defining where I collaborate with the machines versus where I refuse to outsource the work before AI enshittifies and I’m f•cked. All that in more in my latest Substack → ​ How to Not Get F•cked by AI: A Creative's Manifesto When you're done → ​ I'd love your thoughts here in the comments!","meta_description":"In this mini episode, I imagine being thrown back to the “Dark Ages” of 1994 with no Internet, no Google, no AI, and I ask myself where I’d be frustrated,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1238,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-zack-arnold-podcast-1048782/episodes/how-to-not-get-f-cked-by-ai-a-creative-s-manifesto/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-zack-arnold-podcast-1048782/how-to-not-get-f-cked-by-ai-a-creative-s-manifesto.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}