AI Skeptics
AI Skeptics

Cathy and Jake are experts on how AI can go wrong for individuals or society, because that's what they do for a living. In this podcast they'll explore all things AI-related, while drinking wine and hanging out with their friends. The intended audience is everyone, but with a special shout-out to the young, because they have been and continue to be absolutely screwed by AI.

How Utah is Taking AI Seriously (with Zach Boyd)
After the AI Crash (with Asad Ramzanali)https://cdn.vanderbilt.edu/vu-URL/wp-content/uploads/sites/412/2026/03/23144242/After-the-AI-Crash.pdf
We're The Egg (with Laura Mac)https://www.techpolicy.press/there-are-no-machines-of-loving-grace-without-people/
Aint nobody here 'cept us chickenshttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/us/ai-chatbots-biological-weapons.htmlhttps://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/russells-teapothttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/opinion/ai-crimes-law.html
The Rich People Episode (with Tom Adams)What I Learned About BillionairesThe Palantir ManifestoSullivan and Cromwell AI HallucinationsInsurance Fraud in Bear Suits
The psychedelic computer brain (with Andy Smart)Authors - s - Andrew Smart - OR Books https://share.google/6NFTHpl192L3ZJODD
The early Internet (with Betty O'Neil)
Section 230 (with Nancy Costello)
New Mexico v. Mete et al:                   Initial Complaint againstdefendants https://nmag.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2023-12-05-NM-v.-Meta-et-al.-COMPLAINT-REDACTED.pdf                 New Mexico Attorney Generalstatement on landmark verdict https://nmdoj.gov/press-release/new-mexico-department-of-justice-wins-landmark-verdict-against-meta/ KGMv. Meta, Google et al (California):                  Court denies defendants’motion for summary judgment https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/social-media-lawsuits-kgm-motion-denied.pdf                                discussion of the verdict atTheConversation https://theconversation.com/meta-and-google-just-lost-a-landmark-social-media-addiction-case-a-tech-law-expert-explains-the-fallout-278409
https://www.learned-hand.ai/en/
The Kidd Lab (with Celeste Kidd)
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/adam-becker/more-everything-forever/9781541619593/?
AI in Philanthropy (with Serife Wong and Katy Knight)
Thinking about Writing in the age of AI (with John Warner)More Than Words: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-warner/more-than-words/9781541605503/?lens=basic-books Why They Can't Write: https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/12025/why-they-cant-write?srsltid=AfmBOop9T4I-4vnY-3KmGQ9uioku2lnubi9iQ9LzewNfJrJ94PIQkBYe | Newsletter: biblioracle.substack.com
Sex Ed for Ed Tech (with Kiri Soares)
The Future of Work (with Kevin Frazier)https://law.utexas.edu/faculty/kevin-frazier/
The AI Bubble Episode (with Tom Adams)https://www.brookings.edu/articles/whoever-leads-in-artificial-intelligence-in-2030-will-rule-the-world-until-2100/https://www.wheresyoured.at
All Buzzwords Means Surveillance (with Serife Wong)
The Braverman Episode (with Nicole Aschoff)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_and_Monopoly_Capital
We're all AI Skeptics Now (Except our AI Overlords)
AI vs. Artists and Educators
Recession for young people and creepy AI toys
Wait, can Trump actually make AI regulation illegal?(with Tom Adams)
Don't trust AI!
Does anybody actually care about AI Ethics?(with Aaron Abrams)
Hello, world! and welcome to the AI Skeptics!(with Celeste Kidd)