The Anti-Bookclub Tackles 'Superagency', 2025.03.03
The Anti-Bookclub Tackles 'Superagency', 2025.03.03  
Podcast: Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000
Published On: Wed Mar 19 2025
Description: Emily and Alex read a terrible book so you don't have to! Come for a quick overview of LinkedIn co-founder and venture capitalist Reid Hoffman's opus of magical thinking, 'Superagency: What could possibly go right with our AI future' -- stay for the ridicule as praxis. Plus, why even this tortuous read offers a bit of comfort about the desperate state of the AI boosters.References:The cursèd book itselfAI and the Everything in the Whole Wide World BenchmarkMilitants and Citizens: The Politics of Participatory Democracy in Porto AlegreFresh AI Hell:Parents rationalizing exposing kids to AIUnderage, sexualized celebrity botsBossware a bad look, actuallyCalState faculty union opposes AI initiativeThe kids are alrightCheck out future streams on Twitch. Meanwhile, send us any AI Hell you see. Our merch store is now live on the DAIR website! Find our book, The AI Con, here. Subscribe to our newsletter via Buttondown. Follow us! Emily Bluesky: emilymbender.bsky.social Mastodon: dair-community.social/@EmilyMBender Alex Bluesky: alexhanna.bsky.social Mastodon: dair-community.social/@alex Twitter: @alexhanna Music by Toby Menon.Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park. Production by Ozzy Llinas Goodman.