Dystopia Now
de Kate Willett and Emile Torres
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Criti-hype and Consciousness (ft. Dr. Alexander Thomas)
Criti-hype and Consciousness (ft. Dr. Alexander Thomas)
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Dystopia Now is a show where a comedian (Kate Willett) and an academic (Emile Torres) explore the philosophies and religions of Silicon Valley and tech billionaires shaping our country, our world, and our future.
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- Criti-hype and Consciousness (ft. Dr. Alexander Thomas) · 1 h 8 minSubscribe to our Patreon for bonus content at patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow! Philosopher and filmmaker Alexander Thomas joins us again as consciousness and "AI welfare" become…
- "Empire of Orgasm" with Ellen Huet · 44 minSubscribe to our Patreon for the FULL episode and more bonus content at patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow! We interviewed author and journalist Ellen Huet about her recent book Empire of…
- AI Safety Hits the Mainstream · 48 minÉmile and Kate comment on the recent flurry of news about AI safety. Further Reading • Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna and Decca Muldowney, What To Read To Stay Grounded Amidst AI…
- The Heir to SBF: Leopold Aschenbrenner and the collapse of Situational Awareness ft. Mary Houlihan · 1 h 1 minSubscribe to our Patreon for more bonus content at patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow! This week, we're joined by comedian Mary Houlihan: we talk about Leopold Aschenbrenner, the…
- Medical Skepticism & More with Alaina Bamfield · 49 minThis week with comedian Alaina Bamfield, we check in on ChatGPT's joke-writing capabilities, Émile's former anarchoprimitivist sympathies, medical skepticism, and whether we…
- Enshittification and Reverse Centaurs: Cory Doctorow on How Tech Platforms Took Over the Economy · 53 minIn this episode, we chat with Cory Doctorow, science fiction author, journalist, and commentator on technology. We discuss the phenomenon of platform enshittification, its…
- Technology and Palestinian Liberation with Stanford SJP · 43 minThis week we're joined by Vu, an undergraduate at Stanford University and representative of Stanford SJP (Students for Justice in Palestine) to discuss the role of technology in…
- Bickering Over Galaxies: "AI 2040" and the Pursuit of Cosmic Utopia · 1 h 1 minThis week, Kate and Émile discuss AI 2040, a new document by some of the same authors behind AI 2027. The authors argue, if AI companies come to their senses and prioritize AI…
- UNLOCKED: Surveillance Pricing with Zephyr Teachout · 59 minSubscribe to our Patreon for more bonus content at patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow! On this now-unlocked episode, we talked to antitrust hero and Fordham University law professor…
- Why Life on Mars Would Probably Suck · 52 minWe return from our brief summer break chatting about Émile's latest article of interest, "Here's Why SpaceX's Mission is Bullshit" in the wake of its recent IPO and question the…
- Protopia Futures (ft. Monika Bielskyte) · 1 h 2 minDoes fiction inform what we think the future should look like? Sci-fi and futurism has typically told us the inevitability of technology and dystopian cyberpunk imaginaries…
- Pope Leo's Anti-AI Encyclical · 40 minThis week, we go over the merits and demerits of the Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas and its co-presentation with Christopher Olah of Anthropic, the company…
- An Independent for Nebraska (ft. Austin Ahlman) · 49 minCould a populist, independent candidate win an election in the most Republican part of Nebraska's 1st Congressional District? In a time when the Republican and Democratic Party…
- Florida Man Runs for Congress as a Democratic Socialist (ft. Oliver Larkin) · 49 minSubscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow! Oliver Larkin, activist, union organizer, and Democratic Socialist, joins us this week to discuss his run for election to…
- PATREON PREVIEW: Surveillance Pricing with Zephyr Teachout · 11 minSubscribe to our Patreon for the FULL episode and more bonus content at patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow! On this special Patreon episode, we talked to antitrust hero and Fordham…
- Of Dawkins and Data Centers · 1 h 5 minIn this week's episode we begin to go into the philosophy around consciousness and AI as New Atheist relic Richard Dawkins recently claimed "Claudia" was conscious. What are the…
- Altman Attack: What is Violence? · 41 minIn this week's episode, we explore a question no one has ever thought of before: "What is violence?" We unpack the recent Molotov cocktail attack on Sam Altman's home and how his…
- From Fordism to Muskism with Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff · 54 minSubscribe to our Patreon for the FULL episode and more bonus content at patreon.com/c/DystopiaNow! Quinn Slobodian, historian of neoliberalism, and Ben Tarnoff, internet and…
- The AI Con with Alex Hanna and Emily Bender · 49 minProf. Emily M. Bender, linguist, and Dr. Alex Hanna, sociologist join us to discuss their 2025 book The AI Con and how Big Tech spun marketing around "stochastic parrots". Find…
- Big Tech is Watching You with Taylor Lorenz · 1 h 5 minJournalist Taylor Lorenz joins us to discuss Section 230, how Big Tech is already tracking everything from eye movements to finger presses, the ongoing erosion of online privacy…
