W35 •A• Artificial Intoxication Hangover ✨

In this episode of The Deep Dive, we unpack Khayyam Wakil's provocative essay Artificial Intoxication Hangover. The hosts dissect one of the most uncomfortable truths lurking beneath the surface of everyday AI use: the moment you feel most certain that an AI-generated output is brilliantly, unmistakably yours is the precise moment your work is the most statistically average. Drawing on peer-reviewed research from Cornell, UC Berkeley, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, alongside Wakil's sharp cultural observations, the conversation moves from the psychology of…