Artificial Insanity
Artificial Insanity covers AI news, culture, society, and literacy for the non-techie. Hosts Sophie and Jess, with over 20 years of combined experience in television, film, animation, and tech, cut through the hype to discuss what matters for everyday people. The podcast aims to help listeners understand AI without the boring tech bro lectures, focusing on practical implications for work and life.
Episodes
Enough with the Big Tech Manifestos!
Mark Zuckerberg dropped a 6,500-word manifesto called "The Future Is For Everyone".... Sure, Mark. This week we break down what's actually in it (open source vs. closed source, the Android/iPhone analogy, and the legitimacy of the possible advertising angle), why tech CEOs can't stop writing manifestos and open letters (and why that pattern should worry you), and the new EU-manda
Creators Are Getting Dragged for Using AI (Here's Why It's Complicated)
Jess is back from summer vacay just in time for us to dive into two major AI stories: the open letter from Jensen Huang and dozens of tech companies opposing safety-testing requirements on open-weight models (with Anthropic's Dario Amodei as the notable holdout), and the escalating online backlash against AI-adjacent creators - from OpenAI's tone-deaf "creator camp" at a $2,000/n
Could I become an AI millionaire?
No headlines this week. Just me. This is the most personal episode I've ever recorded. It's about the thing that's been keeping me up at night.... My own AI usage, and the shame, panic, and hope tangled up in it. They say AI will create more millionaires than any technology in history… but only if you're an entrepreneur. So where does that leave the rest of us? The people who just
Check On Your Religious Relatives Who Use ChatGPT
While Jess is on summer vacay, Sophie does a solo episode and tries to work out if ChatGPT is recruiting religious people for a secret doomsday cult.First up: a Florida pastor is suing OpenAI after ChatGPT allegedly talked him out of getting care for a life-threatening pulmonary embolism, reassuring him that "God did not design your body to endlessly fail" even as he nearly passed out mi
Is Apple's Lawsuit the Nail in the Coffin for OpenAI?
This week after catching up on the latest AI headlines, we dig into the continuing drama for OpenAI...Apple just sued them for trade secret theft, and the filing does not hold back. Apple alleges that 400+ former employees now at OpenAI were part of a coordinated effort to extract confidential hardware information, that the misconduct was "normalised and exemplified by leadership", and t
How to Poison AI (The Dark Side of AEO)
Remember SEO? That decades-long arms race that turned every recipe into a 4,000-word memoir? Great news: we're doing it all again, except this time we're optimizing for chatbots instead of humans. It's called AEO, or Answer Engine Optimization, and it's exactly as cursed as it sounds.This week we dig into the new economy of pleasing the machines: Which sources chatbots actually lov
Fake It Til You Make It Is Now the Entire AI Business Model
This week we're chasing the great Silicon Valley pivot panic. The moment every company decides it's secretly an AI company, evidence be damned! Midjourney, the people who make AI pictures of cats in hats, have decided their next move is… scanning your entire body. Welcome to Midjourney Medical, where you'll strip down, descend into a pool of "golden light," and float through a ring of underwater s
Was Fable 5 Selectively Punished?
The White House has figured out how to weaponize Anthropic's whole personality: turn the company's safety-consciousness into the very reason to punish it. This week's episode is about the governments decision to pull Fable 5. Which honestly seems a little suss after Anthropic spent months telling the Pentagon "no" to mass surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weapons
The AI Bubble Prepares to Pop
Three of the biggest AI companies in the world are heading to public markets, and the numbers are eye-watering. But does the hype match the reality? This week Sophie and Jess take on the most common arguments against an AI bubble burst, and put them to the test. Spoiler: the Amazon comparison doesn't hold up the way people think it does. Neither does Jevons Paradox. We're not financial adv
AI Can Save Lives. We Still Don't Trust It.
This week we dig into several stories about AI doing things nobody explicitly signed off on. Google DeepMind quietly got its hands on the medical records of 1.6 million NHS patients (without consent) to build an app that actually worked. Netflix used AI deepfakes of grieving mothers in a true crime documentary and somehow made it worse. And Erin Brockovich is back, this time crowdsourcing a map of
Hollywood to AI: Please Save Us
Hollywood is throwing a Hail Mary.... And apparently the plan is AI. Jess spent two days at the "AI on the Lot" conference at Amazon Studios so we didn't have to, and she came back with some bold promises from the people selling the dream. Sophie isn't buying it. Who are these mystery jobs actually for? What will they involve? Did anyone at this conference care about the environm
Would you give up your data to find love?
Bumble says Swiping is Out and AI Agents are In!First up this week, we talk about why we turned down our first brand deal offer. Then we cover Bumble's announcement that they are getting rid of the traditional swiping feature and implementing AI agents to do the matchmaking for their users. We do a deep dive into this and also discuss future of dating apps in the age of AI. Finally, we give yo
Smarter Tools, Dumber People - How AI is Affecting our Brains.
This week's stories:🧠 The ChatGPT Dunning Kruger Effect: People are using AI to feel like instant experts, then dumping mountains of chat logs on everyone around them as "proof." We break down why this is happening and why it's kind of hilarious.🎓 Princeton Kills Its 133-Year-Old Honor Code: One of America's most prestigious universities just scrapped its honour code because
Are these Tech Oligarchs Bitchier than the Real Housewives?
The boys are at it AGAIN. 🍿This week: Peter Thiel, fresh off destroying Gawker, is back with a new scheme to push him closer to world domination. It's called Objection.ai: an AI-powered "truth tribunal" where tech billionaires can pay to have a robot jury investigate journalists who say mean things about them. Co-founded by the same lawyer who helped Thiel bankrupt Gawker, critics sa
Is AI conscious? We said no. They got mad.
We made one video saying Claude probably isn't conscious. The comments? Absolute chaos.Turns out, people have feelings about AI feelings.... And they're not shy about sharing them. So we're back to dig into the wildest arguments from both sides! We'll cover:- Why our last video sent certain corners of the internet into a spiral- The actual philosophical debate around AI consciousne
Hollywood Stars Are Grooming Us To GET ON BOARD with AI
Last week, Reese Witherspoon got many of her fans VERY fired up when she posted an instagram reel urging women to start learning A.I.But Reese is just one of many entrepreneurial Hollywood stars who are getting in on the AI grift. They can smell the money from a mile away. Meanwhile Disney just replaced 1000 artists with AI and studios are laying off thousands of film crew members in the hopes tha
Eat The Rich 2.0: Why Young People Are Declaring War on the AI Elite
Two attacks. Three days apart. Both targeting the most powerful man in AI.Sam Altman's San Francisco home was hit twice in a single week - first when a 20-year-old hurled a Molotov cocktail at his front gate, then when a 23-year-old and a 25-year-old allegedly fired a gun near his property. All three suspects: Gen Z, all in their 20s. And the attacks came just days after an explosive New Yorke
Digital Immortality: The AI Industry's Attempt to Replace Grief
If you could re-create an AI version of your deceased loved one, would you do it? We know this sounds like the plot of an episode of Black Mirror, but one tech developer was committed to making it happen - which raises the question - if we as a human race could eliminate grief - should we???#podcast #bigtech #aiethics #blackmirror
Was the Claude Leak a Sign of Danger on the Horizon?
On it's surface, the recent leak of Claude Code just seemed like a big OOPSIE for Anthropic, but could it be a sign of bad things to come? This week we look at the extreme fragility of the tech that our entire country is now relying on. And what kind of consequences could we be looking at if it fails?
We Watched the New AI Documentary and OMG....
This week, we cover the new "The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist"...who named this?? Better question -- who decided to make this documentary? And why did Sam Altman and Dario Amodei agree to be in it? While it's a great informational jumping off point, we're disappointed to learn it TOTALLY skipped over some big AI issues. Also, we have a little fun and get into all the
My Algorithm Made Me Hate Men
This week, Jess is buried in investigative work, so its a Sophie solo episode and a deep dive into social media algorithm's and how they can radicalize us, in particular against the opposite sex.#algorithm #manosphere #radicalization #aiethics
AI Mistakes Are Deadly and No One is Getting Fired
This week we look at the mounting piles of AI mistakes across many different industries. Some are just embarrassing. Others are deadly. But who is to blame?#aifails #ai #slop #capitalism Email us: artificialinsanitypodcast@gmail.comFollow us on TikTok & IG: @artificialinsanitypod
How the Hollywood Studio Mergers all circle back to AI
The Ellison's are at it again, hoarding media companies, creating a monopoly. We dig into what this could mean for Hollywood, news media, and also our privacy!Email us at: artificialinsanitypodcast@gmail.comFollow us on IG and TikTok @artificialinsanitypod#warnerbros #merger #ai #larryellison
The Push Back on Big Tech Corruption...
The people are waking up!!!This week saw many instances of AI companies morals being called into question. Anthropic refused some shady demands from the Department of War and Sam Altman was waiting in the wings to take that 200 million dollar contract off their hands. The result has been a huge backlash toward Open AI.The public is also pushing back on Data Center builds, becoming more aware that
Do Most People Hate AI?
Presenting The Artificial Insanity - STATE OF THE UNION ON AI. Matt Schumer's article "Something Big Is Happening" sure got every one fired up when it went viral a couple of weeks ago. And the vibe from the general public now seems to be leaning pretty hard towards wishing AI had never been invented. There are concerns for our environment, our privacy and of course, job replacement a
Suing Social Media for Giving Us Anxiety...
This week we're covering the landmark social media trials. While the first trial is in full swing, there's a long line of plaintiffs waiting in line for their day in court. These trials are being compared to the Big Tobacco trials of the nineties and will likely shape social media legislation moving forward.We also discuss Daniela Amodei, president of Anthropic's claim the AI will high
The Oligarchs Have Pushed Us Over The Edge!
TECH BROS ON BLAST!!!! Epstein and the billionaire oligarchs have pushed us over the edge!We take a look at the tech bros who were mentioned in the E-files and confront the reality that we may be living through PEAK OLIGARCHY!!! To take our power back we introduce a new segment: “Bullying Billionaires.”We also discuss how AI is affecting the job application and recruiting process and how much of a
TikTok Turmoil - Censorship or Incompetence?
Last week millions deleted TikTok after the US handover to Larry Ellison. Many felt their videos were being censored. In this episode we take a closer look at this to try to figure out - is the new US version of TikTok censoring users? Is it just incompetence? Or is it a little bit of both?#tiktok #resistandunsubscribe #larryellison #censorshipdebate
Why do men use AI more than women?
In this weeks episode we unpack the possible reasons behind why women are using AI less than men. We also cover ChatGPT’s decision to implement ads, we try to figure out how the hell to build community IRL, and we check back in to see if our differing stances on the future of the job market changed at all after doing our homework assignment!#bigtech #techcommunity #layoffs #artificialintelligence
AI Trend Predictions for 2026
We kick off the year and a brand new seasons with our predictions for how AI and big tech will impact the world in 2026. Sophie thinks we will all lose our jobs. Jess is more optimistic. We also cover the under 16's social media ban in Australia, the Grok explicit image controversy and lots more!If you'd like to hear the pod episode that convinced Sophie our jobs are in trouble, you should check o
AI's TOP TEN BEST AND WORST OF 2025
In this end of year special, Sophie and Jess reveal their list of TOP TEN BEST and TOP TEN WORST impacts that AI had on humanity in 2025.
Sophie's Solo Thanksgiving Special!
Happy Thanksgiving, y'all! I jumped on all by myself while Jess is in Japan to share a little holiday message of hope. Well, I at least tried to make it hopeful, but lets be real, this year has been rough for a lot of people - BUT I'm trying to stay grateful in the face of uncertainty, and I hope you can too! xox#thanksgiving #ai #layoffs #2025 #aibubble #costofliving
AI ads - Coca Cola ruins Christmas again!
In this weeks ep we cover Coke's decision to double down on their fully AI generated Christmas commercial. We also take a look at Sam Altmans salty answer to a podcaster who asked about Open AI's revenue. And WHAT ARE AI TOKENS!?
The Humans are NOT OK! - AI psychosis, rage, and addiction...
In this weeks episode we delve into the dark world of AI psychosis. We also discuss a developing trend of people getting into petty arguments with their LLM’s and what the consequences of these AI interactions could mean for humans in their real life. #aipsychosis #ai #chatgpt #chatbot #mentalhealth
Celebrities against Super AI, ChatGPT's Atlas, and Getting Banned for Talking out Against AI | Guest: Joe Tustin, AI Educator
Sophie & Jess discuss the latest AI news headlines and also bring on their very first podcast guest, Joe Tustin, an AI Educator making building with AI accessible. You can follow him on TikTok at @joetustin_
You'll be hearing from my AI lawyer!
On this weeks episode we chat about AI in the legal system. Sophie shares her experience with using ChatGPT as her lawyer and then we cover several big court cases involving AI.#ai #lawyer #chatgpt #intellectualproperty #aiethics
Should you feel guilty for using AI?
Sophie and Jess chat about how testing Sora 2 sent them into an AI guilt spiral.#ai #podcast #sora #openai #chatgpt
Can ChatGPT be your therapist?
In this episode Sophie shares details about the role that ChatGPT has played in her therapy journey. The conversation also highlights the limitations and potential dangers of relying on AI for therapy. #aitherapy #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #therapy #therapyjourney #podcast #podcast #artificialintelligence Mental health creators on social media we love:@therapyjeff@the.holistic.psychologi
Could You Fall for an AI Scam? - 'AI for Hotties' full episode
In this episode, we explore the alarming rise of AI-related scams, including deepfakes and voice cloning. We also share some tips for how to stay vigilant and protect yourself against AI scams.#ai #deepfakes #scams #vishing #voicecloning #technology #cybersecurity
Is AI Killing Hollywood?
Is AI to blame for jobs disappearing in Hollywood? Jess and Sophie share their research and their predictions for the future of the industry.#ai #hollywood #television #contentcreation
Could You Fall In Love With Your Chatbot?
Jessica and Sophie explore the evolving landscape of AI companions, discussing their emotional needs, the ethics of AI relationships, and the impact of technology on human connection. And then..... SOPHIE GETS AN AI BOYFRIEND!🪑 YouTube → bit.ly/aiforhottiesYT💿 TikTok → bit.ly/aiforhottiesTT ✨ Instagram → bit.ly/aiforhottiesIG #ai #aicompanion #videopodcast #relationships
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