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Bots Don't Cry

Catharina Doria 1 Episodes Oct 13, 2026

Bots Don't Cry is a weekly podcast that teaches critical AI literacy. Host Catharina Doria talks with leading voices in critical AI studies, and sometimes hosts solo episodes. The show aims to help listeners recognize the real dangers of AI and see past the hype-driven marketing that surrounds it. New episodes arrive every Tuesday.

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#3: Is AI Killing Our Ability to Say "I Don't Know"? (with Dr. Valerio Capraro) Oct 13, 2026 2306 In this episode, I interview Dr. Valerio Capraro about how Generative AI is changing how we think, make judgments, and understand ourselves, and why that could be REALLY dangerous for our society.This episode covers:How AI made the number of people saying “I DON'T KNOW” drop from 43% to just 3%.How people became MORE confident but LESS accurate, with accuracy dropping from 27.5% to 9.2%.The 7

#2: Are Tech Billionaires Destroying our Democracy? (with Dr. Annette Zimmermann) Oct 6, 2026 2961 Did you vote for Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, or Elon Musk? No? Me neither. So why are they (and other tech billionaires) deciding the future of AI and our democracy? 🤔In this episode, I interview political philosopher Dr. Annette Zimmermann about what happens when a handful of tech billionaires control AI, and whether AI can ever be truly democratic.This episode covers:Why political philosophy is

#1: IS AI SENTIENT? (with Dr. Emily Bender and Dr. Alex Hanna) Sep 29, 2026 3254 In my first episode, I interview Dr. Emily M. Bender and Dr. Alex Hanna about the current AI hype in the industry and what everyday people should learn about LLM/Generative AI and AI agent technologies so big tech can't play them.This episode covers:1. The technology behind Generative AI and AI agents (LLMs)2. How LLMs are essentially probabilistic machines that predict tokens and assemble le

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