🔮 Artificial Intelligence

Rethinking Goals in an Uncertain World

Why relationships—not rigid targets—are the key to meaningful systems change.

Aug 10 •

Charley Johnson

Flattery as a Feature: Rethinking 'AI Sycophancy'

PLUS: Sam Altman says the quiet part out loud

Aug 3 •

Charley Johnson

There’s no such thing as ‘fully autonomous’ agents

Don’t ‘fully self-drive’ yourself to an early grave…

Apr 6 •

Charley Johnson

8:20

How to analyze the frames and metaphors that hide power in AI

A guide to interrogating rhetorical power in sociotechnical systems

Mar 9 •

Charley Johnson

Trapped by the Pursuit of Efficiency

When tech is the end goal, we lose sight of everything that truly matters.

Feb 2 •

Charley Johnson

Can we democratize AI?

My conversation with Divya Siddarth, Co-Founder & Executive Director of the Collective Intelligence Project

Dec 20, 2024 •

Charley Johnson

35:29

Is AI snake oil?

An interview with Princeton Professor Arvind Narayanan

Nov 24, 2024 •

Charley Johnson

41:47

The potential of public AI

An interview with Mozilla's Nik Marda and Jasmine Sun

Nov 17, 2024 •

Charley Johnson

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39:40

OpenAI’s mythology, Meta’s secret, and Microsoft’s hypocrisy.

An interview with AI writer and reporter, Karen Hao

Nov 10, 2024 •

Charley Johnson

35:51

No, OpenAI’s new model is not ‘reasoning.’

Happy 10 Year Anniversary, Data & Society!

Sep 29, 2024 •

Charley Johnson

A world overrun by AI agents w/Evan Ratliff

My conversation with the host of the fascinating and funny new podcast, Shell Game

Sep 8, 2024 •

Charley Johnson

32:01

It’s okay to not know the answer

We don’t know the difference between risk and uncertainty and it shows

Sep 1, 2024 •

Charley Johnson

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