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AI: Tools or Gods?

Caroline De Cock, LL.M.
Artificial Intelligence
AI Hype
Global South
AI Governance
Europe
AI Agents / Desktop Agents
European Union

What happens when we stop treating AI as a force of nature and start treating it as what it is: a political choice? AI: Tools or Gods? is a podcast about the stories we tell about artificial intelligence and why they matter. Each episode, host Caroline De Cock talks with researchers, lawyers, policymakers, and advocates who are building a more grounded, democratic alternative to the dominant AI na... more

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In this episode of AI: Tools or Gods?, philosopher and researcher Pia Lauritzen explores the role of questions in an age increasingly defined by answers. Drawing on decades of research into human questioning, she argues that while AI can help us solv... more

Part 2 of our conversation with Payal Arora explores why optimism matters in the age of AI, what the Global South can teach us about digital innovation, and why technology should be understood as a tool that reflects human values rather than an auton... more

Part 1 of this two-part podcast explores the growing divide between Western fears of AI and the more optimistic, practical ways technology is being used across the Global South. The conversation challenges dominant narratives around AI, arguing that ... more

The dominant narrative around AI suggests that the public simply misunderstands the technology — that better education will eventually align expectations with reality. But what if the hype is not a misunderstanding at all? In this episode, we examine... more

Here's what you can expect from the AI: Tools or Gods? Podcast.

AI: Tools or Gods? is launching soon as a new podcast examining how “god-like” narratives around AI shape our laws, culture, and future.

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Recent Guests

Payal Arora
Digital anthropologist and professor of inclusive AI cultures at Utrecht University
Utrecht University
Episode: AI: Tools or Gods? | Is the AI doom narrative a Western export? - Part 1 (ft. Payal Arora)
Maria Sukhareva
principal AI expert at a DAX company; author of AI Realist newsletter
DAX company
Episode: AI: Tools or Gods | Who benefits from the hype? (ft. Maria Sukhareva)

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AI: Tools or Gods | Who benefits from the hype? (ft. Maria Sukhareva)
Q: If you could change one thing about how the public conversation about AI is conducted, what would it be?
I would invite more independent experts who were involved in the field before the current wave of consumer AI hype and push for verifiable demonstrations and tests instead of PowerPoint-based engineering narratives. Move away from marketing-driven storytelling toward transparent, measurable evidence of capability.
AI: Tools or Gods | Who benefits from the hype? (ft. Maria Sukhareva)
Q: What is the one thing that decision makers most consistently misunderstand about AI right now?
The cognitive abilities of AI are overestimated; people expect AI to function like a human employee or colleague, when in reality these models are limited prompt-driven tools that can call a handful of utilities, not a flexible, adaptable cognitive partner. This misperception fuels inflated expectations and can undermine trust when results fall short.

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