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“Hard Fork” is a show about the future that’s already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcas... more

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This week, we’re talking about the new A.I.-generated video tools and social media feeds from Google, Meta and OpenAI. Is this how A.I. is going to cure cancer? Then, the psychotherapist Gary Greenberg stops by to discuss his recent New Yorker essay ... more

This week, an eye-popping $100 billion deal between OpenAI and Nvidia — along with an announcement about the construction of five new American data centers — has us re-examining our predictions of an A.I. bubble. Then, we try to make sense of the Tru... more

This week, we discuss the assassination of Charlie Kirk, freedom of speech and the terrifying new reality of extremely online violence. Then The Times’s David Yaffe-Bellany brings us inside the blockbuster New York Times investigation into a $2 billi... more

Apple’s yearly iPhone event took place this week, and it left us asking, Is Apple losing the juice? We break down all the new products the company announced and discuss where it goes from here. Then, Eliezer Yudkowsky, one of the most fascinating peo... more

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Recent Guests

Gary Greenberg
Psychotherapist and writer
Episode: Sora and the Infinite Slop Feeds + ChatGPT Goes to Therapy + Hot Mess Express
David Yaffe-Bellany
A journalist who has reported on the Trump administration's investments in tech
The New York Times
Episode: Charlie Kirk and Online Rage + Inside Trump’s Chip Flip + This Week in A.I.
Eliezer Yudkowsky
a leading voice in the AI risk movement
Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI)
Episode: Are We Past Peak iPhone? + Eliezer Yudkowsky on A.I. Doom
MacKenzie Price
Co-founder of Alpha School
Alpha Schools
Episode: A.I. School Is in Session: Two Takes on the Future of Education
D. Graham Burnett
Historian of science and technology at Princeton
Princeton University
Episode: A.I. School Is in Session: Two Takes on the Future of Education
Vikram Ananth
CS student at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
Episode: A.I. School Is in Session: Two Takes on the Future of Education
Tekedra Mawakana
Co-CEO of Waymo
Waymo
Episode: Intel’s New Deal + Waymo C.E.O. Tekedra Mawakana on Scaling Driverless Cars + Trumps in Tech
Jeff Horwitz
Journalist who reported on Meta's AI policies
Reuters
Episode: Is This an A.I. Bubble? + Meta’s Missing Morals + TikTok Shock Slop
Aravind Srinivas
CEO of Perplexity
Perplexity
Episode: GPT-5 Backlash + Perplexity C.E.O. Aravind Srinivas on the Browser Wars + Hot Mess Express

Hosts

Kevin Roose
Tech columnist at The New York Times, specializing in the intersection of technology and culture.
Casey Newton
Editor of Platformer, focusing on technology, digital media, and accountability.

Reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars from 11.3k ratings
  • Love this podcast!

    Im always sad when the episode of the week starts playing the closing theme music. Kevin and Casey are endlessly funny, and i feel smarter at the end of each episode.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Sleepless in tokyo
    Japan11 days ago
  • Big tech sympathy

    Episode about H1B completely missed the point. Consider the native born worker! Marked unwillingness to be critical in the slightest towards Big Tech. Hard fluffing!

    Apple Podcasts
    2
    Aanwadecescakl799
    United States12 days ago
  • Narrow view of “technology”

    Listening to this podcast, you would be forgiven for assuming the most significant (and only?) developments in technology regard changes in LLMs and the companies overseeing them, social media apps (involving many of the same companies), and crypto. I used to enjoy listening to Casey and Kevin; although I didn’t agree with all of their takes, I thought that they presented new developments in a way that was accessible to a general audience.

    Now, though, I would reframe that: I think they just d... more

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    Nickt123
    United States13 days ago
  • Could have been very good

    They apply political views on everything tech and AI related. I guess it is normal as their technical understanding is severely lacking

    Apple Podcasts
    2
    Scarbez
    United States15 days ago
  • Episode 153 with Eliezer Yudkowsky

    Thank you for this sobering edition of your show. Outside of the last several months, I’ve listened to all of your podcasts. I love your extremely high profile guests and that you’re generally not afraid to push them in certain topics (but maybe should push more). I’m a long time technologist and road along with you on the AI excitement train these last few years. In the last 6 months, I’ve developed some anxiety about where things all going. Reading AI 2027 and hearing Eliezer Yudkowsky’s view ... more

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    JdYanks2012
    United Statesa month ago

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Sora and the Infinite Slop Feeds + ChatGPT Goes to Therapy + Hot Mess Express
Q: How would you describe Casper?
Casper is an alien intelligence, landing here among us unbidden, and possessing certain characteristics that make it extremely attractive to us.
Are We Past Peak iPhone? + Eliezer Yudkowsky on A.I. Doom
Q: What would a global treaty on AI entail?
Eliezer proposed an international supervisory system for AI development, similar to nuclear non-proliferation agreements.
Are We Past Peak iPhone? + Eliezer Yudkowsky on A.I. Doom
Q: What is your view on the timelines for AI development and existential threats?
Eliezer suggests that while current AI may not present a direct threat, a new breakthrough could change that rapidly and lead to catastrophic outcomes.
Are We Past Peak iPhone? + Eliezer Yudkowsky on A.I. Doom
Q: What changed for you back then?
Eliezer Yudkowsky transitioned from being pro-AI to advocating for AI safety due to realizing that increased intelligence does not guarantee improved moral values.
A.I. School Is in Session: Two Takes on the Future of Education
Q: What should universities do in regards to the challenges posed by AI?
Burnett advises that universities should rethink traditional assignments and consider the changing landscape of educational engagement.

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