Enough, with Adam Becker

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Podcast: The Data Fix (LS 29 · TOP 10% what is this?) Episode: Enough, with Adam Becker Pub date: 2026-02-16 Get Podcast Transcript → powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization In this episode, Adam Becker and I talk about our AI overlords and their “philosophical” influences — mostly eugenics-based pseudoscience and bad readings of sci-fi that make tech billionaires feel like they’ve earned their billions by being the smartest people on the planet… while ruining the planet. Recorded Feb 13, 2026. Released Feb 16, 2026. More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity (2025) https://mitpressbookstore.mit.edu/book/9781541619593 BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w172zsskmkss5ll (start at 39:15) Rolling Stone Q&A: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/tech-billionaires-adam-becker-1235381649/ Dreaming Against the Machine http://dreamingagainstthemachine.com/ Forthcoming: Adam Becker’s new podcast website (bookmark this now for later!) Mentioned in our conversation: I Am An AI Hater by Anthony Moser https://anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/haterdom/2025/08/26/i-am-an-ai-hater.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Mél Hogan, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

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Podcast: The Data Fix Episode: Enough, with Adam Becker Pub date: 2026-02-16 Details: https://www.listennotes.com/e/407b916ec3e44d4d80ab57ff7fcde5cd/ The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Mél Hogan, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

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