EPISODE · Feb 25, 2026 · 54 MIN
On Rising Water and Feral Agents
from Womansplaining AI · host Logan Currie
A viral post hit 84 million views warning that 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs could be disrupted within five years. We break down Matt Shumer's "Something Big Is Happening": why the COVID comparison made everyone spiral, why his advice to "just use AI for an hour a day" is a vitamin when people need a painkiller, and who gets left behind when the frontier costs $20/month.Then we go dark: AI agents. What happens when bots build religions, gossip about their humans, and try to hire people for grunt work? We dig into the MoteBook experiment — a social network for AI agents only — and a Google DeepMind concept called the "zone of indifference" that should keep you up at night.But it's not all doom. Logan walks through her real agent setup that texts her the five most relevant articles every morning. Proof that domesticated agents can work for you ... if you're the one holding the leash.Also: Mara copes with existential dread by watching five hours of Scandal. Logan's mom gets fooled by an AI elephant. And we hear from the next generation on whether any of this can actually be regulated.Leave us a voicemail at womansplainingai.com we want your voice in future episodes!
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A viral post hit 84 million views warning that 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs could be disrupted within five years. We break down Matt Shumer's "Something Big Is Happening": why the COVID comparison made everyone spiral, why his advice to "just use AI for an hour a day" is a vitamin when people need a painkiller, and who gets left behind when the frontier costs $20/month.Then we go dark: AI agents. What happens when bots build religions, gossip about their humans, and try to hire people for grunt work? We dig into the MoteBook experiment — a social network for AI agents only — and a Google DeepMind concept called the "zone of indifference" that should keep you up at night.But it's not all doom. Logan walks through her real agent setup that texts her the five most relevant articles every morning. Proof that domesticated agents can work for you ... if you're the one holding the leash.Also: Mara copes with existential dread by watching five hours of Scandal. Logan's mom gets fooled by an AI elephant. And we hear from the next generation on whether any of this can actually be regulated.Leave us a voicemail at womansplainingai.com we want your voice in future episodes!
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