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EPISODE · Apr 29, 2026 · 51 MIN

Will My Job Exist In 5 Years?

from The Curiosity Desk · host GBH News

 First up, It’s our AI news panel. We're talking about local and national job losses to AI, major security risks in Anthropic’s Mythos, and a few ethical questions around morality and artificial intelligence with Globe reporter Hiawatha Bray, who joins UMass Boston’s Nir Eisikovits and J. Hughes from the podcast "Prosthetic Gods.”  Secondly, we’re tending to the public media garden that is the GBH archives, with Rebecca Fraimow & Lauren Jefferson. We’ll look back at some golden gardening moments from the days of ZOOM, Thalassa Cruso, and Victory Garden. Lastly, we’re answering a few listener-submitted Curiosity Questions! This week, we’re talking about the origins of Nantucket Red, if your bird feeder is having a negative impact on your backyard ecosystem, and why November is associated with the number nine. 

First up, It’s our AI news panel. We're talking about local and national job losses to AI, major security risks in Anthropic’s Mythos, and a few ethical questions around morality and artificial intelligence with Globe reporter Hiawatha Bray, who joins UMass Boston’s Nir Eisikovits and J. Hughes from the podcast "Prosthetic Gods.”   Secondly, we’re tending to the public media garden that is the GBH archives, with Rebecca Fraimow & Lauren Jefferson. We’ll look back at some golden gardening moments from the days of ZOOM, Thalassa Cruso, and Victory Garden.  Lastly, we’re answering a few listener-submitted Curiosity Questions! This week, we’re talking about the origins of Nantucket Red, if your bird feeder is having a negative impact on your backyard ecosystem, and why November is associated with the number nine.

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