Ethan Zuckerman: How to escape the internet hellscape
Episode 94 of the Media Confidential podcast, hosted by Prospect Magazine, titled "Ethan Zuckerman: How to escape the internet hellscape" was published on August 21, 2025 and runs 41 minutes.
August 21, 2025 ·41m · Media Confidential
Summary
To subscribe to the Prospect Podcast on Spotify, click HERE. For Apple podcasts, click HERE. Will AI achieve superintelligence—and, if so, when? While Media Confidential is on a short break, we’re bringing you the best of our sister podcast, the Prospect Podcast. In June, Prospect’s tech columnist Ethan Zuckerman joined Ellen and Alona to talk about billionaire tech bros, social media, and how to resist the ‘enshittification’ of the internet. He answers: is AI transforming our world for the worse? But he also explains how to seek out better, more wholesome corners of the internet, and why his students give him hope. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode Description
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Will AI achieve superintelligence—and, if so, when?
While Media Confidential is on a short break, we’re bringing you the best of our sister podcast, the Prospect Podcast.
In June, Prospect’s tech columnist Ethan Zuckerman joined Ellen and Alona to talk about billionaire tech bros, social media, and how to resist the ‘enshittification’ of the internet. He answers: is AI transforming our world for the worse? But he also explains how to seek out better, more wholesome corners of the internet, and why his students give him hope.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.