AI: Over-hyped & Over-feared

AI: Over-hyped & Over-feared

From Beyond Infinity by Piers Cunningham

September 2, 2025 · 59 min

About this episode

Piers and Andrew discuss the current AI bubble, its impact on employment, and the need for control and ethical considerations in AI integration.

Piers and Andrew chew the phat and agree we're in an AI bubble which could burst at any moment. POP! We ruminate on the future of work and which jobs are stayers in the new paradigm; how AI has shifted employment, not destroyed it. We get esoteric in the uncanny valley of deep fakes, artificial muzak and alien art. We discuss AI's integration into kids' education and the need for guardrails, especially given the tragic suicide of a US teen allegedly egged on by an AI chat bot. We reckon AI needs control and has definite limitations, but should be a force for good.

People in this episode

Host: Piers Cunningham

Guest: Andrew

Topics covered

  • AI bubble
  • future of work
  • employment
  • deep fakes
  • education
  • AI limitations

Keywords

  • AI
  • employment
  • deep fakes
  • education
  • guardrails
  • future of work
  • AI limitations

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