About this episode
The episode explores whether AI tools enhance or diminish user agency through a detailed discussion between Mike and guest Konstantinos Komaitis.
On a recent episode of our other podcast, Ctrl-Alt-Speech, Mike was joined by guest host Konstantinos Komaitis for a far-reaching discussion about online speech. One point that was briefly raised in that discussion was the question of whether AI tools are good or bad for user agency, and since Mike and Konstantinos didn't entirely agree, it seemed like a good question to unpack in more detail — and that's exactly what they do on this week's episode of the Techdirt Podcast. Ctrl-Alt-Speech Episode: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/29/ctrl-alt-speech-think-globally-stack-locally/
People in this episode
Host: Mike
Guest: Konstantinos Komaitis
Topics covered
- AI
- user agency
- online speech
- technology
- discussion
Keywords
- AI tools
- user agency
- online speech
- Techdirt Podcast
- Ctrl-Alt-Speech
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Ctrl-Alt-Speech
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