Hard Fork
We Asked Roblox's C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense. | EP 163
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- We Asked Roblox's C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense. | EP 163
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Today Roblox has more than 150 million daily active users, and functions as one of the primary online gathering places for preteens. But precisely because Roblox is so popular with children, it has also attracted the attention of adult predators.
We spoke to Roblox's C.E.O., David Baszucki, about how the company is responding to allegations that it has become unsafe for children, and the new measures the gaming platform says it’s now implementing to protect them.
For more on this episode, visit:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/podcasts/hardfork-roblox-child-safety.html
Chapters:
00:00:00 - Coming up
00:00:42 - Kevin's dream
00:02:08 - This week on the show
00:02:24 - What's happening at Roblox?
00:07:51 - Interview with Roblox C.E.O. David Baszucki Part 1
00:32:10 - Interview with Roblox C.E.O. David Baszucki Part 2
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- How Will Starcloud Build Data Centers in Space?
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Starcloud is a new Nvidia-backed company that is joining Google and a few other companies in developing plans to eventually put data centers in space. The "Hard Fork" co-hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton discuss what those data centers will look like and how they will transmit information to Earth. Watch the full conversation at youtube.com/hardfork.
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- Demis Hassabis & Josh Woodward Tell Us Why Gemini 3.0 Puts Google in Front of the A.I. Race
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Today we have a special segment on the release of Google's Gemini 3 A.I. model. Demis Hassabis and Josh Woodward, two of the heads of Google's A.I. efforts, join us to discuss Gemini's new capabilities, A.I. scaling and how Google got its A.I. groove back.
For more on this episode, visit:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/podcasts/hardfork-gemini-3.html
Guests:
Demis Hassabis, chief executive and co-founder of Google DeepMind
Josh Woodward, vice president of Google Labs and Google Gemini
Further reading:
The Man Who ‘A.G.I.-Pilled’ Google
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/podcasts/google-ai-demis-hassabis-hard-fork.html
Google Unveils Gemini 3
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/business/google-gemini-3.html
Hard Fork is a weekly look into the future that's already here. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the bleeding edge of tech.
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- What Does the Right Think About A.I.? #ai #podcast
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of “Hard Fork” at The New York Times, talk with Dean Ball, a senior fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation, on how the right and the MAGA movement view A.I.
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- Google Wants to Send Data Centers to Space #ai #podcast #space
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of Hard Fork, discuss Google's Project Suncatcher, one of a number of companies' ambitious plans to build solar-powered datacenters in space. As the demands for electricity increase, is going to orbit our only option
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- Why Google Wants to Put Data Centers in Space | EP 162
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- This week, we talk about Google’s new plan to build data centers in space. Then, we’re joined by Dean Ball, a former adviser at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Ball worked on the Trump administration’s A.I. Action Plan, and he shares his inside view on how those policies came together. Finally, Professor Mark Humphries joins us to talk about a strange Gemini model that offered mind-blowing results on a challenging research problem.
For more on this episode, go to https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/podcasts/hardfork-data-center-space.html
Guests:
Dean Ball, senior fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation and former White House senior policy adviser for artificial intelligence and emerging technology
Mark Humphries, professor of history at Wilfrid Laurier University
Additional Reading:
Towards a Future Space-Based, Highly Scalable A.I. Infrastructure System Design
https://services...
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- Elon Musk’s xAI Trained Racy Chatbot With Employee Biometric Data
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of "Hard Fork" at The New York Times, discuss a recent story in The Wall Street Journal revealing that Elon Musk personally oversaw a project at his company, xAI, that compelled employees to turn over their biometric data to train a racy chatbot.
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- Will Humanoid Robots Soon Be Common in Homes?
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of "Hard Fork" at The New York Times, ask Bernt Bornich, chief executive of 1X, how soon we can expect humanoid robots to have a presence in American homes.
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- Hard Fork's First Robot Guest
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of "Hard Fork" at The New York Times, meet NEO, the viral humanoid robot, for the first time and share their first impressions of the experience.
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- We Finally Got a Robot on the Show | EP 161
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- This week, we’re joined by Bernt Bornich, chief executive of 1X. We talked with him about NEO, his company’s new humanoid robot, which has the internet buzzing. Then we meet NEO itself, and compare notes on the experience. Finally, we close the week with a roundup of tech news headlines: It’s time for some HatGPT.
For more on this episode, go to
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/podcasts/hardfork-neo-humanoid-robot.html
Guest:
Bernt Børnich, chief executive of 1X
Additional Reading:
I Tried the Robot That’s Coming to Live With You. It’s Still Part Human.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/i-tried-the-robot-thats-coming-to-live-with-you-its-still-part-human-68515d44
Invasion of the Home Humanoid Robots
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/technology/humanoid-robots-1x.html
There Are More Robots Working in China Than the Rest of the World Combined
https://www.nytimes...
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- Why Character.AI is Banning Teens | EP 160
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- This week, Character.AI announced that it would soon be taking its A.I. companions away from teens. We explain why this is a major development in the world of chatbots and child safety and how we expect other companies to respond. Then, Elon Musk has built a Wikipedia clone called “Grokipedia.” We discuss what it means for the control of knowledge on the web. And finally, we’re joined by A.J. Jacobs to talk about his 48-hour experiment in which he tried to avoid all forms of artificial intelligence. We ask why that led him to collect rainwater and forage for food in Central Park.
For more on this episode, go to
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/podcasts/characterais-teen-chatbot-crackdown-elon-musk-groks-wikipedia-48-hours-without-ai.html
Guest:
A.J. Jacobs, author, journalist and host of the podcast “The Puzzler”
Additional Reading:
Character.AI to Bar Children Under 18 From Using Its Chatbots
https://www.nytime...
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- First Impressions of ChatGPT Atlas
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of "Hard Fork" at The New York Times, discuss their first impressions from experimenting with OpenAI's newly released ChatGPT Atlas browser.
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- Unpacking OpenAI's Justification for Sora 2
- Date posted
- 6 months ago
- Description
- Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of "Hard Fork" at The New York Times, discuss the recent backlash to OpenAI's Sora 2 A.I. product.
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- Why OpenAI Stirred Chaos in Hollywood
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- The "Hard Fork" hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton discuss recent news surrounding the Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston and OpenAI's new app, Sora 2. Watch the full conversation at youtube.com/hardfork.
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- Open AI’s Sora 2 Was a Big Sloppy Mess | EP 159
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Backlash to OpenAI’s video generation app Sora has reached a new tipping point. We discuss two big changes the company is making, after Bryan Cranston and the family of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. complained about deepfakes. Then, New York Times reporter Karen Weise joins us to discuss her scoop that Amazon plans to reduce its hiring needs by more than half a million workers, thanks to new improvements to warehouse automation. And finally, A.I. browsers are here. We offer our first impressions on ChatGPT Atlas and how it stacks up against alternatives like Perplexity’s Comet and The Browser Company’s Dia.
For more on this episode, go to https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/podcasts/hardfork-sora-amazon-atlas.html
Guest:
Karen Weise, New York Times technology reporter covering Amazon.
https://www.nytimes.com/by/karen-weise
Additional Reading:
OpenAI Blocks Videos of Martin Luther King Jr. After Racist Depictions
...
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- What It Means That Apps Are Coming to ChatGPT
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of "Hard Fork" at The New York Times, discuss OpenAI's recent announcement that apps will soon be integrated into ChatGPT.
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- A.I. Slop Is CoComelon For Adults
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of "Hard Fork" at The New York Times, watch and react to the viral glass fruit cutting A.I. slop.
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- Finally, Some Common-Sense A.I. Regulation #podcast #ai #news
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- This week, Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of "Hard Fork" at The New York Times, discuss the slate of new artificial intelligence laws recently passed in California.
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- How California will Regulate Chatbots | EP 158
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- This week, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California signed a big package of A.I. and social media bills into law — including the first state law in the United States to regulate A.I. companions. We talk through what stood out to us in the package and whether these protections will work. Then, the subpoena that has the whole tech world talking. Nathan Calvin, general counsel at Encode, an A.I. safety advocacy group that has been critical of OpenAI, talks with us about why he thinks the company is investigating him. And finally, grab your opera glasses. It’s time for the first edition of The Hard Fork Review of Slop.
For more on this episode, go to
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/podcasts/california-regulates-ai-companions-openai-investigates-its-critics-the-hard-fork-review-of-slop.html
Guest:
Nathan Calvin, vice president of state affairs and general counsel at Encode
Additional Reading:
California Regulates A.I. Companions...
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- Is A.I. Video the Future of Social Media?
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of “Hard Fork” at The New York Times, discuss OpenAI’s recent release of Sora 2 and whether A.I.-generated video could become the foundation of future social media companies.
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- Samsung Galaxy Ring Swells User’s Finger
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- All aboard the Hot Mess Express! Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of “Hard Fork” at The New York Times, discuss the recent news story that a Samsung Galaxy Ring swelled and crushed a user's finger, causing a missed flight and a hospital visit.
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- OpenAI's AgentKit wants to be your portal to the web | Ep 157
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- This week, we discuss the standout moments from our field trip to OpenAI’s third annual DevDay — including a bizarre chat between Jony Ive and Sam Altman, and the announcement that OpenAI is putting apps into ChatGPT. Then, we try to make sense of the massive computing deal between OpenAI and AMD, and how it could impact the larger economy. And finally, Katie Notopoulos, a Business Insider reporter, joins us to discuss the growing backlash to A.I. slop and why she refuses to stop making deranged videos of us on Sora.
For more on this episode, go to https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/podcasts/hardfork-openai-devday-amd.html
Guests:
Katie Notopoulos, senior correspondent at Business Insider covering technology and culture.
https://www.businessinsider.com/author/katie-notopoulos
Additional Reading:
OpenAI’s Platform Play
https://www.platformer.news/openai-dev-day-2025-platform-chatgpt/
OpenAI Agrees to Use C...
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- Drama with MrBeast, Samsung's Galaxy Ring, and Friend A.I. | Clip
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- All aboard the Hot Mess Express! It’s time to rate the messiest stories in tech.
For more on this episode, go to https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/podcasts/sora-and-the-infinite-slop-feeds-chatgpt-goes-to-therapy-hot-mess-express.html
Additional Reading:
YouTube Settles Trump Lawsuit Over Account Suspension for $24.5
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/technology/youtube-trump-lawsuit-settlement.html
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- This Therapist Psychoanalyzed A.I. | Interview
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- This week, the psychotherapist Gary Greenberg stops by to discuss his recent New Yorker essay about treating ChatGPT as a patient, and why what he saw left him unsettled.
For more on this episode, go to https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/podcasts/sora-and-the-infinite-slop-feeds-chatgpt-goes-to-therapy-hot-mess-express.html
Guest:
Gary Greenberg, writer and psychotherapist
https://www.garygreenbergonline.com/
Additional Reading:
Putting ChatGPT on the Couch
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/putting-chatgpt-on-the-couch
What My Daughter Told ChatGPT Before She Took Her Life
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/opinion/chat-gpt-mental-health-suicide.html
Chatbots Can Go Into a Delusional Spiral. Here’s How It Happens.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/technology/ai-chatbots-delusions-chatgpt.html
Hard Fork is a weekly look into the fut...
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- A Therapist's Takeaways From Talking to A.I. Like a Patient
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- As a guest on the "Hard Fork" podcast, the writer and psychotherapist Gary Greenberg explained his recent experiment: talking to an A.I. chatbot as if it were his patient. Watch the full interview with the co-hosts Casey Newton and Kevin Roose at youtube.com/hardfork.
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- Why the Internet Rejected Meta's New App, Vibes
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- The "Hard Fork" co-hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton share their takes on Meta's new app, Vibes, and discuss why the internet had a negative response to it. Listen to the full conversation at youtube.com/hardfork.
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- A.I. Slop Gets Personal: OpenAI Has a New Social Network | EP 156
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- This week, we’re talking about the new A.I.-generated video tools and social media feeds from Google, Meta and OpenAI. Is this how A.I. is going to cure cancer? Then, the psychotherapist Gary Greenberg stops by to discuss his recent New Yorker essay about treating ChatGPT as a patient, and why what he saw left him unsettled. And finally, all aboard the Hot Mess Express! It’s time to rate the messiest stories in tech.
For more on this episode, go to https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/podcasts/sora-and-the-infinite-slop-feeds-chatgpt-goes-to-therapy-hot-mess-express.html
Guest:
Gary Greenberg, writer and psychotherapist
https://www.garygreenbergonline.com/
Additional Reading:
OpenAI Launches a Social Network
https://www.platformer.news/sora-2-hands-on-openai-social-network/
OpenAI’s New Video App Is Jaw-Dropping (for Better and Worse)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/technology/openai-sora-video-app...
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- H-1B Visa Fee Could Have Huge Implications for Start-Ups
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- The "Hard Fork" co-hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton speak with Jeremy Neufeld, the director of immigration policy at the Institute for Progress, about how changes to the H-1B visa program may affect the tech industry. Listen to the full episode at youtube.com/hardfork.
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- Why TikTok Decided the World Was About to End | Clip
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- This week, we take a look at one of the latest trends sweeping TikTok: planning for a biblical Rapture.
For more on this episode, go to https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/podcasts/hardfork-nvidia-h1b-tiktok.html
Additional Reading:
The Rapture Was Predicted to Happen Today. TikTok Has Some Advice.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/us/rapture-tiktok-sept-23.html
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- How RaptureTok Actually Started
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of "Hard Fork" at The New York Times, discussed the TikTok theory that the rapture was going to occur in late September 2025.
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- Tech is in Turmoil over H1B Visa Fees | Interview
- Date posted
- 7 months ago
- Description
- This week, we try to make sense of the Trump administration’s changes to the H-1B visa program, which generated mixed reactions from tech leaders; the immigration expert Jeremy Neufeld joins us to explain why the new $100,000 visa fee is likely to hurt start-ups, universities and the broader U.S. economy.
For more on this episode, go to https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/podcasts/hardfork-nvidia-h1b-tiktok.html
Guest:
Jeremy Neufeld, director of immigration policy at the Institute for Progress
https://ifp.org/author/jeremy-neufeld/
Additional Reading:
$100,000 Per Employee: How the H-1B Visa Fee Could Reshape Work Forces
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/25/business/economy/h1b-visa-fee.html
A $100,000 Per Worker Visa Fee Tips the Balance to Big Tech
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/technology/trump-h1b-visa-tech-start-ups.html
Hard Fork is a weekly look into the future that's a...
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- A.I. Datacenters Will Reshape US Infrastructure | Ep 155
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- This week, an eye-popping $100 billion deal between OpenAI and Nvidia — along with an announcement about the construction of five new American data centers — has us re-examining our predictions of an A.I. bubble. Then, we try to make sense of the Trump administration’s changes to the H-1B visa program, which generated mixed reactions from tech leaders; the immigration expert Jeremy Neufeld joins us to explain why the new $100,000 visa fee is likely to hurt start-ups, universities and the broader U.S. economy. And finally, we take a look at one of the latest trends sweeping TikTok: planning for a biblical Rapture.
For more on this episode, go to https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/podcasts/hardfork-nvidia-h1b-tiktok.html
Guest:
Jeremy Neufeld, director of immigration policy at the Institute for Progress
https://ifp.org/author/jeremy-neufeld/
Additional Reading:
Nvidia to Invest $100 Billion in OpenAI
https://www....
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- This Week in A.I.: Record-Setting Brainrot, A.I. Anticorruption, and ChatGPT For Teens | Clip
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- It’s time to round up This Week in A.I.
Additional Reading:
OpenAI’s Risky Step to Protect Teens
https://www.platformer.news/openai-teen-accounts-safety-senate-hearing/
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- The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches | Interview
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- This week, The Times’s David Yaffe-Bellany brings us inside the blockbuster New York Times investigation into a $2 billion investment in Trump’s crypto company World Liberty Financial and a controversial deal to send the most powerful A.I. chips to the United Arab Emirates.
Guests:
David Yaffe-Bellany, New York Times technology reporter covering the crypto industry
https://www.nytimes.com/by/david-yaffe-bellany
Additional Reading:
In Giant Deals, U.A.E. Got Chips, and Trump Team Got Crypto Riches
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/us/politics/trump-uae-chips-witkoff-world-liberty.html
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- Is the Internet Optimized for Rage?
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- On the "Hard Fork" podcast, the co-host Kevin Roose discusses rising tensions on the internet in the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination. Watch the full conversation at youtube.com/hardfork.
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- Kirk's Shooting Reveals the Cracks in Free Speech | EP 154
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- This week, we discuss the assassination of Charlie Kirk, freedom of speech and the terrifying new reality of extremely online violence. Then The Times’s David Yaffe-Bellany brings us inside the blockbuster New York Times investigation into a $2 billion investment in Trump’s crypto company World Liberty Financial and a controversial deal to send the most powerful A.I. chips to the United Arab Emirates. And finally, it’s time to round up This Week in A.I.
Guests:
David Yaffe-Bellany, New York Times technology reporter covering the crypto industry
https://www.nytimes.com/by/david-yaffe-bellany
Additional Reading:
Trump Administration Wields Its Full Toolbox to Bring Media to Heel
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/business/media/trump-kimmel-cancel-culture-free-speech.html
Social Platforms Duck Blame for Inflaming Divisions Before Charlie Kirk’s Death
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/technology/charlie-kirk-met...
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- How Would You Stop the A.I. Apocalypse? #artificialintelligence
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- This week on the "Hard Fork" podcast, Kevin and Casey talk with Eliezer Yudkowsky, an A.I. researcher and the founder of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, about his worry that A.I. will doom humanity — and how to stop it.
- Title
- Who is the iPhone Air for? #apple #iphone
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Kevin and Casey discuss the new iPhone Air, a super-slim phone, that seems to come with a few downsides.
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- Will A.I. Kill Us All? Our Guest Says It Might. | Interview
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Eliezer Yudkowsky, one of the most fascinating people in A.I., has a new book coming out: “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies.” He joins us to make the case for why A.I. development should be shut down now, long before we reach superintelligence, and how he thinks that could happen.
This is a clip from Hard Fork episode 153 https://youtu.be/UDLiWTXaGeo
Guests:
Eliezer Yudkowsky, founder of Machine Intelligence Research Institute and a co-author of “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies”
Additional Reading:
A.I.’s Prophet of Doom Wants to Shut It All Down
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/technology/ai-eliezer-yudkowsky-book.html
AI as Normal Technology, revisited
https://www.platformer.news/ai-normal-technology-timelines-education/
Hard Fork is a weekly look into the future that's already here. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the bleeding edge of tech.<...
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- Is Smartphone Innovation Officially Dead?
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of "Hard Fork" at The New York Times, discuss how we are in the age of matured smartphones, and compare the lack of innovation in phones to that of modern televisions.
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- What We Really Think About the iPhone Air | EP 153
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Apple’s yearly iPhone event took place this week, and it left us asking, Is Apple losing the juice? We break down all the new products the company announced and discuss where it goes from here. Then, Eliezer Yudkowsky, one of the most fascinating people in A.I., has a new book coming out: “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies.” He joins us to make the case for why A.I. development should be shut down now, long before we reach superintelligence, and how he thinks that could happen.
Guests:
Eliezer Yudkowsky, founder of Machine Intelligence Research Institute and a co-author of “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies”
Additional Reading:
A.I.’s Prophet of Doom Wants to Shut It All Down
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/technology/ai-eliezer-yudkowsky-book.html
AI as Normal Technology, revisited
https://www.platformer.news/ai-normal-technology-timelines-education/
Apple’s misunderstood cross...
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- Your Hot Takes on A.I. & Education | Clip
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- This week, we hear directly from students who are on the front line of technological change.
This is a clip from Hard Fork episode 152 https://youtu.be/X-KzyPRdcmc
Additional Reading:
OpenAI and Microsoft Bankroll New A.I. Training for Teachers
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/technology/chatgpt-teachers-openai-microsoft.html
Welcome to Campus. Here’s Your ChatGPT.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/technology/chatgpt-openai-colleges.html
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- What is A.I. Doing to Higher Education? | Interview
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- This week, Princeton historian D. Graham Burnett joins us to discuss the existential threat that A.I. poses to the traditional humanities degree and why he believes we’ll see thousands of new schools emerge outside the university system to carry on the exploration of what it means to be a person in the world.
This is a clip from Hard Fork episode 152 https://youtu.be/X-KzyPRdcmc
Guests:
D. Graham Burnett, historian of science and technology at Princeton University
https://history.princeton.edu/people/d-graham-burnett
Additional Reading:
Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence?
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/will-the-humanities-survive-artificial-intelligence
Hard Fork is a weekly look into the future that's already here. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the bleeding edge of tech.
Casey’s publication, Platformer: https://www.platformer.news/
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- How Literacy as We Know It Is Ending
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- "Hard Fork" podcast, the Princeton historian of science and technology D. Graham Burnett discusses the current cultural shift from literacy to orality, saying, "Long-form, immersive literacy is coming to an end." Listen to the full conversation with the co-hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton at youtube.com/hardfork.
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- Melania Trump Announces Presidential A.I. Challenge
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of “Hard Fork” at The New York Times, discuss Melania Trump’s video announcement of a presidential A.I. challenge for students.
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- Is A.I. About to Change Education Forever?
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of "Hard Fork" at The New York Times, spoke with MacKenzie Price, the co-founder of Alpha Schools, about how A.I. will change how we learn in school.
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- How Alpha School Is Bringing A.I. to the Classroom | EP 152
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- This week, we check in on the state of artificial intelligence in education. We talk with a co-founder of Alpha Schools, MacKenzie Price, about how her private K-12 schools are using A.I. to generate personalized lesson plans and enabling teachers to spend their time motivating rather than teaching students. Then, the Princeton historian D. Graham Burnett joins us to discuss the existential threat that A.I. poses to the traditional humanities degree and why he believes we’ll see thousands of new schools emerge outside the university system to carry on the exploration of what it means to be a person in the world. And finally, we hear directly from students who are on the front line of technological change.
Guests:
MacKenzie Price, co-founder of Alpha Schools
https://2hourlearning.com/founder/
D. Graham Burnett, historian of science and technology at Princeton University
https://history.princeton.edu/people/d-graham-burnett
Addit...
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- Unraveling The Trump Family's Entanglements in Tech | Clip
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- We introduce a new segment where we run through the most surprising technology projects the Trump family is getting involved in.
This is a clip from Hard Fork episode 151 https://youtu.be/7TAn7o6srGc
Additional Reading:
First Lady Melania Trump Launches Nationwide Presidential A.I. Challenge
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/08/first-lady-melania-trump-launches-nationwide-presidential-ai-challenge/
Hard Fork is a weekly look into the future that's already here. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the bleeding edge of tech.
Casey’s publication, Platformer: https://www.platformer.news/
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- Waymo Co-CEO on Where Their Robotaxis are Heading Next | Interview
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Waymo’s co-chief executive Tekedra Mawakana joins us in the studio to discuss the company’s strategy for expanding its driverless car service to Miami, D.C. and the snowy Northeast.
This is a clip from Hard Fork episode 151 https://youtu.be/7TAn7o6srGc
Guest:
Tekedra Mawakana, co-chief executive of Waymo
Hard Fork is a weekly look into the future that's already here. Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the bleeding edge of tech.
Casey’s publication, Platformer: https://www.platformer.news/
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- Bernie Sanders Actually Likes the Intel Deal
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, the hosts of "Hard Fork" at The New York Times, spoke about the varied reactions to the Trump administration's stake in Intel on behalf of the United States government.
