The Case Against AI (Robert Wright, Alex Hanna, and Emily Bender)
Bloggingheads.tv • January 27, 2026
Guests
| Guest | Role | Confidence | Extraction Method | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Wright | Guest | 85% | LLM | Login to Follow |
| Alex Hanna | Host/Co-host | 85% | LLM | Login to Follow |
| Emily Bender | Host/Co-host | 85% | LLM | Login to Follow |
Description
Alex and Emily’s book, The AI Con ... Beyond the AI booster-doomer spectrum ... What—and who—is AI actually useful for? ... The AI productivity question(s) ... Emily: AI won’t take your job, it’ll just make it shi**ier ... Stochastic parrots, Chinese rooms, and semantics ... Are LLMs really black boxes? ... Do AIs “understand” things? ... Debating using AIs as experts ... How “neural” are neural nets, really? ...