Apocalyptic Bubbles, with John Herrman

New York Magazine technology columnist John Herrman analyzes recent discourse around artificial intelligence, including high-profile AI hacking incidents. How has the cultural and political discourse around AI changed? Is an AI financial bubble about to burst? And what do Meta's new Muse agents show how Silicon Valley views the world?

Recorded October 21, 2026

LINKS

New York Magazine on AI whistleblowers

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ai-researchers-quit-openai-anthropic.html

John on AI apocalypse narratives

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/why-everyones-talking-about-the-ai-apocalypse.html

John on OpenAI's rogue agents

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/are-openai-agents-going-rogue-or-is-openai.html

John on Muse agents

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ai-agent-flood-muse.html

Zeynep Tufekci's piece, "The Unstoppable Force of A.I. Hype Is Meeting One Immovable Fact"

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/opinion/ai-agents-steal-jobs-employment.html

Aryeh on using Bluesky to quit Twitter

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/08/28/how-delete-x-twitter-sign-up-bluesky/91447669007/

Aryeh's Substack newsletter, "Links I Like"

https://aryehcw.substack.com/

Follow John on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jwherrman.bsky.social

Follow Aryeh on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/aryehcw.bsky.social

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