Using AI for the Menial, Not the Meaningful

S2E311 - Using AI for the Menial, Not the Meaningful

Published: October 8, 2026

Duration: 5:52

I clarify a snarky post I made about Twitter and AI that was a rage-bait example of an AI enthusiast wanting to train a voice model to “read” to their baby highlights what bothers me about AI hype: the gleeful drive to replace human involvement in meaningful, relationship-building or creative work.

Links Mentioned in This Episode:

My post on Mastodon referencing the Twitter rage bait

Topics:
00:00 Intro
00:23 Twitter AI Parenting Post
00:57 Good Uses of AI
02:29 Rage Bait Hype Culture
03:15 Soulless AI Content
03:46 Robots for Chores
04:11 Reading to Kids Matt...