#05 Pump the Brakes, AI?
The week AI threatened your job, rewrote your novel – and aced your homework
2025-06-06 17 min
Description & Show Notes
🎙️ AI & us – Episode 5: Pump the Brakes, AI?
In this episode of AI & us, your favorite duo dives into the most jaw-dropping, frustrating, and fascinating stories from the world of artificial intelligence.
🧠Feed me up, Scotty!
- Anthropic’s CEO predicts AI will kill 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs. Is this a warning – or a wake-up call?
- 77% of Americans say: Slow. It. Down. A new poll shows the public wants AI progress to hit the brakes – across all generations.
- UK copyright battle heats up as creators push back against AI companies using their work without consent. Are we about to rewrite copyright law for the AI age?
⚙️ Prompt Patrol We spotlight KODISC – a classroom-ready AI tool built by a high school student (!) that turns your questions into full-blown explainer videos.
🤖 Bot or Not? A fantasy author forgets to delete a ChatGPT prompt from her novel. The result? Viral embarrassment, one-star reviews, and a bigger debate about AI in creative writing.
🎧 Whether you're coding, commuting, or just curious: this is your weekly upgrade to what really matters in AI. No hype, just the good stuff – with context, humor, and opinions that aren’t afraid to take sides.
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