AGI: "Imminent", "Inevitable", and Inane, 2025.04.21

Emily and Alex pore through an elaborate science fiction scenario about the "inevitability" of Artificial General Intelligence or AGI by the year 2027 - which rests atop a foundation of TESCREAL (dair-institute.org/tescreal) nonsense, and Sinophobia to boot.
References:
AI 2027 (ai-2027.com)
Fresh AI Hell:
AI persona bots for undercover cops (404media.co/this-college-protester-isnt-real-i…)
Palantir heart eyes Keir Starmer (politicshome.com/news/article/palantir-boss-in…)
Anti-vaxxers are grifting off the measles outbreak with AI-formulated supplements (wired.com/story/antivax-grift-measles-crisis-b…)
The cost, environmental and otherwise, of being polite to ChatGPT (futurism.com/altman-please-thanks-chatgpt)
Actors who sold voice & likeness find it used for scams (arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/regrets-actors-who-…)
Addictive tendencies and ChatGPT (satire) (bsky.app/profile/jrosenbaum.com.au)
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Music by Toby Menon.
Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park (naomipleasurepark.com).
Production by Ozzy Llinas Goodman.