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Sep 24, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 24, 2026

    Fake Empire (opens the original)

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    Maggie Harrison Dupre returns with Jon Christian to take us through their reporting on Brown Brothers Media, a family operated slop mill that quietly reached tens of millions by gaming Google with thousands of fake articles written with fake bylines by personas with falsified credentials. Oh, and by the way, they had a Shaman.Read the article here: https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/brown-brothers-media-ai-slop-empireFollow Maggie: https://bsky.app/profile/mharrisondupre.bsky.socialFol

  2. Episode · Sep 22, 2026

    Preview: The Curious Case of Alpha School (opens the original)

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    Full episode: www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer A tech billionaire and Trump donor bankrolled an "AI focused" private school that costs $50,000+ a year. Kids are allegedly hooked to heart monitors while being criticized, and fail if their heartrate increases too much. They work unpaid "dirty" jobs like scrubbing toilets or manual labor, and strangely have required follower quotas on social media. This is Alpha School, the billionaire-funded AI academy Trump's Education Secretary came to tour. We s

  3. Episode · Sep 18, 2026

    A Very Chinese Friday (opens the original)

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    Tilly Norwood speaks a little Chinese for for Piers Morgan, America almost goes to war with China over an AI hallucination, AI agents are making the internet a more annoying place, Americans are totally exhausted, and we weigh in on the AI doomerism + Ethical Altruism vs MAGA civil war.Articles discussed in this episode:Tilly Norwood Speaks Chinesehttps://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/watch-piers-morgan-gobsmacked-as-ai-actress-tilly-norwood-glitches-out-suddenly-speaks-chinese-during-interview/Excl

  4. Episode · Sep 10, 2026

    Preview: The Kirkiversary (opens the original)

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    www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer for the full episodeOne year ago, Charlie Kirk was assassinated while hosting a speaking event on a college campus in Utah. In the wake of his death followed a year of political turmoil, conservative infighting, New McCarthyism, conspiracy theories, organized doxxing + harassment campaigns and worse. Curiously, Kirk's likeness has survived via "kirkification" memes which have endured probably more than any other in the post-Covid internet landscape. Today, we disc

  5. Episode · Sep 5, 2026

    American Panopticon (opens the original)

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    First we address America's most pressing issue: the Trump/Jelly Roll divide. Then we discuss Flock Safety, its abuses, the pushback, and more. Note: we initially had a slightly different angle and intro for this episode planned which is brought up briefly. Articles discussed:https://www.wired.com/story/flock-ai-search-user-interface/ https://www.404media.co/flock-taught-cops-how-to-surveil-no-kings-protesters/ https://www.newsweek.com/anti-flock-camera-protests-surge-12403463 https://www.youtube

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