A radio show about our impending doom.*

featuring: Artificial Intelligence and other questionable decisions

AI Is Rewriting Reality. Let’s Talk About That.

algorithmic anxiety

is a weekly radio show and podcast that explores the complex, often uncomfortable intersections of artificial intelligence, digital life, and human values.

Each episode tackles a core theme: from data-driven discrimination to machine-generated media, with clarity, skepticism, and a deep concern for what we’re building and who gets left behind.

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each week,

hosts Wayne Maceyka and Dave Saraceno tackle the accelerating mess of AI, digital ethics, and algorithmic bias with a mix of investigative depth, cultural critique, and deadpan humor.

From surveillance capitalism and facial recognition to ChatGPT, deepfakes, workplace automation, AI in education, personalized pricing, and even autonomous weapons, they unpack the systems shaping our digital lives—offering both critical insight and comic relief..

New episodes broadcast live every Tuesday 11:00am EST on https://993wbtv.org/live/ with previous episodes available to listen to here:

Episodes

Latest Episode:

In this episode of Yesterday’s Update we dive into Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams, a sharp look at how tech’s promises collide with its failures of responsibility. The big question: when we talk about regulation, who is it really serving? Who is held responsible? Is it protecting people — our privacy, jobs, and dignity — or stabilizing corporations and their bottom lines? Or are we drifting toward legitimizing AI as a new kind of “entity” in law and policy? We explore this tug-of-war over rights, responsibilities, and consequences, with a skeptical Gen-X lens.

Links:

Careless People; https://read.macmillan.com/fib/careless-people/

Generative AI Perspectives; https://hai.stanford.edu/research/generative-ai-perspectives-from-stanford-hai

Center for Humane Technology Podcast "AI is the Next Free Speech Battleground" https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/ai-is-the-next-free-speech-battleground

previous Episodes here

algorithmic anxiety is hosted by dave saraceno & wayne maceyka, two smart-but-snarky gen-xers both curious and concerned about the role of ai, machine learning, and large language models.

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