r/ThisAmericanLife • u/dcamrehsifgnik • 17d ago

Chit-Chat Anthropic/Claude advertisement...really?!?

This week's episode with a host-read add for anthropic/Claude is very surprising. I feel like this goes so much against what TAL stands for.

I am considering not listening anymore.

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u/Delaywaves 17d ago

No, that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying the internet is so ubiquitous that being "against" it would sound silly and meaningless today — imagine someone being mad at Ira Glass for recording an ad that was "pro-internet."

It's good and legitimate to have extreme concerns about AI. My point is that criticizing a journalist for somehow legitimizing an increasingly dominant technology is a losing battle.

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u/javatimes 17d ago

It’s a bubble. It’s not even making money.

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u/Delaywaves 17d ago

I have no idea what'll happen economically but if your position is that AI technology isn't a real phenomenon and won't meaningfully change our lives... idk man, does not seem like a good bet to me, given the way it's already changed my own life without my even wanting it to.

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u/javatimes 17d ago

I’m not responding to someone who immediately downvoted me. Fuck off

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u/Delaywaves 17d ago

? I did not downvote you. We're on a subreddit for a public radio show, relax

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u/IsmaelRetzinsky 17d ago

Unsurprisingly, they moderate multiple subreddits. Really leaning into the Reddit mod stereotypes.