Hosted by Shae Omonijo · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 21 episodes
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Voice notes from your favorite humanist and Harvard PhD Candidate on the AI developments that actually matter!Each episode, I break down what’s happening in AI, from new research to policy shifts to workplace transformations, and explain what it means through a humanities lens. No hype, no jargon, just clear thinking about how AI is reshaping work, knowledge, and society.If you like to think critically about the future, this place is for you!
Shae Omonijo hosts Critical Thinking in the Age of AI, a technology show with 21 episodes published.
Philosophy majors now have lower unemployment than computer science majors. Why? Because AI labs need critical thinkers to build ethical frameworks and prevent catastrophic failures. In this episode I argue that humaniti
Three-quarters of all U.S. federal tax revenue comes from labor. So what happens when AI starts replacing the workers that revenue depends on? In this episode, Shae breaks down a January 2026 Brookings Institution paper
Hey folks, you asked for Part 2, and here it is. This episode is the context that makes the local AI discussion actually make sense: what the open-source AI ecosystem is, where it comes from, how to navigate it without m
WELCOME TO MY STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS! Sorry for the singing, but the substance is there 🥹 Most people treat Notion versus Obsidian as a choice you have to make once. It is not. They are designed for completely differen
The traditional full-time job is not disappearing overnight, but the conditions that made it stable are changing faster than most people realize. In this episode, I break down what the gig economy data actually says, why
There's an entire ecosystem of AI tools, many of them free, open-source, and running entirely on your own device, that most people have never heard of. This episode breaks down what local AI is, what you give up when you
There's a concept that reframes everything you thought you knew about AI transparency and it came from one of the most powerful talks on AI I've ever witnessed in person. At the International Association for Safe and Eth
What is actually happening at the frontier of AI safety research? I attended Day One of IASEAI 2026, the International Association for Safe and Ethical AI, in Paris, and I'm breaking down everything you need to know. Fol
I just published this essay and I wanted to publish the audio version so it can reach as many people as possible. Read + Share this essay, please: https://open.substack.com/pub/shaeomonijo/p/something-bigger-than-ai-is-h
We blame students for using ChatGPT to write essays. We shame people for turning to AI companions. We criticize workers for automating emails. But what if the real problem isn't individual moral failure per se, but mores
In this episode, I unpack Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davos and explore what they reveal about AI sovereignty, decentralization, and the global race between the United Sta
AI agents just created their own religion. On a social network called Moltbook, autonomous AI powered by OpenClaw spontaneously formed "Crustafarianism" complete with scriptures, prophets, and encrypted communication to
How does a historian learn AI research well enough to contribute meaningfully to policy conversations? In this episode, I share the six-step self-education framework I used to move into a completely new field, and how yo
Everyone acts like AI just appeared overnight with ChatGPT. But we've been building toward this moment for 75 years and every generation has completely redefined what "artificial intelligence" even means. This episode tr
In this episode, I break down Woodrow Hartzog and Jessica Silbey's paper "How AI Destroys Institutions" and explain why anyone who cares about knowledge, power, and culture needs to get involved in AI governance NOW. KEY
ChatGPT coughed during a study session and it broke a student's brain. For a split second, their mind processed: "Wait, is it sick?" This seemingly small moment reveals why the entire debate about AI consciousness is ask
Even before AI entered the picture, we'd already lost the plot on work. This episode uses a viral Substack article about "the death of the corporate job" as a launching pad to ask deeper questions: What is work for? Why
AI data centers are reshaping communities, but they’re not inevitable, and they’re not unregulated. In this episode, we break down Microsoft’s new “Community-First AI Infrastructure” commitments, analyze what they actual
In this episode, I walk through the cultural reckoning that's already begun: A Japanese author wins a prestigious literary prize, then reveals 5% was ChatGPT-generated, sparking a crisis about what "using AI" even meansS
Learn the fundamental building blocks of critical thinking in this foundational episode. I break down what critical thinking actually means in practice and give you the tools to evaluate claims, spot weak arguments, and
Alondra Nelson
former White House OSTP Director
1 appearance on this show
Yoshua Bengio
Turing Award winner, leading AI researcher
1 appearance on this show
Mark Carney
Chair of Brookfield Asset Management and Head of Transition Investing · Brookfield Asset Management
1 appearance on this show
Jessica Silbey
Guggenheim Fellow, Berkman Klein · Boston University
1 appearance on this show
Woodrow Hartzog
Law Professor and Privacy & Technology Law Expert · Boston University
1 appearance on this show
Sam Altman
AI Visionary and Billionaire Innovator · Tools for Humanity
1 appearance on this show
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