Show Notes
You've experienced it, too. Those fuzzy, weird, messy feelings that come from using AI. PZ PI Beck Tench and AI Fellow Dan Be Kim from PZ's Center for Digital Thriving have a new, biweekly podcast to unpack these WTF moments...as in, "What's that feeling?" From outsourcing a sacred annual ritual to Claude to feeling seen by a lunch-planning chatbot, join Beck and Dan Be to explore awe, AI ick, the blurry line between navigating and being navigated, and why sitting with discomfort matters more...
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