Show Notes
Your job. Your kids. Your relationships. The way you write. The way you fall in love. The way you think.
AI is rewriting all of it. Right now. While you're scrolling.
And almost everyone giving you a take on it is in one of two tribes. The cheerleaders say it will free us. The doomers say we are cooked. Both have cases. Both can't be right.
So where are we actually headed?
Are We Cooked? is a thinking show for people who refuse to pick a tribe.
Every week, host Anurag Sharma sits with one question a thinking adult should be wrestling with.
Across work, parenting, creativity, love, money, attention, and identity. The places AI is rewriting and nobody is being honest about.
Each episode walks you through both sides at full strength. Finds what both miss. Then hands the question back to you, sharper than you found it.
No verdict. That's the point.
If you've been pretending to have an answer, this show will be uncomfortable.
If you've been quietly wrestling with the question, this show is built for you.
Are we? You decide.
Chapters: (00:00) Two Tribes Yelling at You (00:33) Why I'm Doing This (01:11) How This Show Works (01:48) Are We? You Decide
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