A Chatbot Reacts To A Book About Tech
July 23, 2025
45 min
Full
16 of 300
July 23, 2025
A Chatbot Reacts To A Book About Tech
0:00 / 45:17
Excerpt playback isn’t available for this episode — use the full-episode link.
Search the Record
Moment search isn’t open for this episode yet
When it opens, you’ll be able to type any phrase and jump straight to the second it was said.
Fresh Air Episodes Around July 23, 2025
Episode 16 of 300 — walk the feed in the order it was published.
A Chatbot Reacts To A Book About Tech
Summary
After writing chapters of her new book about how tech companies help and exploit us, tech journalist and novelist Vauhini Vara fed those chapters to ChatGPT. She told the chatbot she needed help with her writing, but her real goal was to analyze and critique the AI's advice. Her new book is <em>Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age</em>.<br /><br />Also, TV critic and historian David Bianculli reacts to the cancellation of <em>The Late Show with Stephen Colbert</em>. <br /><br />See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>
Episode details and artwork are published by the show’s own feed. Sentinel plays short cited excerpts and links every episode back to its publisher.