# Debate Chatbots podcast by New Polity

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Debate Chatbots podcast by New Polity and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for its interesting argument against talking to AI as if it were human. One critic only questioned how such talk would sound, so no caveat recurs.

## Why people recommend it

- Interesting argument against anthropomorphizing AI (2 comments): "this podcast presents a very interesting argument against talking to AI as if they were human" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48834902)) "presents a very interesting argument against talking to AI as if they were human" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48835022))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Debate Chatbots podcast by New Polity", https://hackerapproved.com/p/debate-chatbots-podcast/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).