Debate Chatbots podcast by New Polity
Shares rank 25 of 42 podcasts by recommenders
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.
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.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Interesting argument against anthropomorphizing AI
“this podcast presents a very interesting argument against talking to AI as if they were human”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “GPT‑Live” “presents a very interesting argument against talking to AI as if they were human”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “GPT‑Live”
Other podcasts people recommend
The four most recommended other podcasts, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwarkesh Podcast | 29 | 8 | 78% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Oxide and Friends | 26 | 3 | 90% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Acquired podcast | 25 | 0 | 100% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Behind the Bastards podcast | 18 | 1 | 95% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Debate Chatbots podcast by New PolityThis page | 6 | 1 | 86% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
3 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“How would talking to an AI as if it were not human sound?”
“presents a very interesting argument against talking to AI as if they were human”
“this podcast presents a very interesting argument against talking to AI as if they were human”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.