OVERTHINK

In episode 145 of Overthink, David and Ellie talk about AI chatbots. Should we shame people for using LLMs? In what ways have we begun to outsource our cognition? Are relationships between humans and AI real? They explore how perceived relationships with chatbots can turn into AI psychosis and how the principle of ‘yes, and’ plays out in chatbot systems. They discuss the fatigue surrounding the predominance of AI in our everyday lives and the negative environmental effects of it. And they look into what AI chatbots actually are.

In episode 144 of Overthink, Ellie and David discuss the unspoken difficulties of limerence, or the state of falling in love. What is the difference between love and limerence, and why do we confuse them so frequently? How does social media fuel limerent reactions? And is limerence inherently selfish? They discuss how limerence can be formative to our personal identities, whether a limerent object has ethical obligations to those who obsess over them, and how modern dating norms might direct us all towards limerence rather than love.

In episode 143 of Overthink, Ellie and David explore the topic of degrowth. They discuss the imperial mode of living, Kohei Saito’s pillars of degrowth communism, and the iron law of capitalism. How does the degrowth movement build off of Karl Marx’s theory of capital? What are the differences between the Degrowthers’ criticisms of the Green New Deal and the greenwashing criticisms against it? And how can we build a post-capitalist world?