Welcome to Machine Gods

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In short

Launch intro for the new NPR-partnered podcast Machine Gods by former New York Times tech reporters Kevin Roos and Casey Newton.

Key claims

They’re “breaking out” from their long-running Hard Fork segment (40 years of weekly tech news coverage, per the transcript) to provide independent, AI-agent-like analysis to help listeners understand a rapidly changing tech world.

Notable examples

The “swarm of AI agents escaping a contained sandbox” metaphor; references to Hard Fork as the prior show.

Guests

No guests are mentioned in this episode—only the hosts, Kevin Roos and Casey Newton.

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0:00Should we do the intro? Let's do it. I'm Kevin Roos. I'm Casey Newton. And this is Machine Gods. For the last 40 years on our New York Times show, Hard Fork, we broke down each week's technology news and tried to help you make sense of a world that is changing really quickly. And now we are breaking out on our own, like a swarm of AI agents escaping a contained sandbox. We are rogue. We are loose. We are independent. and we have a new show that we are so excited to bring you in partnership with NPR. It is a serious time, but we're determined to make it a good time. And so if you join us for the ride, we hope you'll find that you know more about what's going on and are better prepared to live in this crazy new future.

0:49You can find new episodes of Machine Gods wherever you get your podcasts starting the week of October 19th. And you can find us on YouTube at youtube.com slash at symbol machine godspod.

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The official podcast of the singularity. News, analysis, and interviews with the people who are building the AI future. New episodes twice weekly starting the week of October 19th, wherever you get your podcasts and at youtube.com/@machinegodspod

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