When the Bubble Bursts (with Matt Scherer), 2026.06.01

Alex Hanna: Welcome, everyone, to Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, where we seek catharsis in this age of AI hype. Bender: Along the way, we learn to always read the footnotes, and each time we think we've reached peak AI hype, the summit of Bullshit Mountain, we discover there's worse to come.

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of alex, hanna, emily, including: We find the worst of it and pop it with the sharpest needles we can find.

1. 01Matt Scherer: That's what I'm hoping to achieve in my fellowship
2. 02So the next paragraph says, "The technology will still matter
3. 03Scientists will get better research tools, and companies will find more efficient ways to produce goods and services