Ghost in the Machine Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/ghost-in-the-machine The AI conversation, without the noise. Every week, Andrew DeGood and Liz Short sit down for a thirty-minute conversation about artificial intelligence. Andrew comes in as the optimist, a founder building AI products and betting his career on where this technology is headed. Liz brings the harder questions, the ones about what we lose, what we risk, and what we owe the people who didn't sign up for any of this. They bring in the people actually shaping the field. Researchers, founders, ethicists, skeptics, builders. Real conversations about real implications. No hype cycles. No doom loops. Just two smart people and a guest trying to figure out what this moment actually means. New episodes stream live every Thursday. Available on every podcast platform after. © 2026 Andrew Degood and Liz Short 1c0ae4a9-654c-52aa-8c31-a166472bb711 yes Teaser : Ghost in the Machine en Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:00:11 -0400 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:01:53 -0400 http://ghostinthemachine.studio https://img.transistorcdn.com/oU4EE8W97rOUZsW-WCRkbmPG8ud7rmm9xgzlqZkhoLk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81OWYw/YTgwMjQ1MmIwN2Zk/N2JlNmE5OWUzZmJk/ZmUyYi5wbmc.jpg Ghost in the Machine http://ghostinthemachine.studio episodic Andrew Degood and Liz Short The AI conversation, without the noise. Every week, Andrew DeGood and Liz Short sit down for a thirty-minute conversation about artificial intelligence. Andrew comes in as the optimist, a founder building AI products and betting his career on where this technology is headed. Liz brings the harder questions, the ones about what we lose, what we risk, and what we owe the people who didn't sign up for any of this. They bring in the people actually shaping the field. Researchers, founders, ethicists, skeptics, builders. Real conversations about real implications. No hype cycles. No doom loops. Just two smart people and a guest trying to figure out what this moment actually means. New episodes stream live every Thursday. Available on every podcast platform after. The AI conversation, without the noise. AI, Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy, techno philosophy, technology Andrew DeGood andrew@askbobai.com No No Episode 4: Andrew DeGood and Liz Short on Everything AI Is About to Break 4 4 Episode 4: Andrew DeGood and Liz Short on Everything AI Is About to Break full 8c828fa5-dfaf-489a-bc78-be254e030937 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d4d07e8e Liz Short took the room. For thirty minutes she walked Andrew DeGood through what AI actually breaks. Who owns the benefits. The wealth gap. The death of the entry-level job. Critical thinking. The ethics nobody wants to own. Andrew defends. He does not win this one, and that was the deal.

]]> Liz Short took the room. For thirty minutes she walked Andrew DeGood through what AI actually breaks. Who owns the benefits. The wealth gap. The death of the entry-level job. Critical thinking. The ethics nobody wants to own. Andrew defends. He does not win this one, and that was the deal.

]]> Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:00:00 -0400 Andrew Degood and Liz Short Andrew Degood and Liz Short 2114 Liz Short took the room. For thirty minutes she walked Andrew DeGood through what AI actually breaks. Who owns the benefits. The wealth gap. The death of the entry-level job. Critical thinking. The ethics nobody wants to own. Andrew defends. He does not win this one, and that was the deal.

]]> AI, Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy, techno philosophy, technology Yes Episode 3: Andrew DeGood and Liz Short on the Optimist Case for AI 3 3 Episode 3: Andrew DeGood and Liz Short on the Optimist Case for AI full 57da04a9-20fe-40b1-8790-6406aaf8ac7b https://share.transistor.fm/s/82973303 Andrew DeGood spent thirty minutes trying to sell Liz Short on the optimist case for AI. By the end she conceded most of it.

Five futures, all inside ten years. Biotech that crosses the "one year and one day" line where life expectancy improves faster than you age. Energy that goes near-free as fusion catches up and AI rewrites the grid. Knowledge becoming a commodity once an expert lives in everyone's pocket. The smartphone retiring in favor of smart glasses with AR overlays and continuous context. And the answer to the loneliness epidemic that nobody is comfortable talking about until they have an aging parent who is alone.

Andrew closes on why optimism is not naive. If you only talk about the doom, you build the doom. Episode 4 is Liz's turn to push back.

]]> Andrew DeGood spent thirty minutes trying to sell Liz Short on the optimist case for AI. By the end she conceded most of it.

Five futures, all inside ten years. Biotech that crosses the "one year and one day" line where life expectancy improves faster than you age. Energy that goes near-free as fusion catches up and AI rewrites the grid. Knowledge becoming a commodity once an expert lives in everyone's pocket. The smartphone retiring in favor of smart glasses with AR overlays and continuous context. And the answer to the loneliness epidemic that nobody is comfortable talking about until they have an aging parent who is alone.

Andrew closes on why optimism is not naive. If you only talk about the doom, you build the doom. Episode 4 is Liz's turn to push back.

]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 17:16:33 -0400 Andrew Degood and Liz Short Andrew Degood and Liz Short 1684 Andrew DeGood spent thirty minutes trying to sell Liz Short on the optimist case for AI. By the end she conceded most of it.

Five futures, all inside ten years. Biotech that crosses the "one year and one day" line where life expectancy improves faster than you age. Energy that goes near-free as fusion catches up and AI rewrites the grid. Knowledge becoming a commodity once an expert lives in everyone's pocket. The smartphone retiring in favor of smart glasses with AR overlays and continuous context. And the answer to the loneliness epidemic that nobody is comfortable talking about until they have an aging parent who is alone.

Andrew closes on why optimism is not naive. If you only talk about the doom, you build the doom. Episode 4 is Liz's turn to push back.

]]> AI, Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy, techno philosophy, technology No Episode 2: Andrew DeGood and Liz Short on Whether AI Is a Tool or an Organism 2 2 Episode 2: Andrew DeGood and Liz Short on Whether AI Is a Tool or an Organism full d11b69ba-a1e0-494f-aa96-9147b7573df9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/8719683b Andrew DeGood and Liz Short take on the question even Claude struggles to answer. Is AI a tool or an organism? Thirty minutes on autonomous agents, consciousness, Ready Player Two, the great filter, simulation theory, and why a more balanced government might be the guardrail AI actually needs.

]]> Andrew DeGood and Liz Short take on the question even Claude struggles to answer. Is AI a tool or an organism? Thirty minutes on autonomous agents, consciousness, Ready Player Two, the great filter, simulation theory, and why a more balanced government might be the guardrail AI actually needs.

]]> Thu, 21 May 2026 13:00:00 -0400 Andrew Degood and Liz Short Andrew Degood and Liz Short 1365 Andrew DeGood and Liz Short take on the question even Claude struggles to answer. Is AI a tool or an organism? Thirty minutes on autonomous agents, consciousness, Ready Player Two, the great filter, simulation theory, and why a more balanced government might be the guardrail AI actually needs.

]]> AI, Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy, techno philosophy, technology No Episode 1: Andrew DeGood and Liz Short on the Conversation AI Is Missing 1 1 Episode 1: Andrew DeGood and Liz Short on the Conversation AI Is Missing full 81383b86-0569-49b5-a77e-0029a10a9dd3 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b3fa850a Andrew comes in as the optimist who builds AI products for a living. Liz takes the skeptic seat with the harder questions, the ones about who gets left behind. In episode one they get into what most people are not saying. The 24 month question every leader should be asking before they buy another tool. Why AI in 2026 is the Model T of computing. What happens to call centers in the Philippines, dating in a full-AI generation, and the executive team that keeps shooting itself in the foot during rollouts. Plus the term Liz coined live that Andrew refused to let slide: AI washing.

]]> Andrew comes in as the optimist who builds AI products for a living. Liz takes the skeptic seat with the harder questions, the ones about who gets left behind. In episode one they get into what most people are not saying. The 24 month question every leader should be asking before they buy another tool. Why AI in 2026 is the Model T of computing. What happens to call centers in the Philippines, dating in a full-AI generation, and the executive team that keeps shooting itself in the foot during rollouts. Plus the term Liz coined live that Andrew refused to let slide: AI washing.

]]> Thu, 14 May 2026 13:00:00 -0400 Andrew Degood and Liz Short Andrew Degood and Liz Short 1929 Andrew comes in as the optimist who builds AI products for a living. Liz takes the skeptic seat with the harder questions, the ones about who gets left behind. In episode one they get into what most people are not saying. The 24 month question every leader should be asking before they buy another tool. Why AI in 2026 is the Model T of computing. What happens to call centers in the Philippines, dating in a full-AI generation, and the executive team that keeps shooting itself in the foot during rollouts. Plus the term Liz coined live that Andrew refused to let slide: AI washing.

]]> AI, Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy, techno philosophy, technology No Teaser : Ghost in the Machine 1 1 Teaser : Ghost in the Machine trailer 334fc276-90d6-45c5-8d68-6ee1fcc8db78 https://share.transistor.fm/s/900e3eb4 Two voices. One question. Where is this actually headed?

Ghost in the Machine is a weekly conversation about artificial intelligence, hosted by Andrew DeGood and Liz Short. Andrew builds AI products for a living and comes in as the optimist. Liz asks the harder questions, the ones about who benefits, who loses, and what we owe the people who didn't sign up for any of this.

Every week, they sit down with a guest who actually knows what they're talking about. Researchers, founders, operators, critics. The people building the future and the people thinking hard about its consequences.

No hype cycles. No doom loops. Just real conversations about real implications, in thirty minutes a week.

Live every Thursday on LinkedIn and YouTube. On every podcast platform after.

The AI conversation, without the noise. New episodes start Thursday May 14th. Subscribe now.

]]> Two voices. One question. Where is this actually headed?

Ghost in the Machine is a weekly conversation about artificial intelligence, hosted by Andrew DeGood and Liz Short. Andrew builds AI products for a living and comes in as the optimist. Liz asks the harder questions, the ones about who benefits, who loses, and what we owe the people who didn't sign up for any of this.

Every week, they sit down with a guest who actually knows what they're talking about. Researchers, founders, operators, critics. The people building the future and the people thinking hard about its consequences.

No hype cycles. No doom loops. Just real conversations about real implications, in thirty minutes a week.

Live every Thursday on LinkedIn and YouTube. On every podcast platform after.

The AI conversation, without the noise. New episodes start Thursday May 14th. Subscribe now.

]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:53:35 -0400 Andrew Degood and Liz Short Andrew Degood and Liz Short 13 Two voices. One question. Where is this actually headed?

Ghost in the Machine is a weekly conversation about artificial intelligence, hosted by Andrew DeGood and Liz Short. Andrew builds AI products for a living and comes in as the optimist. Liz asks the harder questions, the ones about who benefits, who loses, and what we owe the people who didn't sign up for any of this.

Every week, they sit down with a guest who actually knows what they're talking about. Researchers, founders, operators, critics. The people building the future and the people thinking hard about its consequences.

No hype cycles. No doom loops. Just real conversations about real implications, in thirty minutes a week.

Live every Thursday on LinkedIn and YouTube. On every podcast platform after.

The AI conversation, without the noise. New episodes start Thursday May 14th. Subscribe now.

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