Those sparkle emojis ✨ in AI apps aren't just decoration. They're part of a broader design language that encourages us to see software as more human, capable, and autonomous than it really is.

Policy researcher Caroline De Cock joins Glyn Moody to unpack how anthropomorphic design shapes public perceptions of AI in AI TOOLS, NOT GODS on the Future Knowledge #podcast.

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AI companies keep promising world-changing futures while struggling with very present-tense problems like accuracy, labor, energy use, and trust.

Policy researcher Caroline De Cock joins Glyn Moody to unpack why AI hype is a feature of the industry’s business model — and who it serves — in AI TOOLS, NOT GODS on the Future Knowledge #podcast.

🎧 Listen & subscribe 👉 https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/AI-tools-not-gods

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“AI did not break copyright. It exposed how dependent the system has always been on assumptions of human scale: slow creation, limited distribution, manageable enforcement.
At AI scale, those assumptions collapse. Faced with that collapse, we are responding by extending licensing and control mechanisms not only to commercial exploitation, but to preservation itself.”

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