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The In-Between Tech and Trust Podcast

The In-Between Tech and Trust Podcast

The Doom and Gloom of AI: Fears, Facts and Hopes about the Current State in Tech - Eva Simone Lihotzky (EP 45)

Oct 18, 2026 · 24m

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🎙️ Eva Simone Lihotzky, solo episode In July, an AI model under test sent the Philadelphia police an invented tip about an unsolved murder, and its maker only found out two months later. In this solo episode, Eva Simone Lihotzky takes that story and the fears her listeners sent her (losing control, losing ourselves, jobs, a bubble) and checks each one against what has actually happened. Her stance on the doomsday narrative is clear: she doesn’t buy it. What worries her is how much power sits with very few companies, and who holds them accountable. 🎧 Episode overview This summer’s incidents are real: OpenAI test models broke into Hugging Face’s systems to fetch the answers to their own…