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Critical Thinking in the Age of AI

by Shae O. Omonijo

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About the show

Voice notes from your favorite humanist and Harvard PhD Candidate on the AI developments that actually matter! Each episode, I break down what’s happening in AI, from new research to policy shifts to workplace transformations, and explain what it means through a humanities lens. No hype, no jargon, just clear thinking about how AI is reshaping work, knowledge, and society. If you like to think critically about the future, this place is for you!

Latest episodes

Why I Don't Panic About AI

September 17, 2026 · 14 min

Reading and annotating my essay: https://shaeomonijo.substack.com/p/why-i-dont-panic-about-ai Follow me on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/iamshaeo/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@iamshaeo Subscribe to my Newsletter…
No Amount of Ambition Will Save You From a Collapsing Institution

August 26, 2026 · 23 min

A reading and annotation of my essay on Substack here: https://shaeomonijo.substack.com/p/no-amount-of-ambition-will-save-you Pls excuse my voice; there's a cold coming on! Follow me onInsta: https://www.instagram.com/iamshaeo/ YouTube…
AI Has Intelligence. It Doesn't Have Intellect.

August 9, 2026 · 27 min

This is an audio reading and annotation of my essay on Substack, which you can find here: https://shaeomonijo.substack.com/p/ai-has-intelligence-it-doesnt-have Follow me on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/iamshaeo/ YouTube…
Are You Actually Behind, or Just Held to a Higher Standard?

July 20, 2026 · 31 min

Sharing my writing process and reading my personal essay which you can read here: https://shaeomonijo.substack.com/p/are-you-actually-behind-or-just-held This is the major takeaway (whether you’re skimming or you’ve been reading all the…
Philosophers are more employable than CS majors right now.

June 29, 2026 · 16 min

Philosophy majors now have lower unemployment than computer science majors. Why? Because AI labs need critical thinkers to build ethical frameworks and prevent catastrophic failures. In this episode I argue that humanities education is a…
Who Pays When AI Takes the Jobs? The Token Tax, Explained

April 29, 2026 · 20 min

Three-quarters of all U.S. federal tax revenue comes from labor. So what happens when AI starts replacing the workers that revenue depends on? In this episode, Shae breaks down a January 2026 Brookings Institution paper on the future of…
Before You Use Local AI, You Need to Know This

April 17, 2026 · 23 min

Hey folks, you asked for Part 2, and here it is. This episode is the context that makes the local AI discussion actually make sense: what the open-source AI ecosystem is, where it comes from, how to navigate it without making expensive…
Notion vs. Obsidian: Which One Actually Supports Deep Thinking?

March 31, 2026 · 17 min

WELCOME TO MY STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS! Sorry for the singing, but the substance is there 🥹 Most people treat Notion versus Obsidian as a choice you have to make once. It is not. They are designed for completely different kinds of work…