Decoder · October 26, 2026 · 1h 8m

Kevin Roose is AGI-pilled. Why aren’t you?

Kevin Roose, journalist, author of The AGI Chronicles, and co-host of the new podcast Machine Gods, joins Decoder to discuss leaving The New York Times and Hard Fork behind to build an independent media company. They also dive into his new book, which explores the race to build artificial general intelligence, and what made him 'AGI-pilled.'

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Leaving The New York Times to go independent

Kevin Roose discussed his decision to leave his long-time position at The New York Times and the popular Hard Fork podcast to start an independent tech podcast, Machine Gods.

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Launching Machine Gods: A new independent tech podcast

Kevin Roose shared the concept behind Machine Gods, his new independent tech podcast co-hosted with Casey Newton, and the vision for covering technology without institutional constraints.

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