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The Ben and Emil Show

BAES 164: Is Hank Green lying?

The Ben and Emil Show · Aug 6, 2026 · 1:11:17

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Ben and Emil discuss the Hank Green controversy, and whether using AI is evil. Ben has an..."illuminating" conversation with Claude in the bonus.

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro and Ben K-hole tease
04:13 Who is Hank Green
08:40 The clip in question
16:00 The backlash
21:40 Superpower ad
23:40 Navigating using AI today
27:40 The parasocial relationship
34:30 Our use of AI
39:58 Hims ad
41:35 Cultural pachinko machine
49:00 People will filter it
57:00 Anti AI
1:03:00 Friend lol



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