Anurag Sharma

Are We Cooked?

Technology EN ↓ 6 episodes

Your job. Your kids. Your relationships. The way you write. The way you fall in love. The way you think. AI is rewriting all of it. Right now. While you're scrolling. Cheerleaders say it will free us. Doomers say we are cooked. Both have cases. Both can't be right. So where are we actually headed? Are We Cooked? is a thinking show for people who refuse to pick a tribe. Each episode walks both sides at full strength, finds what both miss, then hands the question back sharper. No verdict. That's the point. Are we? You decide.

Author

Anurag Sharma

Episodes

Are Relationships Cooked? - When Your Best Friend Is a Chatbot 12.05.2026 14:07

220 million cumulative downloads of AI companion apps by mid-2025. 88% year-over-year growth. The largest platform, Xiaoice in China, has 660 million users. And 72% of US teens have tried AI companions; a third have chosen AI over humans for serious conversations. Episode 5 of Are We Cooked? closes Season 1 with the most personal question. Three years ago, AI companions were fringe behaviour. Toda...

Are Creatives Cooked? - The War Between Art and Algorithms 12.05.2026 15:27

99% of creative professionals are using generative AI. 88% say it ships faster. 87% say it improved quality. So why is freelance writing income on Upwork down 32% year-over-year, the largest decline of any category? Episode 4 of Are We Cooked? is about anyone who writes, designs, films, photographs, codes, composes, paints, or makes anything. The rules of how creative work gets paid for, distribut...

Are Kids Cooked? - What AI Is Doing to Children's Brains in 2026 12.05.2026 13:07

13% of US teens used AI for schoolwork in 2023. 26% in 2024. 54% in 2026. The Pew Research curve that quadrupled in three years. And 72% have tried AI companions. A third have chosen AI over humans for serious conversations (Common Sense Media 2025). Episode 3 of Are We Cooked? is the most important episode of Season 1. The kid question is permanent. The brain finishes wiring at 25. What happens b...

Are Jobs Cooked? - Inside the 40% White-Collar Wipeout 12.05.2026 13:46

16,000 American jobs. Erased by AI. Every single month for the past year. 192,000 jobs in 12 months. Not a forecast. A payroll measurement (Goldman Sachs, April 2026). Episode 2 of Are We Cooked? zooms into the work question. With numbers. With named experts. With the 2026 plot twist nobody saw coming, including Klarna's reversal: replaced 700 jobs with AI in 2024, then quietly hired humans ba...

Are We Cooked? - The Question Every Adult Is Avoiding 12.05.2026 13:56

300 million jobs globally exposed to AI. 192,000 American jobs already erased in 12 months (Goldman April 2026). And nobody is being honest about what it actually means. Episode 1 of Are We Cooked? sits with the question that named the show. Not as a verdict. As an investigation. Half the world says AI will save us. Productivity, abundance, freedom from the boring grind. The other half says we&#39...

Trailer - Are We Cooked? 03.05.2026 2:02

Your job. Your kids. Your relationships. The way you write. The way you fall in love. The way you think. AI is rewriting all of it. Right now. While you're scrolling. And almost everyone giving you a take on it is in one of two tribes. The cheerleaders say it will free us. The doomers say we are cooked. Both have cases. Both can't be right. So where are we actually headed? Are We Cooked? i...