Artificial intelligence surveillance
Subject in Technology
Artificial intelligence surveillance has come up in 5 episodes across 4 podcasts in TMT, including This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, Digital Social Hour. 5 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Jiang XueqinYale-educated geopolitical analyst and commentator known for forecasts about global conflict and the decline of American hegemony
Jiang says his greater concern about AI is dehumanization rather than surveillance.
“The big risk I see is how AI can cheapen the human experience, how AI is almost dehumanizing”
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett: Professor Jiang: Three Predictions On the Collapse of the World Order (Sep 14, 2026) · Listen from 1:42:48
Jiang predicts AI will not reach AGI amid broken supply chains and will instead be repurposed as a surveillance control grid.
“AI will be repurposed as a control grid rather than AI developing the intelligence necessary to reduce scarcity”
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett: Professor Jiang: Three Predictions On the Collapse of the World Order (Sep 14, 2026) · Listen from 1:41:37
Theo VonAmerican stand-up comedian and host of the podcast This Past Weekend
Von claims that technology companies used in the Gaza war are now involved in American surveillance.
“they've used a lot of crazy technology. Some of those companies are now in bed with American surveillance, right?”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #684 - Bad Haircut (Sep 19, 2026) · Listen from 29:10
Arthur Williams Jr.Former American counterfeiter known for replicating the 1996 $100 bill, now a visual artist
Williams says he finds the shift to digital currency more alarming than artificial intelligence, which he thinks is overhyped.
“I get more nervous about that than AI. I think AI is kind of a little bit of hoaxy because the shit don't really work well”
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von: #681 - Ex-Counterfeiter Arthur Williams Jr. (Sep 8, 2026) · Listen from 2:15:00
Jimmy ChurchAmerican radio host of Fade to Black and former Coast to Coast AM host, focused on UFOs and the paranormal
Church recounts seeing an ad for braided cable railings hours after discussing them in conversation, as evidence that phones listen.
“There's an ad on my phone for custom braided cable stair railings”
Digital Social Hour: The Antarctica Mystery Nobody Can Explain... | Jimmy Church | DSH #2054 (Jul 7, 2026) · Listen from 28:57
Chris BaylessRetired ATF special agent who spent most of a 30-year career undercover, now an ATF Academy instructor
Bayless argues that AI-driven research by criminals will pose the biggest problem for undercover agents targeting organized groups rather than small street buys.
“you will run into it when you start to do groups, organized groups. Because at the end of the day, they're doing their homework on us every day”
The Shawn Ryan Show: #304 Chris Bayless - 30 Years Undercover Inside America's Most Violent Gangs (May 14, 2026) · Listen from 11:16
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · 2 episodes
- The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 1 episode
- Digital Social Hour · 1 episode
- The Shawn Ryan Show · 1 episode
Episodes
#684 - Bad HaircutThis Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · Sep 19, 2026 · 1 h 14 min
In a solo episode, Theo Von discusses a bad haircut, a Midwest camper trip, Macklemore's removal from Ed Sheeran's tour over Gaza, his sobriety, and listener calls.
Professor Jiang: Three Predictions On the Collapse of the World OrderThe Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · Sep 14, 2026 · 1 h 48 min
Geopolitical analyst Jiang Xueqin tells Steven Bartlett the petrodollar order is collapsing and offers predictions about war, finance and migration.
#681 - Ex-Counterfeiter Arthur Williams Jr.This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · Sep 8, 2026 · 2 h 21 min
Former counterfeiter Arthur Williams Jr. tells Theo Von how he beat the 1996 $100 bill, went to prison twice, and became an artist.
The Antarctica Mystery Nobody Can Explain... | Jimmy Church | DSH #2054Digital Social Hour · Jul 7, 2026 · 50 min
Radio host Jimmy Church tells Sean Kelly about UFO disclosure, Obama's alien remarks, Antarctica, surveillance via apps, AI, social media, and internet-collapse preparedness.
#304 Chris Bayless - 30 Years Undercover Inside America's Most Violent GangsThe Shawn Ryan Show · May 14, 2026 · 4 h 2 min
Retired ATF undercover agent Chris Bayless tells Shawn Ryan about infiltrating biker gangs, stash house stings, RICO cases, his PTSD, and his friendship with Mel Chancey.