Grumpy Young Lady

Author: Kate Brunotts

Hi! My name is Kate and I'm an artist and musician. I like to share my creations, and I also have a video essay series called Grumpy Young Lady. I post them here for convenience, sometimes it's about art, othertimes it's about culture and *society* at large. Thanks for listening.
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Pluribus, Anti Intellectualism, and the Celebration of Ignorance
Thursday, 13 November, 2025

Pluribus has emerged and wow it feels so nice to have another Vince Gilligan show to watch. We're only a couple of episodes in, but I'm loving some of themes especially around how we treat intellectualism, ignorance, and fighting for the friction that is everyday life. 0:00 - Pluribus is here! 0:40 - Nothing like a grumpy lady1:10 - Episode 1 Pluribus recap3:00 - Pluribus episode 2 recap 4:40 - Why is discomfort important 7:00 - AI Alignment and it's roll in putting on the brakes9:15 - Individualism or "pick me" syndrome is not the same as critical thought10:01 - Humanity does not lie in ignorance12:14 - The rise of anti-intellectualism13:50 - The signs of anti intellectualism16:06 - Learned helplessness and the atrophy of AI Referenced links:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6lzvWby9UE- https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-ai-was-fed-sloppy-code-it-turned-into-something-evil-20250813/- https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openais-smartest-ai-model-was-explicitly-told-to-shut-down-and-it-refused - https://gizmodo.com/utopia-equals-dystopia-in-pluribus-apple-tvs-latest-sci-fi-standout-2000680460- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKSyWqcKing- https://www.politico.com/video/2016/02/donald-trump-i-love-the-poorly-educated-044575 - https://time.com/7295195/ai-chatgpt-google-learning-school/ Find me elsewhere: Listen to Grumpy Young Lady on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/11FX5G68eYPdSlnrZYq7To?si=d9258268798b4b0aFind me elsewhere: https://linktr.ee/katebrunotts Spotify (Music): https://open.spotify.com/artist/1vV2HAeSNkp97JK2tPpEoN?si=WzRT4xYLTi6uQOG4mn2aiA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katebrunotts/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@katebrunotts