Honey, we shrunk the kids: population fall

"The Intelligence" podcast episode from The Economist covers three distinct topics: the implications of a shrinking global population, the perceived political biases in AI language models, and the decline in reading habits and literacy. The discussion on population trends explores the economic challenges and societal adjustments that may arise from declining birth rates, while the segment on AI examines concerns about ideological biases in large language models and governmental attempts to regulate them. Finally, the episode addresses the decline in reading, its potential consequences for critical thinking and social mobility, and the broader cultural shift away from reading for pleasure and intellectual advancement.