This episode breaks down a viral “AI side hustle” pitch line by line, using LLM-level close reading to expose how it fuses AI buzzwords, financial freedom, and slavery metaphors into a seductive ideology. You’ll hear how 10‑minute “microdose” podcasts are framed as a moral path out of the 9‑to‑5, why that shortcut feels so compelling to burned‑out learners, and where the promise quietly collides with reality.