# THOUGHTCRIME Ep. 129 — The Death of Reading? AI in Cars? Pet Translator?

Human Events Daily · Published 2026-05-30 · 1h 11m · https://humanevents.com/daily/thoughtcrime-ep-129-the-death-of-reading-ai-in-cars-pet-translator

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## Show notes

A Thoughtcrime full house confront the top matters of the moment, including:

\-What does it mean that modern "readers" are skipping everything but the dialogue?

\-Will we surrender ourselves to AI spies to stop drunk driving?

\-From a scale of 10 to 10, how fake is the Chinese claim they can "translate" pet noises?

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