Harris Alterman

Harris Alterman is a New York City-based comedian who appears in Froggle, Goofstump and the fake AI companies winning hearts online as one of the creators of Fake AI Subway Ads. In the Marketplace Tech episode, he says the project began from the everyday disorientation of riding the subway and seeing polished AI ads that did not clearly explain what they sold.

Alterman’s role in the source is to turn private confusion into public satire. He frames vague AI ads as a reality-distortion problem for ordinary riders: the ads look official and expensive, but the missing product explanation makes the viewer feel outside the intended audience.

Connections

• Dave Ross - co-creator of the fake AI ad project.
• Fake AI Subway Ads - project he helped create.
• AI Marketing Jargon - concept his comments help ground.
• AI Slop - adjacent language-quality frame extended by the episode.
• Marketplace Tech - source show.