Huang's Wang's Woes
1 hr 31 min
Very Important Links! Support the show on Patreon! - Other ways to support the show! - Join our Discord! - Buy some merch! We start with Patrick Stewart memories, then immediately squander any remaining dignity on Britain’s porn restrictions and the perils of flying too close to the stepson. That brings us to the allegations surrounding Jensen Huang, a suspected Chinese intelligence asset, and a honeypot story practically engineered to destroy our ability to behave like adults. Apparently, all that processing power still can’t run good judgment. We also dig into Anthropic’s proposed IPO payday, the government’s “superintelligence” enforcement ambitions, and the growing fight over AI regulation and data centers. The founders get rich, the neighbors get a substation, and everybody else gets another f*****g chatbot. Elsewhere, we visit Predictors Anonymous, enjoy some Cybertruck schadenfreude, and examine the Trump crypto circus before the FAA’s floppy disks remind us that our childhood storage media have enjoyed better job security than most Americans. Brian fixes his Apple TV problems by figuring out which Apple TV he actually owns, while Jason questions Apple’s AI upsells and conducts an expensive experiment involving gravity and a hard drive. Backblaze saves the data, eventually—apparently gigabit internet comes with an eight-day intermission. Meanwhile, LinkedIn’s frequent-viewer experiment threatens to turn professional networking into “I Know What You Clicked Last Summer.” On the entertainment front, we tackle wizard baking, The Rings of Power, Jason’s surprisingly enthusiastic verdict on The Odyssey, and new music from Ministry and the Church. Dave joins us to examine Disney’s proposed cure for spending your entire vacation staring at an app: more app. We also discuss Disney and Adobe’s AI partnership, Jason’s growing attachment to his assistant Molly, and what happens when AI eliminates the entry-level jobs where people learn how to do the senior-level jobs....
