Technology

PU 54: The Actual Danger of AI

Experts from OpenAI and Anthropic are claiming humanity is in acute danger to be wiped out by artificial intelligence. How? Don’t know! Probably because…

Sep 20

1:39:16

PU 46: The Rebellion Against Flock Cameras

What are these Flock cameras that have popped up all over the US in the last few years? How did they get everywhere? And why are people cutting them…

Jul 26

1:30:59

PU 43: The Vehicle Kill Switch Law

Dissecting Biden’s 2021 law that will require cars in the US to monitor drivers and to turn themselves off if the AI thinks the driver is impaired. Is…

Jul 5

1:16:20

PU 42: Why Podcasts Matter

In this somewhat different episode, I explain my passion for podcasting, try to give an overview of what constitutes a podcast (technically and in…

Jun 28

1:03:36

PU 40: The First Trillionaire

The company pulling off the most successful IPO in the history of stock exchanges, SpaceX, is losing money hand over fist. And its promised future…

Jun 14

1:11:20

PU 39: The Dead Internet Theory Was Right

Are humans on the internet being pushed out by bots? Is this a lunatic fringe conspiracy theory or does Cory Doctorow's thesis of enshittification…

Jun 7

1:03:36

PU 34: Scam Altman

A deep dive on investigative journalist Ronan Farrow's profile of Sam Altman's leadership at OpenAI. The piece lays bare many of the enduring issues…

May 3

1:29:16

PU 27: LLMs Are a Dead-End

Why current AI technology can't get us what its proponents are promising. Why the media keeps getting the AI story wrong. Why AI layoffs are just an…

Mar 15

1:42:40

PU 24: The ELIZA Effect

An MIT professor developed the first chatbot in 1964 and discovered that we tend to ascribe human traits to even the simplest computer programs. This…

Feb 22

1:16:03

PU 22: Moltbook Madness

The AI tech bros are going crazy: They are convinced their chatbots are gaining consciousness, which is why they made a chatbot-only social network for…

Feb 8

1:19:58

PU 15: State Secret or Vibe Physics?

A recent patent application that made the news in Germany looks suspiciously like someone with chatbot delusion tried to vibe code a threat to NATO's…

Dec 21, 2025

48:51

PU 8: Robotics Slop

According to the Wall Street Journal, the 1X NEO is a $20,000 robot that does your chores. The problem is that NEO is really bad at it. And the thing…

Nov 2, 2025

35:10

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