Episode 186 – AI-pogalypse

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Show Notes

• Josh falls headfirst into the ChatGPT rabbit hole, Ben rages against bureaucracy (again), and the guys ask whether the latest predictions that AI will kill us all within a decade is actually different than all of the other times we’ve been told the world is about to end (i.e. nuclear war, the population bomb, Y2K, the ozone hole, pandemics, terrorism, et al).
• Intro & Follow-up (0-24:59)
  • Link to Becca and Sophie… Coming Soon… 
• Josh’s Shower Thoughts (24:59-40:47)
  • Michigan Marijuana Lawsuit
  • Utah Lego Controversy
  • Adolescents using NPR podcast comments section as a chat room
• Ben vs Bureaucracy (40:47-58:19)
• What I’m Reading (58:19-1:05:50)
  • Josh: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
  • Ben: movie: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024)
• The Apocalypse Will be Different This Time (1:05:50-end)
  • The only true victim of the Y2K apocalypse
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