Welcome...to the silly season.

We answer a bunch of your questions which allows us to prognosticate about the future with less constraints than the few there are usually.

Topics covered include:
Will AI stagnate?
Biden's AI regulation framework
Can I have $20?
How many beers do we typically drink before a podcast?
Will VC stop funding boneheads, or is it built into the system?

Sorry if we didn't get to your question, join the discord and ask in there!

Welcome...to the silly season.
We answer a bunch of your questions which allows us to prognosticate about the future with less constraints than the few there are usually.
Topics covered include:
<ul>
<li>Will AI stagnate?</li>
<li>Biden's AI regulation framework</li>
<li>Can I have $20?</li>
<li>How many beers do we typically drink before a podcast?</li>
<li>Will VC stop funding boneheads, or is it built into the system?</li>
</ul>
Sorry if we didn't get to your question, join the discord and ask in there!

The number one podcast about tech business and culture, from James "JR" Hennessy and Raph Dixon.

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You may know Jack Dorsey as co-founder of Twitter or the guy who runs the company that makes those little card reader doo-dads at your local coffee shop, or perhaps that one random mention in a Kendrick Lamar song.

Right now, he's in the news for laying off a whole hunk of people from Block, the company that owns Square, Afterpay, and Tidal — and he has cited AI as the catalyst. The boys discuss whether this is the beginning of a trend or just a useful excuse.

We also check in on James' dad, and wagers are made.

You may know Jack Dorsey as co-founder of Twitter or the guy who runs the company that makes those little card reader doo-dads at your local coffee shop, or perhaps that one random mention in a Kendrick Lamar song.
Right now, he's in the news for laying off a whole hunk of people from Block, the company that owns Square, Afterpay, and Tidal &mdash; and he has cited AI as the catalyst. The boys discuss whether this is the beginning of a trend or just a useful excuse.
We also check in on James' dad, and wagers are made.

On The Chopping Block (PREMIUM)

For today's free ep, we examine the current spat between Anthropic and Trump's Department of War over use of their AI model Claude.

Should a next-token prediction model be allowed to make decisions in the heat of battle? Should the snuffing out of a human life be prompted by a computer? Is Mark Zuckerberg losing his white boy swag? These are all important questions which WILL be answered in this episode.

If you like the pod, chuck us a review on your podcast player of choice, or go to downround.net to sign up for PREMIUM to get ad-free listening PLUS an extra episode every week.

For today's free ep, we examine the current spat between Anthropic and Trump's Department of War over use of their AI model Claude.
Should a next-token prediction model be allowed to make decisions in the heat of battle? Should the snuffing out of a human life be prompted by a computer? Is Mark Zuckerberg losing his white boy swag? These are all important questions which WILL be answered in this episode.
If you like the pod, chuck us a review on your podcast player of choice, or go to <a href="https://www.downround.net">downround.net</a> to sign up for PREMIUM to get ad-free listening PLUS an extra episode every week.

Anthropic Goes To War

For today's free ep, we examine the current spat between Anthropic and Trump's Department of War over use of their AI model Claude.

Should a next-token prediction model be allowed to make decisions in the heat of battle? Should the snuffing out of a human life be prompted by a computer? Is Mark Zuckerberg losing his white boy swag? These are all important questions which WILL be answered in this episode.

For today's free ep, we examine the current spat between Anthropic and Trump's Department of War over use of their AI model Claude.
Should a next-token prediction model be allowed to make decisions in the heat of battle? Should the snuffing out of a human life be prompted by a computer? Is Mark Zuckerberg losing his white boy swag? These are all important questions which WILL be answered in this episode.

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