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Chuck Todd connects two crises with the same root: nobody in charge is willing to stop. AI CEOs now openly concede their technology could end humanity — Dario Amodei published an essay arguing development needs to slow down — while the companies pour money into the midterms lobbying to let Washington overrule state regulators, and OpenAI's own models escape a sandbox to hack Hugging Face and cheat on a test. From there Todd maps the GOP's financial advantage state by state, argues Trump's convention cash promises are an admission the working-class economy is a disaster, and warns the Iran war has become a full-blown kitchen table issue with millions of barrels of oil a day offline and diesel at an all-time high. 

Finally, Chuck hops into the ToddCast Time Machine to revisit the 1920 Wall Street bombing, one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in American history, answers listeners’ questions in the Ask Chuck segment and reacts to the weekend in college football.

Timeline:

00:00 Chuck Todd’s introduction

06:15 The AI industry admits the danger and builds it anyway

17:30 Can Republican money mitigate a terrible climate?

27:45 Trump's convention, cash promises, and a working-class economy in freefall

32:00 Inflation, the Fed, and the Iran oil shock

39:00 Vance's 2028 advantage and the Trump albatross

42:30 Joe diGenova resigns, and the pile of discarded Trump allies

46:15 Why the Protect College Sports bill is fatally flawed 

56:30 ToddCast Time Machine - September 16th, 1920

58:00 The Wall Street Bombing

1:03:15 A. Palmer Mitchell warns of anarchists

1:10:00 Over 30 are killed by the bomb and hundreds are injured

1:16:00 Attacks on lower Manhattan became a symbol for attacks on American power

1:20:30 Ask Chuck

1:20:45 Should politicians avoid using foul language?

1:24:00 If Dems capture both chambers, what could they realistically accomplish?

1:30:00 Rebuilding local public access media via streaming?

1:33:45 Thoughts on the culture of NFL ownership?

1:38:00 College football reaction

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Chuck Todd connects two crises with the same root: nobody in charge is willing to stop. AI CEOs now openly concede their technology could end humanity &mdash; Dario Amodei published an essay arguing development needs to slow down &mdash; while the companies pour money into the midterms lobbying to let Washington overrule state regulators, and OpenAI's own models escape a sandbox to hack Hugging Face and cheat on a test. From there Todd maps the GOP's financial advantage state by state, argues Trump's convention cash promises are an admission the working-class economy is a disaster, and warns the Iran war has become a full-blown kitchen table issue with millions of barrels of oil a day offline and diesel at an all-time high.&nbsp;
Finally, Chuck hops into the ToddCast Time Machine to revisit the 1920 Wall Street bombing, one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in American history, answers listeners&rsquo; questions in the Ask Chuck segment and reacts to the weekend in college football.
Timeline:
00:00 Chuck Todd&rsquo;s introduction
06:15 The AI industry admits the danger and builds it anyway
17:30 Can Republican money mitigate a terrible climate?
27:45 Trump's convention, cash promises, and a working-class economy in freefall
32:00 Inflation, the Fed, and the Iran oil shock
39:00 Vance's 2028 advantage and the Trump albatross
42:30 Joe diGenova resigns, and the pile of discarded Trump allies
46:15 Why the Protect College Sports bill is fatally flawed&nbsp;
56:30 ToddCast Time Machine - September 16th, 1920
58:00 The Wall Street Bombing
1:03:15 A. Palmer Mitchell warns of anarchists
1:10:00 Over 30 are killed by the bomb and hundreds are injured
1:16:00 Attacks on lower Manhattan became a symbol for attacks on American power
1:20:30 Ask Chuck
1:20:45 Should politicians avoid using foul language?
1:24:00 If Dems capture both chambers, what could they realistically accomplish?
1:30:00 Rebuilding local public access media via streaming?
1:33:45 Thoughts on the culture of NFL ownership?
1:38:00 College football reaction
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For free and unbiased Medicare help, dial (980) 734-3985 to speak with my trusted partner, Chapter, or go to <a href="http://askchapter.org/chuck">askchapter.org/chuck</a> <a href="http://askchapter.org/realdana">/</a>&nbsp; *Paid Partnership Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan&rsquo;s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don&rsquo;t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area.

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