754: Frankly Asinine Questions
Summary
Jason and Brian discuss using AI to revive obsolete web tech, lamenting Gen X’s aging and shrinking population. They cover Meta’s $1.4 trillion lawsuit, Illinois’ new AI safety laws, and Sam Altman’s proposal for government stakes in AI firms. The hosts also critique Grock’s CSAM failures, Cloudflare’s crawler blocks, Waymo’s SF traffic jams, and a Florida deputy’s illegal surveillance abuse.
Topics discussed
Intro: Show stats and the passage of time
Rebuilding old websites with AI and LAMP stack nostalgia
Show schedule changes and Dave's return
Gen X population decline and health concerns
Meta's $1.4 trillion lawsuit and social media addiction
Meta Muse Image launch and privacy controversies
California AI Safety Measures Act (Aizma)
Sam Altman and government stake in OpenAI
XAI lawsuit over AI-generated CSAM and stock reveal
Midjourney demands Warner Bros. AI training data
Anthropic research on AI consciousness and sycophants
Cloudflare blocks AI training crawlers for ad pages
Energy consumption of agentic AI systems
Amazon Mechanical Turk shutting down
Waymo robotaxis causing traffic chaos in SF
Google search settlement and FCC broadband labels
Getty Images and Shutterstock merger blocked in UK
Florida deputy uses AI to stalk woman
Meta Ray-Ban glasses privacy and LED modding
Survey on AI impact on tech worker burnout
TV and movie recs: Silo, Dune, and AI actors
WhatsApp usernames, Libby app, and Patreon thanks
Donations, stock update, and outro
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