Episode Details

AI, Climate Doomerism & SolarPunks, oh my; GPT-4 is coming; don't plan your abortion on social media; Sam Bankman-Fried gets a flip-phone; Elon Musk, worst human of 2023; Tesla wheels coming off; researchers use AI to generate images based on brain activity; no robot dogs for LA; Star Trek: Discovery ending, Picard riveting; the Punisher returning; Chris Rock; Silo; Perry Mason; Godfather of Harlem; Wakanda Forever; History of the World, Part II; doorbell privacy loopholes; VR headsets not flying off the shelves; everyone's adding ChatGPT - DuckAssist, the Summarizer, Clyde & Einstein; Mastodon apps; Proust & the Squid; Dead Famous.

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