People vs Algorithms

We look ahead to the release of GTA 6 while tackling the implications of the doomsday sci-fi AI narrative, the use of social cost to coerce behaviors, and how giant sports events like the US Open are now more brand activation and corporate hospitality platforms.
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Chapters:
* 12:00 GTA VI
* 20:47 Meta Layoffs
* 33:07 Hugging Face Agent Swarm
* 40:03 AI China Race
* 47:42 Social Costs And AI
* 01:09:04 Good Product
* 01:16:58 Credits


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Dolly Parton owned a very American narrative of being born poor but making something out of nothing through talent and hard work. In contrast, tech tried to control its narrative and instead stoked backlash to their grand project of AI. Plus: A celebration of nerding out, from the Stick Guy to Emma Camp to David Senra. And a conversation with the WSJ computational journalist John West about why the successor to the open web is small private groups.
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Chapters:
* 00:00 Internet Impermanence
* 02:44 Dolly Parton Legacy
* 10:04 AI Narrative Crisis
* 29:35 Fine Line of Authorship
* 38:13 Celebration of Nerding Out
* 44:17 Carney is an Interesting Character
* 50:23 AI Newsrooms And APIs
* 56:08 Flock Cameras And Privacy Backlash
* 01:03:38 John West On AI And The Dying Web
* 01:17:38 Importance of Forgetting
* 01:27:30 What is a Computational Journalist?


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What replaced it is an algorithmic entertainment machine where everyone is selling something, AI makes authenticity harder to trust, and the platforms increasingly have little to do with your actual social network. Brian, Troy and Alex argue over what comes next, why belief may be scarcer than attention, and whether we need more arguments.
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Chapters:
* 01:12 AI Fakes and Social Trust
* 15:38 The Case for Arguments
* 28:30 Flock Cameras And AI Surveillance
* 33:26 Taboola Takes Over NBC Ads


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Suno makes real songs harder to tell from fake. Launch videos are coming across as fake — and the engagement is fake. Drawing the line between creative tool and robot authorship is fuzzy. We debate people’s right to know what AI made and the role of regulation. Plus: Bobby Fingers as AI antidote, Meta’s open source push, the Great GDP Debate, media’s exit from the attention economy, and the brand problem Democrats face from Woke 1.
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Chapters:
* 00:00 Open
* 00:31 Welcome
* 04:38 Field Notes Update
* 06:16 Anthropic Watermarking
* 09:40 Provenance Problem
* 22:42 Meta Back in AI
* 35:28 NVIDIA Compute Futures
* 37:17 Media Survival Playbook
* 40:19 Bobby Fingers Craft Era
* 47:27 GDP Beyond the Numbers
* 50:52 Woke 1.0 Aftermath
* 01:01:00 Credits


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They take risks, they’re fueled by rejection, they know the power of relationships, they’re competitive and they will do shots. The best sellers follow the way of Catalan fishermen: To get the fish, you gotta get your ass wet. Plus: Why the NYT and WSJ hit escape velocity, AI’s new oddball character, and the folly of trying to out-YouTube YouTube.
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Chapters:
* 00:00 Open
* 00:36 Welcome
* 02:11 Linda’s Character Flaws
* 05:54 Spencer Vs Galloway
* 11:50 Netflix Offsite Drama
* 13:25 Salespeople Vs Marketers
* 15:36 AI’s New Main Character
* 26:36 Rubbers Mystery
* 29:29 Biohacking Identity Shift
* 36:06 NYT WSJ Escape Velocity
* 43:29 Creator Models Beyond Personality
* 48:53 YouTube Is Untouchable
* 51:04 Hearst Buys A&E
* 56:00 Good Product
* 01:00:54 TRB Audience Summit 9/17
* 01:02:17 Credits


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