AI Anxiety
Show notes
The age of AI is off to a shambolic start. Anthropic and OpenAI ran Super Bowl ads that fell flat. The gap is widening between the AI-pilled true believers and the Normals, as AI becomes yet another existential anxiety. Plus: Alex breaks down the design systems deployed by Trump vs Mamdani, and Troy says The Washington Post has a product problem.
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Chapters:
* 00:27 Welcome
* 07:46 Billionaires Flock to Miami
* 11:21 AI Anxiety
* 31:08 Design & Government
* 35:36 Mamdani Design Language
* 37:43 A Very Difficult Job: Running the WaPo
* 56:37 Good Product
* 59:55 Outro
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