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Episode 379: Aipocalypse Now

July 24, 2026 · 1 h 20 min

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On this week's show, we share a couple of our deepest spiritual awakenings, then rant for a while about our weird feelings on AI and LLMs. Then we manage to keep the mood lively with public comments about MTG's Universes Beyond.

We're not glazing AI. Don't be mad at us.

Timestamps:
0:23 — Dudes Rock
4:40 — Space Rocks
7:48 — Intro: We Had a Terrible Idea to Talk About AI
13:40 — A Little Background on Us
20:05 — Stuff We Hear About Every Day
24:17 — The Misgivings Begin
31:42 — New Kinds of Learning
34:42 — The Misgivings Continue
35:02 — Is AI the Source of Existential Enshittification?
42:33 — The Dunning Kruger Machine
48:52 — Thoughts on Future Work
50:05 — Could Some Good Outcomes Make It Worth It?
52:14 — Some Things We Actually Do
59:24 — Dreams of the Apocalypse
1:06:23 — Public Comment from The Stalk

Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?

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