Things Are Going to Get Weird

Podcast with Robert Wright

Robert Wright and I meet every two weeks or so to discuss the issues of the day. This is a joint production of Small Potatoes and Bob’s Non-Zero Podcast. Here’s the most recent meeting. 

0:00 Bob defends the Unabomber (kind of)
2:41 Paul nurses his Mickey-inflicted wounds
15:31 Bob deflates the GPT-5 deflation
24:55 How big a deal are LLM hallucinations?
27:46 AI's coming social and economic disruptions
34:53 How Bob and Paul use AI
38:52 The ideas of Hanno Sauer
47:51 Heading to Overtime

Paid subscribers get the overtime segment, which includes:

Bob reviews Paul’s review of the Billy Joel documentary.
MSNBC's digital origins.
The weird rationale for the mRNA funding cut.
Corporate name changes and the euphemism treadmill.
More Sydney Sweeney fallout.

They also get a special discount offer to Bob’s podcast/newsletter.