Basic Intelligence: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3lwM0lqblFKUi13VTN6bzN4LXNiX2pjN1c3UXxBQ3Jtc0tuQnZGci1pd015NkNxSUFNZ0Y4TTZ5UVRycThveHJzaV81QlVMUmpxU1NyRG91clNZcWdQVXBXS3BXRWh4bzJOQ09jMGc1cUI4bWF3ZV9YWU5IbXlpYXlGT3lBVEFKeHNZMFl6aVVWRjVneFhhZWNoOA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fbasic.in%2F&v=aSa2NS3AyNE">https://basic.in</a>Kevin Rose left venture capital to start an incubator. Plus: robots outrunning people, Apple's AI miss, and the greatest insurance scam involving a bear suit.Kevin and Alex hadn't seen each other in over a month and had a lot to catch up on. Kevin walked through why he stepped away from TruVentures after nine years to go back to building full time - and what he's been working on at Basic Intelligence. The short version: he crawled 9 million connections on X and built a recursive ranking system that surfaces the 1,000 people who actually drive AI discovery. The algorithm works so well that Kevin isn't even in his own top 1,000.They also dug into Apple replacing Tim Cook with John Ternus and whether Tim missed the AI window when he had Siri in every pocket. A bipedal robot beat the human half marathon world record by 7 minutes - one year after the fastest robot took 2 hours and 40 minutes. Amazon dropped another $25 billion into Anthropic, whose Mythos model just found exploits in OpenBSD after 12 years of zero breaches. Alex is hand-building a mechanical watch and won't shut up about it. And they close with the best insurance scam you've ever heard - a guy in a bear suit, barbecue shredders, and a $400,000 Rolls-Royce.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE">0:00:00</a> Kevin and Alex catch up over Pliny the Younger <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&t=87s">0:01:27</a> Why Kevin Rose left venture capital to build again <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&t=263s">0:04:23</a> Announcing Basic Intelligence and the future of Digg <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&t=376s">0:06:16</a> Building PageRank for humans with 9 million social connections <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&t=808s">0:13:28</a> Alex is building a mechanical watch from scratch <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&t=1171s">0:19:31</a> Alaska road trip north of the Arctic Circle <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&t=1291s">0:21:31</a> Tim Cook missed AI and Apple has a new CEO <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&t=1694s">0:28:14</a> A robot beat the human half marathon record by 7 minutes <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&t=1895s">0:31:35</a> Robot firefighters and buying your first robot at Costco <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&t=2273s">0:37:53</a> Amazon bets $25 billion more on Anthropic <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&t=2611s">0:43:31</a> Anthropic Mythos cracked the most secure OS after 12 years <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&t=2815s">0:46:55</a> App Store submissions up 60% because everyone codes with AI <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&t=2884s">0:48:04</a> 44% of Deezer music is AI and fake sympathy Shopify scams <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&t=3037s">0:50:37</a> Trent Reznor reinvented his sound and crushed Coachella <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&t=3449s">0:57:29</a> The bear suit Rolls-Royce insurance scamKevin Rose: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbW84UlNkU2pZczlQTkpmZXM4TU1Pdm00T09fUXxBQ3Jtc0trb3lqWmNXZmQ5SVo3bTRXRExwaHNWcUVfUnVvTjdJYk5kejZmMW03ZnhHSkFUT2JoVXVsRnk5WDQwSGNsSFdtV1lRdUNHc3JZMm1xam0xQUFHRW1sWm1DaXJURDBHSlJQNTRSTzZpcFJ3aHlwMmtETQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fkevinrose&v=aSa2NS3AyNE">https://x.com/kevinrose</a> | <a href="https://youtube.com/kevinrose">  </a><a href="https://youtube.com/kevinrose"></a><a href="https://youtube.com/kevinrose"> / kevinrose  </a> Alex Albrecht: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2VLNmt5S1VSMWVVNS1VUFBxaWFsd29zZ2VFUXxBQ3Jtc0trRWI3T0N5LUxKbVd5a0d4Y2xLbDNNc1R6WTRvNHZPUndjV19lNmI4M0kzN3l4ME9lM25Sa1FyOTRILUJQeC1kTEdtenk5OUZFVjNkQTVtdGhFY3QxbHY3T05xLTc0aG1kQ21YWjdJMXRqLW9RM0ZOVQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Falexalbrecht&v=aSa2NS3AyNE">https://x.com/alexalbrecht</a>

Basic Intelligence: https://basic.in Kevin Rose left venture capital to start an incubator. Plus: robots outrunning people, Apple's AI miss, and the greatest insurance scam involving a bear suit. Kevin and Alex hadn't seen each other in over a month and had a lot to catch up on. Kevin walked through why he stepped away from TruVentures after nine years to go back to building full time - and what he's been working on at Basic Intelligence. The short version: he crawled 9 million connections on X and built a recursive ranking system that surfaces the 1,000 people who actually drive AI discovery. The algorithm works so well that Kevin isn't even in his own top 1,000. They also dug into Apple replacing Tim Cook with John Ternus and whether Tim missed the AI window when he had Siri in every pocket. A bipedal robot beat the human half marathon world record by 7 minutes - one year after the fastest robot took 2 hours and 40 minutes. Amazon dropped another $25 billion into Anthropic, whose Mythos model just found exploits in OpenBSD after 12 years of zero breaches. Alex is hand-building a mechanical watch and won't shut up about it. And they close with the best insurance scam you've ever heard - a guy in a bear suit, barbecue shredders, and a $400,000 Rolls-Royce. 0:00:00 Kevin and Alex catch up over Pliny the Younger 0:01:27 Why Kevin Rose left venture capital to build again 0:04:23 Announcing Basic Intelligence and the future of Digg 0:06:16 Building PageRank for humans with 9 million social connections 0:13:28 Alex is building a mechanical watch from scratch 0:19:31 Alaska road trip north of the Arctic Circle 0:21:31 Tim Cook missed AI and Apple has a new CEO 0:28:14 A robot beat the human half marathon record by 7 minutes 0:31:35 Robot firefighters and buying your first robot at Costco 0:37:53 Amazon bets $25 billion more on Anthropic 0:43:31 Anthropic Mythos cracked the most secure OS after 12 years 0:46:55 App Store submissions up 60% because everyone codes with AI 0:48:04 44% of Deezer music is AI and fake sympathy Shopify scams 0:50:37 Trent Reznor reinvented his sound and crushed Coachella 0:57:29 The bear suit Rolls-Royce insurance scam Kevin Rose: https://x.com/kevinrose | / kevinrose Alex Albrecht: https://x.com/alexalbrecht

Basic Intelligence: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3lwM0lqblFKUi13VTN6bzN4LXNiX2pjN1c3UXxBQ3Jtc0tuQnZGci1pd015NkNxSUFNZ0Y4TTZ5UVRycThveHJzaV81QlVMUmpxU1NyRG91clNZcWdQVXBXS3BXRWh4bzJOQ09jMGc1cUI4bWF3ZV9YWU5IbXlpYXlGT3lBVEFKeHNZMFl6aVVWRjVneFhhZWNoOA&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fbasic.in%2F&amp;v=aSa2NS3AyNE" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://basic.in</a>Kevin Rose left venture capital to start an incubator. Plus: robots outrunning people, Apple's AI miss, and the greatest insurance scam involving a bear suit.Kevin and Alex hadn't seen each other in over a month and had a lot to catch up on. Kevin walked through why he stepped away from TruVentures after nine years to go back to building full time - and what he's been working on at Basic Intelligence. The short version: he crawled 9 million connections on X and built a recursive ranking system that surfaces the 1,000 people who actually drive AI discovery. The algorithm works so well that Kevin isn't even in his own top 1,000.They also dug into Apple replacing Tim Cook with John Ternus and whether Tim missed the AI window when he had Siri in every pocket. A bipedal robot beat the human half marathon world record by 7 minutes - one year after the fastest robot took 2 hours and 40 minutes. Amazon dropped another $25 billion into Anthropic, whose Mythos model just found exploits in OpenBSD after 12 years of zero breaches. Alex is hand-building a mechanical watch and won't shut up about it. And they close with the best insurance scam you've ever heard - a guy in a bear suit, barbecue shredders, and a $400,000 Rolls-Royce.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE" rel="noopener noreferrer">0:00:00</a> Kevin and Alex catch up over Pliny the Younger <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&amp;t=87s" rel="noopener noreferrer">0:01:27</a> Why Kevin Rose left venture capital to build again <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&amp;t=263s" rel="noopener noreferrer">0:04:23</a> Announcing Basic Intelligence and the future of Digg <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&amp;t=376s" rel="noopener noreferrer">0:06:16</a> Building PageRank for humans with 9 million social connections <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&amp;t=808s" rel="noopener noreferrer">0:13:28</a> Alex is building a mechanical watch from scratch <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&amp;t=1171s" rel="noopener noreferrer">0:19:31</a> Alaska road trip north of the Arctic Circle <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&amp;t=1291s" rel="noopener noreferrer">0:21:31</a> Tim Cook missed AI and Apple has a new CEO <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&amp;t=1694s" rel="noopener noreferrer">0:28:14</a> A robot beat the human half marathon record by 7 minutes <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&amp;t=1895s" rel="noopener noreferrer">0:31:35</a> Robot firefighters and buying your first robot at Costco <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&amp;t=2273s" rel="noopener noreferrer">0:37:53</a> Amazon bets $25 billion more on Anthropic <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&amp;t=2611s" rel="noopener noreferrer">0:43:31</a> Anthropic Mythos cracked the most secure OS after 12 years <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&amp;t=2815s" rel="noopener noreferrer">0:46:55</a> App Store submissions up 60% because everyone codes with AI <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&amp;t=2884s" rel="noopener noreferrer">0:48:04</a> 44% of Deezer music is AI and fake sympathy Shopify scams <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&amp;t=3037s" rel="noopener noreferrer">0:50:37</a> Trent Reznor reinvented his sound and crushed Coachella <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa2NS3AyNE&amp;t=3449s" rel="noopener noreferrer">0:57:29</a> The bear suit Rolls-Royce insurance scamKevin Rose: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbW84UlNkU2pZczlQTkpmZXM4TU1Pdm00T09fUXxBQ3Jtc0trb3lqWmNXZmQ5SVo3bTRXRExwaHNWcUVfUnVvTjdJYk5kejZmMW03ZnhHSkFUT2JoVXVsRnk5WDQwSGNsSFdtV1lRdUNHc3JZMm1xam0xQUFHRW1sWm1DaXJURDBHSlJQNTRSTzZpcFJ3aHlwMmtETQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fkevinrose&amp;v=aSa2NS3AyNE" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://x.com/kevinrose</a> | <a href="https://youtube.com/kevinrose" rel="noopener noreferrer">&nbsp; </a><a href="https://youtube.com/kevinrose" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="https://youtube.com/kevinrose" rel="noopener noreferrer"> / kevinrose&nbsp; </a> Alex Albrecht: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2VLNmt5S1VSMWVVNS1VUFBxaWFsd29zZ2VFUXxBQ3Jtc0trRWI3T0N5LUxKbVd5a0d4Y2xLbDNNc1R6WTRvNHZPUndjV19lNmI4M0kzN3l4ME9lM25Sa1FyOTRILUJQeC1kTEdtenk5OUZFVjNkQTVtdGhFY3QxbHY3T05xLTc0aG1kQ21YWjdJMXRqLW9RM0ZOVQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Falexalbrecht&amp;v=aSa2NS3AyNE" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://x.com/alexalbrecht</a>

He Dressed as a Bear to Scam a $400K Rolls-Royce

Alex Albrecht joins ‪<a href="https://www.kevinrose.com/">Kevin Rose</a> for a reunion-style episode of Diggnation, and it’s like they never left. Kevin and Alex kick things off by discussing everything from past moments on Diggnation to current events like WWDC announcements, and the evolution of Tesla and Boeing, the latest from Apple. Guest Bio and Links:<ul><li>Alex Albrecht is known for his significant contributions to technology and entertainment. He is a podcast host, television personality, and tech entrepreneur. Alex gained popularity as the co-host of "The Screen Savers" on TechTV and later co-created and co-hosted the popular podcasts "Diggnation" and "The Totally Rad Show." He has also ventured into directing, writing, and game development.</li></ul>

Alex Albrecht joins ‪Kevin Rose for a reunion-style episode of Diggnation, and it’s like they never left. Kevin and Alex kick things off by discussing everything from past moments on Diggnation to current events like WWDC announcements, and the evolution of Tesla and Boeing, the latest from Apple. Guest Bio and Links:Alex Albrecht is known for his significant contributions to technology and entertainment. He is a podcast host, television personality, and tech entrepreneur. Alex gained popularity as the co-host of "The Screen Savers" on TechTV and later co-created and co-hosted the popular podcasts "Diggnation" and "The Totally Rad Show." He has also ventured into directing, writing, and game development.

Alex Albrecht joins ‪<a href="https://www.kevinrose.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kevin Rose</a> for a reunion-style episode of Diggnation, and it’s like they never left. Kevin and Alex kick things off by discussing everything from past moments on Diggnation to current events like WWDC announcements, and the evolution of Tesla and Boeing, the latest from Apple. Guest Bio and Links:<ul><li>Alex Albrecht is known for his significant contributions to technology and entertainment. He is a podcast host, television personality, and tech entrepreneur. Alex gained popularity as the co-host of "The Screen Savers" on TechTV and later co-created and co-hosted the popular podcasts "Diggnation" and "The Totally Rad Show." He has also ventured into directing, writing, and game development.</li></ul>

Diggnation v2.0 - We're back! #001 (2024)

Diggnation is back! After a 15-year break, the guys are returning with all new episodes. Diggnation covers the top stories from around the internet. Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht give you their unique, sometimes awkward, and always hilarious take on the edges of the internet. Just a couple of geeks sitting on a couch.

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