When Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure crashed, half a billion dollars vanished overnight.

 In this episode, David Mauro, Dr. Sergio Sanchez, and Zack Moscow uncover the ethics surrounding AI and the need for tech awareness, highlighting the importance of digital detox in maintaining a healthy balance.

We break down:
 💥 The $550M AWS outage & how it spread chaos
 🧩 Why our phones prove digital dependence is real
 🤖 Amazon’s leaked plan to cut 600,000 jobs via automation
 ⚔️ How AI could redefine modern warfare & national security

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Chapters

00:00 – Intro: When the Cloud Crashed
02:00 – AWS & Azure Outages Explained

05:00-The Impact of Major Service Outages
 08:22 – Home vs Work: The Blurred Cyber Lines
14:48 – Automation and the Future of Jobs
18:00 – Amazon’s 600,000 Job Cuts Leak
22:37 – Rise of Artificial Super-Intelligence (ASI)
25:56 – AI as the Next Global Arms Race
28:01 – Cyber Warfare & National Security Risks
31:00 – The Stuxnet Lesson: Cyber

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