From BlueSky non-growth, to AI boyfriends through staring at an orb. I remember in the old days you just paid thruppence and went to a dance in the church hall, now its all AI intimacy and splitting your iris into three parts. And that Elon Musk, he’s a right one isn’t he?
Grumps this time include the voices of Ian Forrester, David “Andy” Eastman, and Wendy Grossman.
https://archive.org/download/techgrumps-3.29-please-vertify-your-ai-partner/Techgrumps%203.29%20-%20Please%20vertify%20your%20AI%20partner.mp3
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Stuff we mentioned in the show
The Fediverse and Blueskyhttps://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/06/27/revival/World Orb launches in the UKhttps://eandt.theiet.org/2025/06/09/sam-altmans-eyeball-scanning-device-designed-tell-humans-bots-arrives-ukhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66128111AI Boyfriendshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/cathyhackl/2025/06/23/confessions-of-a-futurist-i-dated-four-ahttps://shows.acast.com/metaverse-marketing/episodes/dating-ai-loving-human-exploring-ai-relationships-metas-newAOBsTitan: the OceanGate Disaster = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35628853/Mountain Head – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35396529/BBC R&D’s Social research – https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/articles/2025-06-social-media-change-issues-problems-reportThe Bookworm and the Fireflies has launched – https://thebookwormandthefireflies.com/