Technopathic

Technopathic

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Technopathic episodes

  • Goblins and Pigeons

    Matt and Dr. Danny discuss curious creatures lurking in the computer.

    Wired: OpenAI Really Wants Codex to Shut Up About Goblins

    Futurism: Frontier AI Models Are Doing Something Absolutely Bizarre When Asked to Diagnose Medical X-Rays

    31 min
  • Training Your Replacement

    Matt and Dr. Danny discuss Facebook creating robots from their employees.

    Reuters: Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training data

    AP: Meta slashes 8,000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce, as Microsoft offers buyouts

    AP: Texas can require public schools to display Ten Commandments in classrooms, court rules

    34 min
  • Network

    Matt and Dr. Danny discuss the 1976 movie Network, and how it predicted much of our current predicament.

    Wikipedia: Network (1976 Film)

    32 min
  • Social Media Reckoning

    Matt and Dr. Danny discuss the historic victory against Meta and Google for damaging children.

    BBC: Campaigners welcome Meta and YouTube's defeat in landmark social media addiction trial

    Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us

    What to Eat Now: The Indispensable Guide to Good Food, How to Find It, and Why It Matters

    34 min
  • AI Val Kilmer

    Matt and Dr. Danny discuss the AI resurrection of Val Kilmer, and whether you should amend your will as a result.

    Variety: Val Kilmer Resurrected by AI to Star in 'As Deep as the Grave' Movie

    31 min
  • The Metaverse is Dead

    Matt and Dr. Danny discuss Facebook's giant Metaverse faceplant.

    Quartz: Meta is killing off the metaverse. It lost $80 billion

    30 min
  • AI Robot Body

    Matt and Dr. Danny discuss delusional robots, their bodies, and white noise.

    Futurism: Google's AI Sent an Armed Man to Steal a Robot Body for It to Inhabit, Then Encouraged Him to Kill Himself, Lawsuit Alleges

    Dohm Fan-Based White Noise Sound Machines

    30 min
  • Kratom and Gas-Station Drugs

    Matt and Dr. Danny discuss bans on kratom, and whether the substance might serve a helpful purpose.

    KCUR: Kansas City bans synthetic kratom and other 'gas station drugs' over addiction concerns

    29 min

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Matt and Dr. Danny discuss the intersection of psych and tech.