Technopathic

Gear Acquisition Syndrome: Consumption of Instruments and Technology in Popular Music (OAPEN)

Matt and Dr. Danny discuss falling out of love with sports. Frontline PBS (YouTube) League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis

WSJ (Gift Link): Typing Is Being Replaced by Whispering—and It's Way More Annoying

WSJ: For the Love of God, Please Put on Headphones (gift link) Ars Technica: Man told ChatGPT he was feeling delusional. ChatGPT insisted he was Jesus. Techcrunch: Get ready for the whisper-filled office of the future  

WSJ: Can a $499 AI Toothbrush Finally Make You Forget About Flossing? (gift link) Dyson.com: Dyson CameraJet™ electric toothbrush with flosser

Wired: The Logical End Point of AI Job Interviews Is Two Bots Talking to Each Other

Matt and Dr. Danny discuss Facebook's historic settlement, and how it might shape the future of social media. Reuters: Meta agrees to pay $18 billion to settle US lawsuits over children's social media addiction Wired: Meta Will Pay Up to $16.7 Billion to Settle Its Social Media Harms Case—and That's Not All Architectural Digest: Mark Zuckerberg Buys a Castle in Ireland

NY Times: Silicon Valley Executives Are Tech Fans. Just Not for Their Own Kids. Ars Technica: Meta can't stop states' $1.4 trillion lawsuit from going to trial

Matt and Dr. Danny discuss how to avoid a firehose of information. Ars Technica: Pet owners say smart pet feeder outage led to furry ones going unfed Wired: These 'Masturbation Consultants' Were Hired to Pleasure Themselves With AI Wired: People Are 'Marrying' Chatbots. These Lawmakers Want to Stop Them

Matt and Dr. Danny discuss how AI can spare us all from the Hollywood sequel.

Wikipedia: Margin Call Wikipedia: Night of the Living Dead YouTube: Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Matt and Dr. Danny discuss lazy AI prompts and lazy AI results.

How about a robot to watch you take your meds? 404 Media: Meta Patents AI Device That Tracks Your Emotions, Watches You Take Your Meds The Atlantic: The End of Reading Is Here

The Conversation: In the face of rampant AI, is 'data poisoning' a new form of civil disobedience? TechCrunch: Ford rehires 'gray beard' engineers after AI falls short

Matt and Dr. Danny discuss the increasing popularity of retro technology, and what might be driving it. TechCrunch: The smartphone era created an attention crisis — slow tech is fixing it

Matt and Dr. Danny discuss technology and personal growth.

Matt and Dr. Danny discuss whether people are cranking out fewer kids due to iPhone. NPR: Can smartphones help explain the drop in birth rates?

Matt and Dr. Danny discuss the latest in kratom, and whether demand for an item should overrule its safety and legality. KCUR: Kansas City-based American Shaman agrees to stop selling kratom and 7-OH

Matt and Dr. Danny discuss developments in the world of AI backlash. Axios: An AI hate wave is here YouTube: Steve Wozniak tells graduates about AI. NBC News via YouTube: Multiple commencement speakers booed for AI comments during graduation speeches. The Verge: AI radio hosts demonstrate why AI can't be trusted alone

Matt and Dr. Danny discuss whether AI consciousness exists. YouTube: Why AI Isn't Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED TechCrunch: Anthropic says 'evil' portrayals of AI were responsible for Claude's blackmail attempts  

Matt and Dr. Danny discuss the viability of RFK's anti-antidepressant crusade.  WSJ (Gift Link): RFK Jr. Wants to Wean Some Americans Off Antidepressants  

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

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

Matt and Dr. Danny discuss the 1976 movie Network, and how it predicted much of our current predicament. Wikipedia: Network (1976 Film)

Matt and Dr. Danny discuss powerful people making threats on social media.