It’s a Friday TWiST and Jason and Alex are FIRED UP about this internal Meta doc laying out appropriate vs. inappropriate AI behavior… You won’t BELIEVE with what Zuck approves for 8-year-old users.

PLUS… AI job displacement is HERE, at least in the Big Apple… Jason’s getting kind of paranoid about the surveillance state… AI remains frothier than ever through new Cohere and Cognition rounds… and why we’re dubious that Sam Altman REALLY plans to spend $1 trillion on OpenAI data centers.

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(0:00) Intro - How Opendoor became a meme stock

(06:58) When companies have less value than cash on hand… what gives?

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(19:13) New York’s not adding jobs… Jason and Alex dig in and offer some theories.

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(26:56) AI job displacement is HERE and it’s happening, folks…

(30:05) Why Jason predicts unemployment will be 20% higher 1 year from today… add it to the TWiST Calendar

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(33:02) Wait, Meta AI is having “sensual” chats with children? WHY?

(40:00) Will there be fallout to the Meta exposé? Legal? Staffing? Otherwise?

(47:47) AI remains frothier than ever with new Cohere and Cognition rounds.

(52:33) Sam Altman says he’s going to spend $1 trillion on data centers… Jason’s dubious.

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