Crypto Ethics and Conversational AI Innovations

Kevin’s 41 days sober and glowing, Alex voices a Viking, and AI is still deeply weird. This week, Kevin tries Google's "Flow" video tool, which turns your prompt into something between an ad and a fever dream. Alex talks loop group voice work on Predator: Killer of Killers, and Kevin explains why Eleven Labs’ new AI is scarily good at conversations. Also: red-tinted contact lenses that might give you night vision, Builders AI getting caught with 700 human coders, and a hot take on residuals from the streaming wars. Alex's kitchen remodel is still chaos, Kevin's skin is allegedly better, and yes, Apple is skipping straight to iOS 26. Because of course they are.

⏱️ Timestamps:
 00:00 Intro and Welcome
 01:43 Kevin Discusses Recent Travel (NYC)
 02:22 Sober Life Update (41 Days), Physical Effects Discussed
 06:32 Diggnation 20th Anniversary Mention (July 1st)
 07:41 Alex's New Mac Laptop Purchase (M4 Pro)
 13:03 Alex Tries Mascot Harlan Wine
 14:16 Kevin Shares Google's Flow AI Video Generation Experiments
 24:30 Watching the "Plastic Baby" AI Video
 28:00 Discussion of Flow Features (Continuity, Extending Scenes)
 29:20 Alex Reveals He is In Predator: Killer of Killers
 38:17 Streaming Royalties, SAG/AFTRA, and AI Impact
 0:50:54 Apple's Reported Jump to iOS 26
 0:55:41 Kevin Shows His New iPhone and Hard Graft Sleeve
 0:59:45 Reflections on Aging, Time, and Pet Toaster
 1:01:04 Antarctica Trip for Kevin's 50th?
 1:03:19 Builder.AI Exposed for Using Human Engineers
 1:06:53 Satirical Builder.AI AI Video
 1:09:34 Bitcoin and Crypto Bro Kidnapping Story
 1:13:17 11 Labs Conversational AI 2.0 Demo
 1:23:18 Infrared Contact Lenses Development
 1:27:05 Apple AirPods Hearing Aid Feature
 1:28:22 Attempting Mouse Contact Lens AI Video
 1:32:25 Closing Remarks, Continued Sobriety Reflections

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📰 Top Stories:
 Builders AI bankruptcy: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/20/builders_ai_real_people/
 Flow AI demo: https://ai.googleblog.com/2025/05/introducing-flow-google-video-generation
 Infrared contact lens tech: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/night-vision-contact-lenses-infrared
 Eleven Labs Conversational AI 2.0: https://elevenlabs.io/blog/conversational-ai-update
 Apple skips to iOS 26: https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/15/apple-ios26-2026-plan/

👤 People Mentioned:
 Alex Albrecht – / alalbrecht
 Kevin Rose – / kevinrose
 Dan Trachtenberg – https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1502434/
 Will Harlan – / willharlan
 Alexis Ohanian – https://www.776.com/team/alexis-ohanian
 Mauricio Balvanera – / maubrowncow
 Heather (Alex’s wife) – still hates AirDrop
 Betty White – timeless icon
 Wim Hof – https://www.wimhofmethod.com/
 Tim Ferriss – https://tim.blog/

🛍️ Products Mentioned:
 Flow (Google AI tool) – https://ai.google/tools/flow/
 Eleven Labs – https://elevenlabs.io/
 Unreal Engine – https://www.unrealengine.com/
 MacBook Pro Max – https://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/
 Mascot Harlan wine – https://www.harlanestate.com/mascot
 Builder.AI – https://www.builder.ai/
 AirPods Pro – https://amzn.to/3ZakGJV
 Snapchat – https://www.snapchat.com/
 FaceTime – https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204380
 Kore Shorts (Vuori) – https://vuori.com/products/kore-short
 Hard Graft – https://www.hardgraft.com/
 Costco – https://www.costco.com/
 Twitter – https://twitter.com/
 Bitcoin – https://bitcoin.org/

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