Is It Necessary?

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Timestamps: (Courtesy of NoKi1119)

0:00 Chapters

0:57 WAN show full-time employee, WHEEL OF PAAAIN

2:04 Intro

2:39 Topic #1: Smosh's "Short Kings Rank Short Kings" video

3:05 Watching the video, ranked next to Markiplier & Tom Holland

4:37 Luke's short joke, Linus on half inches & finding the board

6:22 Discussing ranked people, Tom Cruise's tenacity

7:33 Topic #2: Microsoft & Google lay off thousands again

7:56 Reasons provided by Microsoft, focus on AI

9:04 Exactly a year after Microsoft's major plans, Luke on OpenAI

10:24 Quote from Google's CEO, Linus on sustainable hiring

12:57 Linus looks at Google's stock, incompetent management

14:16 Linus hints at an official investment

14:33 Google offers 60 days of pay & 16 weeks of severance

15:36 Linus on GPT replacing Google until it fails to make revenue?

18:04 Linus on jewelry shopping, comparing to Microsoft

21:03 Twitter thread on paying for GPT 4, Luke mentions company costs

23:24 Linus compares GPT 4 to real-estate

23:53 Linus on Merch Messages with GPT 4, Luke on IRC & selling tools

27:31 Update on shadow-banning, discussing NDA & embargoes

32:44 Linus's on algorithm = audience, 7900XT/X embargoes

36:35 Shutting down "AliExpress" screwdriver & backpack argument

39:36 Being unable to defend yourself, Luke on RTX 6000 comments

43:33 Luke's video idea, James's "How to Make Good Linus Videos"

45:41 Laws of Linus #1: Never insult the audience

50:11 Topic #3: Two major lawsuits on AI art generators

50:53 Stable Diffusion's habit of replicating "Getty Images" watermark

52:06 AI replicating images, "remixing" copyrighted artwork

53:05 Luke on using replicated AI images for mobile games

55:04 Does it matter what the law is if the benefits outweigh negatives?

56:18 Reaction channels, fair use & YouTube revenue

1:06:18 Linus's "ethical reaction guidance," Luke on unfair usage

1:09:02 Linus on unfair usage of LTT content & mutual agreement

1:12:27 Floatplane Poll: "Reaction content" on submissions

1:15:50 Linus on LMG's transformative reaction content

1:17:44 LMG Clips's revenue & viewership V.S. timestamps

1:19:43 Alex P still gets clickbaited into WAN clips

1:20:55 Luke on "names of things matter," TARKOV short video

1:21:54 Sponsor - Thorum

1:23:42 Sponsor - Audible

1:25:37 Sponsor - Vessi Footwear

1:26:33 WHEEL OF PAAAIN explained

1:28:30 WoP #1: Twitter apps broke, rules on 3rd party apps

1:30:26 Consulting firm not paid after forcing Elon to buy Twitter

1:30:53 Luke tells Linus to "sit the F down," argument starts

1:37:01 Dan the Adjudicator, Luke to "shadow-ban" Linus

1:41:12 WoP #2: Samsung to use old patent to ban TP screen imports

1:42:44 AFBF signs Right to Repair with JD, argument starts

1:54:26 Dan the Adjudicator's, "defend the indefensible"

1:58:59 Luke recalls Namco Ltd's patent, TESRenewal's Skyblivion

2:06:15 LTTStore's new underwear designs

2:07:32 Merch Messages #1

2:22:36 Topic #4: LTX 2023 update

2:23:59 Topic #5: Linus on his investment in a NAS product

2:27:55 Topic #6: Apple's new HomePod & Mini

2:37:35 Topic #7: Wyoming's bill to phase out EVs by 2035

2:42:54 Topic #8: Stadia's self-service to enable BT

2:43:36 Merch Messages #2

3:35:40 Outro

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