If the algorithm can steer people towards more and more extreme content or more let's just call it adjacent content well what the government could do with that is if they weren't just interested in making more money. They could actually know oh we're steering somebody towards being radicalized, he says. "I see a lot of cool like Pink Floyd people doing covers and Mark Noffler covers going on in my YouTube feed"
Jason and Molly kick off the week with a generative ai update! (5:00) Then, they cover Mr. Beast’s latest video and “stunt culture” (35:21), some more third-rail topics (49:40), and Billy McFarland being back in the news! (59:50)
(0:00) M+J kick off the show
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(5:00) Anthropic raises at a $5B valuation
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(11:01) More on Anthropic
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(19:21) Semafor reports OpenAI has contracted 1000 developers
(27:06) Baidu is developing their own AI Chatbot
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(35:21) MrBeast’s latest video + Stunt culture
(49:40) Third-rail topics
(59:50) Billy McFarland is back in the news
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