Joshua Topolsky welcomes Katie Notopoulos, Senior Technology Reporter for Buzzfeed News. They discuss being internet experts and the influence of age. They talk about the ultimate troll move involving James Woods. They explore the trend of face filters on TikTok and the impact on body dysmorphia. They also discuss a crypto wallet security breach and potential wardrobe malfunctions at public events. The podcast ends with a discussion on internet perspective, body image, and ads.
The internet is a mix of useful and useless content, with everyone trying to sell you something as a joke.
The future of the internet involves an AI suggesting ways to harm the president based on dumb movie quotes.
Living ethically online means avoiding lying, cheating, stealing, breaking the law, and being an asshole.
Deep dives
The internet is compared to gold, mostly useless and confusing
The internet is compared to gold. It's mostly useless, incredibly confusing, with a small part of it being beautiful, and everyone trying to sell you on it is a joke.
The future of the internet involves looking up ways to kill the president
The future of the internet involves looking up ways to kill the president, according to an AI that has been trained on stupid movie quotes.
AI advises living an ethical life online by not being an asshole
According to an AI trained on dumb movie characters, living an ethical life online involves not lying, cheating, stealing, breaking the law, and not being an asshole.
Dumb AI comments on the purpose of the internet
According to an AI trained on dumb movie characters, the purpose of the internet is mostly useless, incredibly confusing like gold, and everyone trying to sell you on it is a joke.
AI predicts the future of technology
According to an AI trained on dumb movie characters, the future of technology involves looking it up on the internet to find ways to kill the president and spilling beer.
It's a family affair today as Josh welcomes his sister-in-law and Senior Technology Reporter for Buzzfeed News, Katie Notopoulos. Lots to uncover and dissect in a world wide web gone mad, but thankfully we have an expert in the chaos. Discussed: Dilbert, Bold Glamour, Slurp Juices, SAG Awards