People vs Algorithms Performative Intelligence
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Aug 8, 2025 The discussion kicks off with the impact of AI on our information consumption, highlighting a preference for quick access over deep understanding. They tackle the troubling decline in search traffic and its effect on traditional media. The rise of moral disgust towards AI-generated culture is examined, alongside the creation of parallel media worlds that complicate our grasp of reality. Listeners are left questioning whether we’re genuinely learning or just mastering the art of pretense in a tech-saturated landscape.
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Monkey As A Terrible Pet
- The monkey was a disaster and too clever to be a pet.
- Alex Schleifer and Troy Young recall upsetting, aggressive monkey behaviors that made it unbearable.
Open Web Losing Referral Traffic
- Google is increasingly serving AI overviews that reduce clicks to original publishers.
- Brian Morrissey warns publishers are getting less search referral traffic as models surface answers directly.
Index Cards And Deep Prep
- Troy Young describes Dwar'kesh's index-card method for mastering topics.
- He uses AI to research until he finds questions the AI cannot answer.
