Clauditis

Meanwhile, Anthropic is on a $50 billion run rate and raising at a $900b valuation. We look back to the dawn of the assembly line, when workers suffered from “Forditis," a condition of despair caused by a lack of agency and the pressure to keep up with a pace set by machines. Plus: learning from Ferrari, Ryan Cohen's use of the information space for his long-shot takeover bid for eBay, the decline of drinking as structural phenomenon, the end of the road for BuzzFeed, and Italian rock bands. * Watch us on YouTube * Troy Young’s People vs Algorithms newsletter * Brian Morrissey’s The Rebooting newsletter * Alex Schleifer’s Human Computer * Follow Alex, Brian and Troy on Twitter Chapters: * 00:00 Open * 00:38 Welcome * 04:14 Ferrari Scarcity Mythology * 11:27 From Ferrari To Anthropic * 21:33 AI Backlash And Forditis * 27:19 Thinking Machines New Interface * 38:13 Narratives Beat Policy * 41:23 Ryan Cohen Media Populism * 48:01 BuzzFeed Byron Allen Deal * 58:37 Good Product * 01:09:08 Credits This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.peoplevsalgorithms.com