The Terrarium Breaks

Democrats take Congress, Texas flips, and the Trump-era “terrarium” that media, finance and tech climbed into starts to crack. Winners: the AI decels, after voters rejected data centers in state after state, and media, which took in a flood of political ad money. Losers: the tech right, Elon Musk and his half billion in spending, Andreessen Horowitz, the manosphere and prediction markets. Then they get into why AI agents feel too proactive and too clunky, and Anthony DeRosa joins to talk about the PvA Field Notes Media Lab, his Frontier AI tracker, and his election night test pitting prediction markets and personal agents against the news desks calling races. * 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 * Join our community - PvA Field Notes Chapters: * 02:26 Paris Reality Check * 07:35 Midterms Winners and Losers * 31:14 AI Agents and Media Lab * 39:59 Dashboards And Agents * 42:26 Frontier And Election Tools * 50:04 Monetizing Media Beyond Ads * 01:05:55 AI Adoption * 01:17:25 Good Product * 01:22:46 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