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Matt and Dr. Danny

Matt and Dr. Danny discuss the intersection of psych and tech.

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Monday · 23 min
AI Screwdriver
Matt and Dr. Danny discuss AI solving solved problems. Links: The Verge: This electric screwdriver uses a camera and AI to figure out what bit you need
October 26 · 26 min
Control Your Dreams
Matt and Dr. Danny discuss dreams, nightmares, and Siri. Links: NPR: Can a dream help you solve a problem? Here's how to try tonight Gizmodo: Elon Musk Has Dumped Nearly Half a Billion Into Electing Republicans This Year:
October 19 · 19 min
Nvidia Fonzie
Futurism: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says That Sacrificing Our Children's Minds to AI Is a Price He's Willing to Pay
October 12 · 31 min
Gear Acquisition Syndrome
Gear Acquisition Syndrome: Consumption of Instruments and Technology in Popular Music (OAPEN)
October 5 · 20 min
League of Denial
Matt and Dr. Danny discuss falling out of love with sports. Frontline PBS (YouTube) League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis
September 28 · 31 min
Office Whispers
WSJ (Gift Link): Typing Is Being Replaced by Whispering—and It's Way More Annoying
September 21 · 19 min
Phones in Public
WSJ: For the Love of God, Please Put on Headphones (gift link) Ars Technica: Man told ChatGPT he was feeling delusional. ChatGPT insisted he was Jesus. Techcrunch: Get ready for the whisper-filled office of the future
September 14 · 29 min
AI Teeth
WSJ: Can a $499 AI Toothbrush Finally Make You Forget About Flossing? (gift link) Dyson.com: Dyson CameraJet™ electric toothbrush with flosser
September 7 · 23 min
Robot Job Interview
Wired: The Logical End Point of AI Job Interviews Is Two Bots Talking to Each Other
August 31 · 24 min
37 Lairs
Matt and Dr. Danny discuss Facebook's historic settlement, and how it might shape the future of social media. Reuters: Meta agrees to pay $18 billion to settle US lawsuits over children's social media addiction Wired: Meta Will Pay Up to $16.7 Billion to Settle Its Social Media Harms Case—and That's Not All Architectural Digest: Mark Zuckerberg Buys a Castle in Ireland
August 24 · 31 min
Tech CEO's Children and AI
NY Times: Silicon Valley Executives Are Tech Fans. Just Not for Their Own Kids. Ars Technica: Meta can't stop states' $1.4 trillion lawsuit from going to trial
August 17 · 20 min
Paring Your Feeds
Matt and Dr. Danny discuss how to avoid a firehose of information. Ars Technica: Pet owners say smart pet feeder outage led to furry ones going unfed Wired: These 'Masturbation Consultants' Were Hired to Pleasure Themselves With AI Wired: People Are 'Marrying' Chatbots. These Lawmakers Want to Stop Them
August 10 · 23 min
Satisfying Sequel-Thirst with AI
Matt and Dr. Danny discuss how AI can spare us all from the Hollywood sequel.
August 3 · 29 min
Margin Call
Wikipedia: Margin Call Wikipedia: Night of the Living Dead YouTube: Night of the Living Dead (1968)
July 27 · 26 min
Manipulate the Right People
Matt and Dr. Danny discuss lazy AI prompts and lazy AI results.
July 20 · 20 min
A Kinky Robot
How about a robot to watch you take your meds? 404 Media: Meta Patents AI Device That Tracks Your Emotions, Watches You Take Your Meds The Atlantic: The End of Reading Is Here
July 13 · 19 min
Gray Beards and Data Poisoning
The Conversation: In the face of rampant AI, is 'data poisoning' a new form of civil disobedience? TechCrunch: Ford rehires 'gray beard' engineers after AI falls short
June 29 · 30 min
Slow Tech
Matt and Dr. Danny discuss the increasing popularity of retro technology, and what might be driving it. TechCrunch: The smartphone era created an attention crisis — slow tech is fixing it
June 22 · 23 min
Personal Growth
Matt and Dr. Danny discuss technology and personal growth.
June 15 · 20 min
iPhone Infertility
Matt and Dr. Danny discuss whether people are cranking out fewer kids due to iPhone. NPR: Can smartphones help explain the drop in birth rates?

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