Technopathic

Matt and Dr. Danny

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

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Yesterday · 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?
June 8 · 27 min
American Shaman
Matt and Dr. Danny discuss the latest in kratom, and whether demand for an item should overrule its safety and legality. KCUR: Kansas City-based American Shaman agrees to stop selling kratom and 7-OH
June 1 · 34 min
AI Backlash
Matt and Dr. Danny discuss developments in the world of AI backlash. Axios: An AI hate wave is here YouTube: Steve Wozniak tells graduates about AI. NBC News via YouTube: Multiple commencement speakers booed for AI comments during graduation speeches. The Verge: AI radio hosts demonstrate why AI can't be trusted alone
May 18 · 32 min
AI Consciousness
Matt and Dr. Danny discuss whether AI consciousness exists. YouTube: Why AI Isn't Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED TechCrunch: Anthropic says 'evil' portrayals of AI were responsible for Claude's blackmail attempts
May 11 · 29 min
RFK's Solution to Antidepressants
Matt and Dr. Danny discuss the viability of RFK's anti-antidepressant crusade. WSJ (Gift Link): RFK Jr. Wants to Wean Some Americans Off Antidepressants
May 4 · 30 min
Goblins and Pigeons
Matt and Dr. Danny discuss curious creatures lurking in the computer. Wired: OpenAI Really Wants Codex to Shut Up About Goblins Futurism: Frontier AI Models Are Doing Something Absolutely Bizarre When Asked to Diagnose Medical X-Rays
April 27 · 33 min
Training Your Replacement
Matt and Dr. Danny discuss Facebook creating robots from their employees. Reuters: Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training data AP: Meta slashes 8,000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce, as Microsoft offers buyouts AP: Texas can require public schools to display Ten Commandments in classrooms, court rules
April 20 · 31 min
Network
Matt and Dr. Danny discuss the 1976 movie Network, and how it predicted much of our current predicament. Wikipedia: Network (1976 Film)
April 13 · 28 min
Social Media Threats
Matt and Dr. Danny discuss powerful people making threats on social media.
April 6 · 33 min
Social Media Reckoning
Matt and Dr. Danny discuss the historic victory against Meta and Google for damaging children. BBC: Campaigners welcome Meta and YouTube's defeat in landmark social media addiction trial Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us What to Eat Now: The Indispensable Guide to Good Food, How to Find It, and Why It Matters
March 30 · 30 min
AI Val Kilmer
Matt and Dr. Danny discuss the AI resurrection of Val Kilmer, and whether you should amend your will as a result. Variety: Val Kilmer Resurrected by AI to Star in 'As Deep as the Grave' Movie
March 23 · 29 min
The Metaverse is Dead
Matt and Dr. Danny discuss Facebook's giant Metaverse faceplant. Quartz: Meta is killing off the metaverse. It lost $80 billion
March 16 · 32 min
AI Dating
Matt and Dr. Danny discuss AI's role in dating.
March 9 · 29 min
AI Robot Body
Matt and Dr. Danny discuss delusional robots, their bodies, and white noise. Futurism: Google's AI Sent an Armed Man to Steal a Robot Body for It to Inhabit, Then Encouraged Him to Kill Himself, Lawsuit Alleges Dohm Fan-Based White Noise Sound Machines