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Matt and Dr. Danny

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

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Today · 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?
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

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