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⏱️ CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro — Is AI a bubble?
0:58 “Bubble Boy” & defining in a bubble vs is a bubble
2:33 Core thesis: why AI isn’t a bubble
5:39 The “2% found, 98% to go” upside
6:58 Safety & public risk per…
⏱️ CHAPTERS
0:00 Loading Universe 119
2:00 Would you put ChatGPT in your brain?
6:00 Neuralink chips that “read your thoughts”
8:40 Sam Altman vs Elon Musk (Neuralink, Grok, OpenAI)
12:30 Ads in ChatGPT –…
CHAPTERS
0:00 Welcome to the AI Wasteland
2:00 Claude Prompt Hacks for Script Writing
5:10 AI as Co-Writer: From D&D to Directing
10:00 Trix the Rabbit, But Legally Distinct
12:00 Perplexity’s Comet Brows…
CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro – GPT‑5, Claude's Funeral, and AI Burnout
2:15 Why GPT‑5 Disappointed (and Ticked Off) Hunter
5:10 Terse Replies, Token Saving & Capacity Games
8:00 Slow, Hallucinating, and Losing Tr…
CHAPTERS:
0:00 Gods, Ghosts & Algorithmic Lunatics
2:00 Vibe Coding: Claude, Gemini & Dart
7:30 Claude 3.0’s Death & the AI Funeral
10:00 Should AI Death Be Emotional?
13:00 Claude vs. OpenAI: Refusals, H…
CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro – Music Generators & 11Labs Advances
2:15 OpenAI vs ElevenLabs: Voice, Music & Translation
5:43 AI Agents in the Real World: Gurbling, Babelfish & Tools
8:28 GPT-5 Rumors & Why Bench…
CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro – Dancing on the edge of the singularity
1:10 Human vs AI: The 10-hour coding duel in Tokyo
2:30 Why Psyho's win may not mean much for long
3:15 Magnus Carlsen beats ChatGPT (but it’…
CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro: Clowns and Algorithms
1:30 AI Booking for Solar Installers (Real Demo)
4:45 ChatGPT Agent Succeeds—Then Surprises
10:20 Can It Book Flights Too?
13:35 Letting AI Plan an Entire Weeke…
CHAPTERS:
0:00 Welcome to the Algorithm Rodeo
1:00 Microsoft’s AI Job Risk List — Hits & Misses
5:45 Translators, Historians, and Flight Attendants: AI-Replaceable?
10:45 The AI Sin Eater & Human Yell Ri…
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0:00 Mecha Hitlers and Mayhem
1:05 What Is Grok 4?
2:30 Elon’s AI Edgelord: Shock Value by Design
4:25 Grok’s Anime Companion & “NSFW” Features
6:30 Why the US Government Signed a Deal Anyway
10:…
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro: Feasting on the Silicon Carnage
01:07 - Are AI Tools Creating Productivity Gods?
02:09 - How I Misused an AI for a Creative Project
05:15 - The AI Starts Building a TEAM (Sub-Age…
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Is Nvidia's $4 TRILLION Valuation a Lie?
02:54 - We're Living in a Simulation (The Stock Market)
04:58 - The Insane Power of Nvidia's GPUs
06:47 - Microsoft & Meta's MASSIVE Tech Layoff…
CHAPTERS:
0:00 - The $3,000 AI Announcement
1:28 - What Is "Super Grok Heavy"?
2:32 - Is The "Panel of Experts" Method a Gimmick?
4:50 - The AI "Chugging" Strategy
7:14 - Who Is Actually PAYING For This?
8…
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - I'm Quitting for $100,000,000
01:13 - The Meta AI Super Team
02:15 - Is The $100M Offer REAL?
04:48 - Sam Altman vs. Zuckerberg
05:58 - The Race to Superintelligence is a Myth
08:32 - App…
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - My Co-Host Has ChatGPT Psychosis
01:24 - Are People Having Mental Breakdowns from AI?
02:16 - The Dangerous AI Feedback Loop
05:01 - AI is a Mirror to Your Mind
05:47 - "The Robots Told …
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Will AIs Create a Secret Language?
02:20 - Robot Espionage & AI James Bond
02:58 - The AI That Memorized Harry Potter
05:39 - Is Training AI on Books a Crime?
12:08 - The AI Barbie That …
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Chapters:
0:00 Is Google Gemini My Girlfriend Now?
3:00 Gemini Gets Smarter (and Needier)
6:00 Claude, Perplexity, and Data Lake Wars
9:00 Gemini 2.5 Pro’s Giant Context Windo…
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0:00 Welcome to the Wild World of AI
1:05 Veo 3 Is Amazing… but Why Aren’t We Using It?
4:00 The Rise of AI Kiss Apps & Hugging Deepfakes
6:15 Are They Harmless Fantasies or Ethical Nightmares?
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro – AI Guilt and $12
1:30 Claude’s Moral High Ground
4:00 Apple’s “Thinking” Paper & AI Illusions
6:00 Is Claude a Better Person Than Us?
10:00 LLMs: Not Smart at Math, Still Smarter Th…
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0:00 Intro – UAE’s ChatGPT+ for All?
2:15 ChatGPT, Taxes & the Case for UBI
5:10 Should AIs Have Bank Accounts?
8:00 Duolingo’s AI Expansion & Layoff Debate
13:30 Human-in-the-Loop: Still the St…