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Coding AIs face a John Henry showdown? Marathon dev duel sparks human vs machine myth reboot

Author
Daniel Bishop, Hunter Powers
Published
Mon 11 Aug 2025
Episode Link
https://www.tmbsa.tech/episodes/coding-ais-face-a-john-henry-showdown-marathon-dev-duel-sparks-human-vs-machine-myth-reboot-AB2vfYAP

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’s complicated)
4:45 The John Henry analogy: A new tech folklore?
7:00 Human augmentation vs obsolescence: Who decides?
10:45 AI pricing creep: Delta and dynamic fares
14:00 Consumer surplus and algorithmic value extraction
17:00 Ethical dilemmas of income-based pricing
20:45 Coke at $18? The personalization problem
24:00 Is price customization inevitable—or is there hope?
26:30 Final thoughts – more AI, more problems (and more tech to fix them)

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