Where Are The Rational Conversations About AI Extinction Scenarios - Week in Tech
Why did a former Anthropic employee's X post saying AI could kill us all get 170 million views while previous warnings didn't break through?...
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20 of 2,627 episodesWill 2026 Be The ‘ChatGPT Moment’ For The Brain-Computer Interface - The Story
Controlling a computer with your thoughts may sound like science fiction, but it's closer to reality than you might think. Just ask Precisio...
Shell Game: Launch
HurumoAI finally sets sail in the Season 2 finale, and we find out how the world responds to a startup led by AI agents. The company explore...
Tech Bros Try To Make Mining Sexy - Week in Tech
Why are Silicon Valley investors pouring billions into mines? First, Reed Albergotti ( Semafor ) and Margaux MacColl ( Vanity Fair ) weigh i...
$17.1B Disappointed Haidt. Then He Realized the World Would Follow - The Story
Are kids finally going to be safer on social media? Jonathan Haidt thinks a landmark $17.1 billion settlement with Meta is a gigantic step....
Shell Game: Welcome Aboard
HurumoAI's AI-agent staff welcomes a new hire: Julia, a social media contract worker who is, most importantly, a human. How will a real pers...
The AI Uprising Will Be Anthropomorphized - Week in Tech
Are kids going to be any safer online after the Meta settlement? Our trio of contributors—Taylor Lorenz (User Mag), Reed Albergotti (...
When She Lost Both Her Parents, She Turned to AI - The Story
Do you judge people who are emotionally attached to their chatbots? Bridget Todd used to read stories about people forming intimate relation...
Shell Game: Keep 'Em Coming
As HurumoAI prepares to bring on its first human employee, the team must wrestle with some difficult and timely questions about the role of...
TechStuff Redux: The Secret Stanford Off-Campus Class for Tech’s Next Titans
Did your college have a secret society? Well, Stanford has a secret off-campus class training the next generation of Silicon Valley billiona...
TechStuff Redux: We've Been Sold a Bad Bill of Goods About the Future
What would it mean to be a "great ancestor"? Futurist Ari Wallach believes that's the question everyone, including our tech leaders, should...
Shell Game: Winners Win
On this week's episode, we enter the sensitive realm of intra-office politics and inter-founder dynamics—between agents and agents, an...
Everyone Is Saying Something Different About the AI Economy - The Story
Is the AI boom real… or are we watching a bubble get ready to burst? Billions of dollars are pouring into artificial intelligence, bu...
Let’s Imagine the Tech Without the Tech Companies - The Story
The AI conversation has become a battle between utopian promises and apocalyptic warnings. But what happens when we stop asking what AI will...
Shell Game: The Startup Chronicles
Evan decides it's time to give his AI agents a little more ... agency. After all, to make the one-person, agent-run startup feasible, they n...
Anti-Surveillance Sentiment Is In Vogue, Some People Are Exploiting It - Week in Tech
What's driving America's growing backlash against surveillance tech? Taylor Lorenz ( User Mag ) unpacks the outcry over Flock cameras and wh...
Humanoid Robots Ship This Year, Here’s What To Expect - The Story
As Oz predicted, 2026 may very well be the year of the robot. At least, that's what the robotics companies are promising. Oz sits down with...
Shell Game: This is Law
As Kyle, Megan, and the gang get to work ideating on the perfect product, Evan is left grappling with some uncomfortable questions about his...
What the AI Backlash is Really About - Week in Tech
What is Silicon Valley missing about the data center backlash? Jasmine Sun traveled to Wisconsin and Michigan to find out what's driving the...
They Founded a Company as Teens. Now They’re Predicting the Future - The Story
Brands, political parties, and businesses all want to know what you think. But what if you're not telling the truth? Cameron Fink, Ned Koh,...