469. The Maniacs are Running the Asylum (ft. Nikhil Suresh)

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Aug 6, 202601:39:32Technology

We’re joined by Nik Suresh, director of Hermit Tech and excellent blogger on the software industry. You might know Nik for an incredible essay he wrote a couple years ago about piledriving anybody who mentions AI. Well h...

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