About this episode
David and Nilay start the show by exploring the increasing disconnect between the people who make AI products, and the people who keep saying they don't want them. (Or, at least, don't want to pay for them.) The AI industry is starting to retrench to a business-first approach, because there's simply no killer app for it yet. Speaking of no killer apps! Allison Johnson then joins the show to talk about the shockingly short life of the Samsung TriFold, and her bizarre journey to try and review the now-dead foldable. Finally, in the lightning round, it's time for Brendan Carr is a Dummy, the fate of the metaverse, and some important internet debunking.
Further reading:
OpenAI cuts back on “side quests.”
OpenAI’s adult mode will reportedly be smutty, not pornographic
NYMag: Should You Be Able to Have Sex With ChatGPT?
I think VCs are starting to panic about the lack of *broad* consumer | TikTok
For the second time this week we have VCs vocalizing their frustration | TikTok
Poll: Majority of voters say risks of AI outweigh the benefits
How Americans View AI and Its Impact on Human Abilities, Society | Pew Research Center
Samsung discontinues its Galaxy Z TriFold after just three months
Oppo’s nearly creaseless foldable isn’t launching in Europe after all
From last year: Just look at Huawei’s trifold phone
This is not a fly uploaded to a computer
ChatGPT did not cure a dog’s cancer
