287: Never Click "Show More"

Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod.

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4.8 • 521 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

We're reaching deep into the grab bag again this week, with a wide array of topics like the fascinating world of shorthand and stenography machines (plus an open source project to build your own, naturally), replacing your thermostat (there's open source stuff for that too), the perils of running out of data on a small mobile carrier, questionable uses for an AI-driven Darth Vader, some follow-up on Will's recent work tracking microstutter in games, and more.

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0:00.0	On May 14th, at approximately 3.15 a.m. Pacific Standard time, an unauthorized modification
0:05.8	was made to the GROC response bot's prompt on X. This change, which directed GROC to provide
0:11.8	a specific response on a political topic, violated XAI's internal policies and core values.
0:18.8	We've conducted a thorough investigation and are implementing measures to enhance
0:23.4	Croc's transparency and reliability.
0:25.9	Getting like images of like the beginning of war games or something, just like white text
0:29.8	on a black background popping up at 3.15 a.m. Pacific time.
0:33.2	Yeah, I was trying to law and order that one.
0:35.0	You know, there are two sides of the of the XAI white genocide controversy.
0:39.7	One.
0:41.1	Yeah.
0:41.4	So real ripped from the headline stuff.
0:43.3	Look, okay.
0:44.8	At 3.15 a.m.
0:46.3	Like I just see the hot dog suit skit from I think you should leave because at 315 a.m.
0:51.7	It had to be Elon, right?
0:52.9	There's nobody else.
0:54.2	Yeah.
0:54.3	Nobody else.
0:55.2	It sounds like he might keep a lot of people up around there, but who else would do something
0:58.8	like this?
0:59.3	I mean, he may have been standing over somebody's shoulder while he told them to do this, but, you
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