The Big GPT-5 Debate, Sam Altman’s AI Bubble, OnlyFans Chatbots

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Alex Kantrowitz

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4.6 • 395 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Did AI take a step back with GPT-5? 2) Is AI hype going to cool off? 3) GPT-5's switching problem 4) Do we need AI agents? 5) Thinking Vs. Doing AI 6) Sam Altman says parts of AI are a bubble 7) Eric Schmidt says the U.S. should stop overindexing on AGI and instead build it into products 8) GPT-6 is going to have much better memory 9) MIT study says 95% of AI projects fail to achieve their goals 10) AI may replace OnlyFans outsourced 'chatters' 11) Is love AI's real use case? --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here’s 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Questions? Feedback? Write to: [email protected]

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0:00.0	Is the GPT5 backlash overdone or a sign of the AI industry finally realizing that the party is over?
0:07.8	Sam Altman for one says AI might be in a bubble, but that's probably not going to stop OnlyFans' talent from outsourcing at least some of their flirting to artificial intelligence.
0:17.4	That's coming up right after this.
0:19.9	Welcome to Big Technology Podcast Friday edition, where we break down the news in our traditional,
0:24.3	cool-headed and nuanced format.
0:26.2	We have a great show for you today.
0:28.2	We're going to revisit the debate about GPT5 and whether it's actually as bad as critics say,
0:34.5	meaning the end of AI progress or whether it's misunderstood.
0:38.3	We're also going to talk about these comments from Sam Altman that AI might be in a bubble and also some from Eric Schmidt,
0:43.3	that the AI industry and the tech industry should stop focusing on AGI and focus on building.
0:49.3	And then finally we'll round it out with a conversation about how AI might be coming basically to the
0:54.6	back end of only fans' conversations if it's not there already and what that means for our lives,
1:00.1	for our society.
1:01.2	Joining us as always on Friday is Ranjan Roy of Margins.
1:04.6	Ron John, great to see you.
1:05.6	How you doing?
1:06.6	Good.
1:07.6	We took a week off and apparently all AI progress stopped.
1:10.4	This was terrible timing for my summer break.
1:13.2	I was out in Nepal doing some trekking.
1:16.8	And by the way, I have to say we got one of my favorites podcast ratings that we've ever
1:20.9	gotten.
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