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What Next: TBD | Chatbots All The Way Down

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41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Why artificial intelligence isn’t waiting for consumer demand. Guest: Gerrit De Vynck, tech reporter for The Washington Post. Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Evan Campbell and Patrick Fort. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Does it ever feel like you're a marketing professional just speaking into the void?

0:05.3

Well, with LinkedIn ads, you can know you're reaching the right decision makers.

0:09.1

You can even target them by job title, industry, company, role, seniority, skills, company revenue,

0:15.5

and do I say job title yet?

0:17.5

Get started today and see how you can avoid the void and reach the right buyers with

0:21.3

LinkedIn ads. To get £100 of your first campaign, go to LinkedIn.com slash lead to claim

0:27.1

your credit. Terms and conditions apply. The autopilot order. Now, informal, the strong urge

0:33.7

felt at the ordering kiosk or drive-through that takes over the entire body and mind

0:37.8

and results in a person ordering a Big Mac without even having to think. Related phrases,

0:42.6

looks like I've ordered a Big Mac again.

0:44.7

The autopilot order at McDonald's.

0:47.8

Serves from 11am, subject to availability.

0:53.6

I always start by having people tell me who they are and what they do.

0:57.5

So Garrett, introduce yourself.

1:00.0

My name is Garrett DeVink, and I'm a tech reporter for The Washington Post.

1:04.3

Garrett, do you know how many friends you have?

1:07.9

Yeah, I mean, I...

1:09.7

Apologies to Garrett, who's a very good sport.

1:14.0

I've got a lot of friends, and I do think that the older you get, you kind of winnow it down

1:19.6

to a smaller group of very, very close friends rather than, you know, having a whole bunch

1:24.6

of acquaintances, but I couldn't tell you the number.

1:28.7

But it's more than three?

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