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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.
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0:00 Hey! The Vergecast is Hiring!
01:47 OpenAI Memo Breakdown
04:26 Consumer AI Money Problem
08:38 Polls Show AI Backlash
10:56 Tech Adoption Comparisons
16:00 VCs Blame The Media
19:26 Environment Objections Debate
23:54 Doom Messaging Backfires
28:37 Social Permission And Enterprise
36:25 What Is The Killer Use Case
39:17 Brightwheel Incident Alerts
42:21 Trifold Hunt on eBay
45:00 Canceled Phone Weird Setup
48:46 Why Review Units Matter
52:43 Do Foldables Have a Market?
01:03:06 Android Big Screen Problems
01:09:25 The Lightning Round
01:10:27 Brendan Carr is a Dummy
01:11:28 Now He’s Censoring War Coverage
01:13:12 The Alpha in the Room
01:14:25 Truth Social Threats
01:16:53 Chilling Effect Explained
01:19:27 Backlash From…uh…Sen. Ron Johnson?
01:21:35 Audience Of One Politics
01:25:44 Nvidia’s DLSS 5 Controversy
01:32:27 AI Hype Debunking
01:37:53 Meta Metaverse Whiplash
01:41:06 Supernatural And Antitrust
01:44:32 Wrap Up And Plugs
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