• 235: Skepticrat235 - TikToxic Edition

  • Oct 21 2024
  • Length: 51 mins
  • Podcast

235: Skepticrat235 - TikToxic Edition

  • Summary

  • On this week's episode: TikTok notices that their fingers appear to be in some kind of steeple ... Mitch McConnell says the ridiculously obvious ... And we learn that the logical endpoint of AI singularity is a literal gaping butthole.

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    Headline Sources:

    Kentucky Public Radio publishes redacted documents about TikTok lawsuit without redactions: https://www.npr.org/2024/10/11/g-s1-27676/tiktok-redacted-documents-in-teen-safety-lawsuit-revealed
    https://www.npr.org/2024/10/12/g-s1-28040/teens-tiktok-addiction-lawsuit-investigation-documents
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/11/tiktok-lawsuit-children-addiction-mental-health/

    McConnell privately slammed Trump as ‘stupid’ and ‘despicable’ after 2020 election: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4938254-mitch-mcconnell-donald-trump-2020-election-book/

    Elon Musk’s robots are fake: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/reports-teslas-prototype-optimus-robots-were-controlled-by-humans/

    Steven Seagal Said He Was 'Ready To Die for Russia' in Letter to Putin: https://www.newsweek.com/steven-seagal-vladimir-putin-russia-letter-1967638

    Georgia strikes down new Trump-backed election rules: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2kv219d2go

    AI agent makes millions on meme coin:
    https://cryptobriefing.com/goat-coin-surge-ai-impact/
    https://www.coindesk.com/news-analysis/2024/10/16/crypto-degens-baited-an-experimental-ai-bot-into-promoting-a-token-its-now-up-16000/
    https://www.tiktok.com/@nate.b.jones/video/7426361786862931231?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7270609151578310186
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