Insanity Check

We’re back with a new Insanity Check a special episode of the Insanity Check. With the results of the mid-term elections, Kriss thought it would be a good idea to talk to his friend and co-host of the Unanimous Decision podcast and someone  who was born in the…deep blue state of Texas and currently lives in the deep blue state of Georgia to give his thoughts on the historic wins up and down the ballot for Democrats in the midterms.  Also, it’s not just the Republicans losing. It’s also the Cybertruck being discontinued and Russel Brand being convicted of rape. All around…a good time. Guest: Dpalm  @dpalm66.bsky.social‬     Like what you hear? Subscribe so you don’t miss an episode!   Follow us on BlueSky: @InsanityReport  

We’re back with a new Insanity Check episode.  Topics: Been a rough few weeks for us Sci-Fi Nerds: Bioware/Mass Effect, Walter Koenig, Eric Bauza and Sir Patrick Stewart taken from all all in the just a few weeks The politics of Star Trek really indoctrinated folks for the good and showed us a future that would be nice to live in if it wasn’t for a bunch of Tech bros learning nothing that these stories taught us I miss the time when we didn’t know the names of CEOs or we had to work hard to learn them and not having to hear their unsolicited opinions on podcasts every week (We can thank Steve Jobs for that and the terrible wannabes that followed him) Sam Altman just doesn’t know when to shut the fuck up. This time he’s telling us having RAM for our home computers is a bad thing…all while having a beer No but seriously why is “Cheeky Pint” a thing? Oh look…Garrett Langley from Flock was on the Cheeky Pint podcast back in March bragging about horrifyingly violating the constitution Garrett also thinks all the hate against Flock is…bots Haley Stevens commits political suicide because…she’s a sore loser Guest: Ro  @bookblerd.bsky.social‬     Like what you hear? Subscribe so you don’t miss an episode!   Follow us on BlueSky: @InsanityReport  

We had a bit of an unexpected forced hiatus for a couple of weeks but we’re back with a new Insanity Check episode.  Topics: Ro explains why she ended up without Internet for a couple of weeks (spoiler: People are stupid) Every time you watch TV you’re getting at least 3 of the following in an ad  break: GLP-1 commercials, ED drugs, Botox/Hair plugs, Easy-to-Cook meals or a Liberty Mutual commercial While I trust the science of GLP-1s and believe they truly do help people, I don’t trust the motives of the people behind them Jeff Bezos says A.I. will bring a 3-Day work week…from the same guy who wouldn’t give his employees pee breaks More people with agency and privilege need to start standing up for themselves so that people that unfortunately can’t, also benefit. Guest: Ro  @bookblerd.bsky.social‬     Like what you hear? Subscribe so you don’t miss an episode!   Follow us on BlueSky: @InsanityReport  

We’re back with a new Insanity Check episode with Kriss & Ro and we’re talking A.I. Doom bullshit that is back in the news. But this time it’s really annoying because the media and otherwise smart people are seemingly falling for the trick the A.I industry is trying to pull to avoid from having to actually address real safety and concern around their “products”. Topics: One of the greatest tricks Conservatives/Republicans have ever done is completely misrepresenting and poisoning the discussion around taxes and why they are needed Jacob Coxon quits Anthropic to “warn” everyone about the “dangers” of OpenAI/Anthropic racing towards Super Intelligence and…it’s giving Sci-Fi bullshit If people really cared about A.I. safety they would be talking about all the harms and dangers the A.I. industry has been causing TODAY and not trying to scare people about Skynet level fantasies Silcon Valley has been operating like a religious Doomsday cult for decades…this isn’t new Months ago the A.I industry was saying they needed to pivot/do a better job, convincing the public to ease backlash, as weird as it sounds…this is the pivot. Because if there’s one thing Americans can be counted on, if you scare them enough, they won’t ask the right questions and will allow themselves to be easily manipulated into bad decisions and laws If you’re feeling really overwhelmed and scared/confused by all this rhetoric, here are some things that I think will help calm you a bit Cal Newport: Tech Billionaires are Lying to Us All Ed Zitron on the Tech Report Timnit Gebru: Deep Unlearning Guest: Ro  @bookblerd.bsky.social‬     Like what you hear? Subscribe so you don’t miss an episode!   Follow us on BlueSky: @InsanityReport  

We’re back with a new Insanity Check episode with Kriss & Ro are joined by Dpalm and well, you know how that goes.  Apparently it’s not hard to scam people into believing that you’re a professional football player and take all their money;  No seriously, how did anyone fall for Daejon Love? People are speed running life and it’s because as you get older, you get less and less time. People work longer and harder and have less time to do the things they want and a lot of that is the system we’re living in. Meta settles for 17 billion but they should have gotten the corporate death penalty Remember when the Flock CEO called Deflock a terrorist organization? Now he’s trying to compromise after all the bad press The Suno CEO gives and interview that’s supposed to make him sound better but it’s just more terrible CEO speak Guest: Ro & Dpalm @bookblerd.bsky.social‬ @dpalm66.bsky.social   Like what you hear? Subscribe so you don’t miss an episode!   Follow us on BlueSky: @InsanityReport