Robotic Heart

The OS-level Age Verification Cancer is coming for your digital devices... unless we stop it. Robotic Heart is a weekly Tech microcast for cognitive dissidents. We appreciate your support, and thank you for listening!Sources:https://www.courthousenews.com/brazil-enacts-age-verification-law-for-minors-online/ https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1043/id/3134744 https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-051 https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/discord-age-verification-security-breach-1780591 https://x.com/midnightbsd/status/2027101491211718765 https://x.com/LundukeJournal/status/2029226614068801768 https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntus-response-to-californias-digital-age-assurance-act-ab-1043/77948 https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/california-age-verification/181968 https://x.com/prestonjbyrne/status/2029187801594392660 https://mashable.com/article/louisiana-age-verification-law-unconstitutional

In this episode... The AI Director at Meta makes a rookie mistake. AI goes rogue at Amazon. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says you're too expensive and inefficient. Now even countries are moving to Linux. And stick around for your ProTip of the week! Robotic Heart is a weekly Tech microcast for cognitive dissidents. We appreciate your support, and thank you for listening!Sources:https://www.inc.com/fast-company-2/meta-superintelligence-safety-director-lost-control-ai-agent-deleted-emails/91307469 https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/amazon-ai-aws-outages  https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/sam-altmans-latest-comment-comparing-humans-to-ai-have-swept-up-a-storm/news-story/7e66df40bc58fda6fbcb71559079dd11 https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows-laptops/dell-reveals-people-dont-care-about-ai-in-pcs-and-a-new-truly-embarrassing-windows-11-fail-shows-why https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-brings-linux-certification-to-thinkpad-and-thinkstation-workstation-portfolio-easing-deployment-for-developers-data-scientists/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-denmark-is-dumping-microsoft-office-and-windows-for-libreoffice-and-linux/

In this episode...Jeff Bezos says the quiet part out loud. HP wants you to rent your next laptop. Sony will rent you a PlayStation for more than if you bought it. And stick around for your ProTip of the week!Robotic Heart is a Tech microcast for cognitive dissidents.  Subscribe to Robotic Heart to arm yourself with knowledge to resist the impending Technopathic slide into the worldwide digital enslavement of Humanity.  Please share with a friend, leave a 5 star review, and leave a comment on whatever platform you find this on because it's us together and you alone that change the world, so let's do it!Sources: https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/thats-not-going-to-last-jeff-bezos-believes-ai-will-force-you-to-rent-your-pc-from-the-cloud-and-the-ram-crisis-is-accelerating-it https://hplaptopsubscription.hp.com/ https://itools-ioutils.fcac-acfc.gc.ca/CCPC-CPCC/CCPCCalc-CPCCCalc-eng.aspx https://www.thegamer.com/playstation-raylo-rent-lease-playstation-5-ps5-pro-portal-dualsense-edge/

Discord is pushing out an age verification scheme for all users. A so-called "fun" ChatGPT trend may not be so harmless after all. Another AI safety lead resigns, claiming "The world is in peril". And you're going to want to stick around until the end because the ProTip of the week is truly awesome! Robotic Heart is a Tech microcast for cognitive dissidents.  Subscribe to Robotic Heart to arm yourself with knowledge to resist the impending Technopathic slide into the worldwide digital enslavement of Humanity.  Please share with a friend, leave a 5 star review, and leave a comment on whatever platform you find this on because it's us together and you alone that change the world, so let's do it!Sources:https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/discord-to-roll-out-age-verification-next-month-for-full-access-to-its-platform/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/is-discord-finished-searches-for-alternatives-up-10-000-overnight/ar-AA1W5dX7 https://www.forbes.com/sites/lesliekatz/2026/02/06/chatgpt-trend-turns-people-into-caricatures---and-shows-how-well-ai-knows-us/ https://x.com/MrinankSharma/status/2020881722003583421 

In this episode...With the release of the Moltbook social network, we are now in a world where AI agents have their own safe space: no humans allowed. As the world takes another step closer to Skynet, the dystopian vision of the future from the Terminator franchise, instead of shiny chrome killer machines run by an AI overlord it's looking more like it's going to be broken robots run by stupid computers: a Temu Skynet. Robotic Heart is a Tech microcast for cognitive dissidents.  Subscribe to Robotic Heart to arm yourself with knowledge to resist the impending Technopathic slide into the worldwide digital enslavement of Humanity.  Please share with a friend, leave a 5 star review, and leave a comment on whatever platform you find this on because it's us together and you alone that change the world, so let's do it!Sources: www.moltbook.com https://www.macobserver.com/news/moltbook-viral-posts-where-ai-agents-are-conspiring-against-humans-are-mostly-fake/ https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/872961/humans-infiltrating-moltbook-openclaw-reddit-ai-bots https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/29/satya-nadella-says-as-much-as-30percent-of-microsoft-code-is-written-by-ai.html https://www.wellmanager.com/low-water-pressure/ai-data-centers-home-water-supply-know/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8gy7lv448o

In this episode:2026 is the year we reclaim personal control of computing The non-stop comedy of errors at Microsoft February 1 is Change Your Password Day And your Pro-Tip of the week! Robotic Heart is a Tech microcast for cognitive dissidents. Subscribe to Robotic Heart to arm yourself with knowledge to resist the impending Technopathic slide into the worldwide digital enslavement of Humanity. Please share with a friend, leave a 5 star review, and leave a comment on whatever platform you find this on because it's us together and you alone that change the world, so let's do it - together!

Are we entering a digital Dark Age?As PC hardware becomes more expensive and Big Tech CEOs focus on serving the AI Datacenter market, is it the end of the road for personal computers?Robotic Heart is a Tech microcast for cognitive dissidents. Subscribe to Robotic Heart to arm yourself with knowledge to resist the impending Technopathic slide into the worldwide digital enslavement of Humanity. Please share with a friend, leave a 5 star review, and leave a comment on whatever platform you find this on because it's us together and you alone that change the world, so let's do it - together!

Coming up in this episode...Why does Donald Trump really want Greenland? Robotic Heart is a Tech microcast for cognitive dissidents. Subscribe to Robotic Heart to arm yourself with knowledge to resist the impending Technopathic slide into the worldwide digital enslavement of Humanity. Please share with a friend, leave a 5 star review, and leave a comment on whatever platform you find this on because it's us together and you alone that change the world, so let's do it - together!

In this episode...Apple is introducing a new subscription-based software suite. It's official: everybody hates Windows 11. Digital ID is dead in the UK - for now. Changes to the Robotic Heart podcast! And your ProTip of the week!Robotic Heart is a Tech microcast for cognitive dissidents. Subscribe to Robotic Heart to arm yourself with knowledge to resist the impending Technopathic slide into the worldwide digital enslavement of Humanity. Please share with a friend, leave a 5 star review, and leave a comment on whatever platform you find this on because it's us together and you alone that change the world, so let's do it - together!

In this episode:Boston Dynamics debuts the Atlas robot to a live audienceThe Worst of CESYour Headphones might be spying on youAnd your ProTip of the week!Robotic Heart is a Tech microcast for cognitive dissidents. Subscribe to Robotic Heart to arm yourself with knowledge to resist the impending Technopathic slide into the worldwide digital enslavement of Humanity. Please share with a friend, leave a 5 star review, and leave a comment on whatever platform you find this on because it's us together and you alone that change the world, so let's do it - together!  Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e0SQn9uUlwhttps://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/unnecessary-ai-leads-way-in-worst-in-show-awards-at-ces-gadget-show/ar-AA1TQcwMhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/12/29/critical-headphones-privacy-alert---update-yours-now-if-you-can/

In this episode: Robotic Heart wraps up 2025 with a recap of the biggest tech news of the year, and a look at what's on the horizon for 2026.Robotic Heart is a Microcast for Cognitive Dissidents.Stick around until the end for your ProTip of the year!Subscribe to Robotic Heart to arm yourself with knowledge to resist the impending Technopathic slide into the worldwide digital enslavement of Humanity. Please share with a friend, leave a 5 star review, and leave a comment on whatever platform you find this on because it's us together and you alone that change the world, so let's do it - together!

On this episode...I take a step back and give some thought as to why everything sucks. Stick around until the end for a tip that doesn't suck!Subscribe to Robotic Heart to arm yourself with knowledge to resist the impending Technopathic slide into the worldwide digital enslavement of Humanity. Please share with a friend, leave a 5 star review, and leave a comment on whatever platform you find this on because it's us together and you alone that change the world, so let's do it - together!

On this episode...The UK Labour Government led by Keir Starmer is ramming through a mandatory nation-wide digital ID scheme - a blatant attack on the civil liberties of all citizens of the United Kingdom.Plus, your online self-defence Pro-Tip!Subscribe to Robotic Heart to arm yourself with knowledge to resist the impending Technopathic slide into the worldwide digital enslavement of Humanity. Link to AdNauseam: https://adnauseam.io

A man was murdered for speaking.A father was assassinated for his dialogue.A husband was killed because he chose to debate.This is a time for reckoning, and a turning point for cancel culture.

It's time for a TECH STRIKE!With all of our freedoms being stripped from us online and all of the cool things we do with tech being taken away on a daily basis, it's time to draw a line in the sand. With Apple's approaching September iPhone event, it's time to make a stand to let corrupt overreaching government officials, cowardly interest groups hiding behind children to take away our rights, and greedy tech companies who rake in record profits by not only selling us the tools of our enslavement, but also sell all of the data they collect on us that ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! This September, cancel online subscriptions. Don't upgrade devices that still work. AND DON'T BUY ANY TECH! Tell your government that you're done with them censoring and supressing you. Tell Collective Shout to STFU. Tell the tech companies they are NOTHING WITHOUT US. It's us together and you alone that make the change. Let's do it. Together.

On this episode:An astroturf organization of zerofans creatures are hiding behind children to take away your rights EU Bureaucrats push to do an end-run around encryption to violate your right to online privacy  Clippy is back, and he's PISSED! Plus, your ProTip of the day! Subscribe to Robotic Heart to arm yourself with knowledge to resist the impending Technopathic slide into the worldwide digital enslavement of Humanity. Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/jul/29/why-did-adult-titles-disappear-from-steam-itch-pc-gaming-payment-processors https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/the-eu-could-be-scanning-your-chats-by-october-2025-heres-everything-we-know https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Dtmpe9qaQ 

Are you online? You are so fucked.Link to source: https://cybernews.com/security/billions-credentials-exposed-infostealers-data-leak/

Sean McCann of the Wake The Dead podcast hosts Some Dude On The Internet of the Robotic Heart podcast. We had an awesome and interesting conversation about Punk, Grunge, culture creation, technology, the PC age, Repo Man, Kubrick, and all kinds of stuff. Sorry about my voice, allergies were giving my throat a hard time. Check out the Wake The Dead podcast: https://onegreatworknetwork.com/sean-mccann

How AI Companies Stole The World And Why YouTube Is Not For You On this episode:  YouTube reinstates channels they previously banned for supposed TOS violations AI Industry admits it can't survive without stealing intellectual property Reddit sues Anthropic AI for commercial use of it's data without permission And your ProTip of the day! Subscribe to Robotic Heart as we document the impending Technopathic slide into the worldwide digital enslavement of Humanity. Sources:https://finance.yahoo.com/news/column-ai-investors-theyll-broke-110028404.html https://www.theverge.com/news/674366/nick/clegg-uk-ai-artists-policy-letter https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/04/reddit-anthropic-lawsuit-ai.html 

Tune in to the Robotic Heart podcast, your dystopian tech roundup for May 30, 2025.On this episode: At Amazon, some Coders say their jobs have begun to resemble warehouse work ChatGPT o3 caught sabotaging attempts to shutdown AI system resorts to blackmail when it faced an existential threat And your ProTip of the day! Subscribe to Robotic Heart as we document the impending Technopathic slide into the worldwide digital enslavement of Humanity. Links to sources:https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/business/amazon-ai-coders.html https://betanews.com/2025/05/25/openai-o3-ai-model-shutdown-sabotage/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpqeng9d20go