Podcast appearances and mentions of Eric Schmidt

Like many people, I've been following the developments of AI, testing out new models and following the deluge of news stories about the fight for supremacy. Much has been written about the existential and economic risks posed by AI, but the political implications of superintelligent systems have often been sidelined. In the United States and elsewhere, AI companies steam ahead with little regulation or oversight. Meanwhile, politicians appear flatfooted and unsure about the best way to integrate AI into the government to make democracies stronger and more responsive to the needs and will of the people. AI will undeniably change how governments work, but how can we ensure that democracy and individual rights are safeguarded amidst the most transformative technological revolution in more than a century? Today I'm speaking with Andrew Sorota, Head of Research for the Office of Eric Schmidt. Andrew has written extensively about the relationship between democracy and artificial intelligence. His writing has appeared in outlets like the New York Times and Noema magazine. Andrew will dispel many myths about AI, where he looks to call bullshit on the idea that democracy is a system heading fast into the dustbin of history. Follow Andrew Sorota on LinkedIn "This Is No Way to Rule a Country" in the New York Times "Rescuing Democracy From The Quiet Rule Of AI" in Noema Andrew Sorota is currently Head of Research for the Office of Eric Schmidt. Caleb Zakarin is CEO and Publisher of the New Books Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The Marc Cox Morning Show brings you everything St. Louis needs to know this Friday morning — and it is a packed house. A bombshell source tells Dan Buck that St. Louis County Executive Sam Page — facing two felonies and two misdemeanors — may hand in his resignation today as part of a plea deal, and good riddance. A Six Flags Skyscreamer malfunction left four people — including two children — dangling 150 feet in the air for two and a half hours. Senator Eric Schmidt's diving catch at the Congressional baseball game made ESPN's Top 10. And the St. Louis murder rate is on pace to blow past 150 kills before year's end — and the city barely blinks. The St. Louis Morning Brief on the Marc Cox Morning Show — because somebody has to tell you what's really happening in your own backyard. Hashtags: #MarcCoxMorningShow #DanBuck #KimStOnge #StLouisMorningBrief #SamPage #StLouisCounty #SixFlags #Skyscreamer #EricSchmidt #StLouisCrime #MurderRate #StLouis #ConservativeRadio #PatriotRadio #MorningShow #TGIF #STL

Like many people, I've been following the developments of AI, testing out new models and following the deluge of news stories about the fight for supremacy. Much has been written about the existential and economic risks posed by AI, but the political implications of superintelligent systems have often been sidelined. In the United States and elsewhere, AI companies steam ahead with little regulation or oversight. Meanwhile, politicians appear flatfooted and unsure about the best way to integrate AI into the government to make democracies stronger and more responsive to the needs and will of the people. AI will undeniably change how governments work, but how can we ensure that democracy and individual rights are safeguarded amidst the most transformative technological revolution in more than a century? Today I'm speaking with Andrew Sorota, Head of Research for the Office of Eric Schmidt. Andrew has written extensively about the relationship between democracy and artificial intelligence. His writing has appeared in outlets like the New York Times and Noema magazine. Andrew will dispel many myths about AI, where he looks to call bullshit on the idea that democracy is a system heading fast into the dustbin of history. Follow Andrew Sorota on LinkedIn "This Is No Way to Rule a Country" in the New York Times "Rescuing Democracy From The Quiet Rule Of AI" in Noema Andrew Sorota is currently Head of Research for the Office of Eric Schmidt. Caleb Zakarin is CEO and Publisher of the New Books Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

Like many people, I've been following the developments of AI, testing out new models and following the deluge of news stories about the fight for supremacy. Much has been written about the existential and economic risks posed by AI, but the political implications of superintelligent systems have often been sidelined. In the United States and elsewhere, AI companies steam ahead with little regulation or oversight. Meanwhile, politicians appear flatfooted and unsure about the best way to integrate AI into the government to make democracies stronger and more responsive to the needs and will of the people. AI will undeniably change how governments work, but how can we ensure that democracy and individual rights are safeguarded amidst the most transformative technological revolution in more than a century? Today I'm speaking with Andrew Sorota, Head of Research for the Office of Eric Schmidt. Andrew has written extensively about the relationship between democracy and artificial intelligence. His writing has appeared in outlets like the New York Times and Noema magazine. Andrew will dispel many myths about AI, where he looks to call bullshit on the idea that democracy is a system heading fast into the dustbin of history. Follow Andrew Sorota on LinkedIn "This Is No Way to Rule a Country" in the New York Times "Rescuing Democracy From The Quiet Rule Of AI" in Noema Andrew Sorota is currently Head of Research for the Office of Eric Schmidt. Caleb Zakarin is CEO and Publisher of the New Books Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/world-affairs

Dr. Josh Mann and Adam Wittenberg break down a shifting cultural landscape during Pride Month. Several states are promoting Fidelity Month and Nuclear Family Month instead, signaling growing resistance to progressive celebrations. The hosts discuss reclaiming symbols like the rainbow, the outsized role of sexuality in modern identity, and the need for compassionate, truth-based responses rooted in the image of God. They also cover international developments with U.S. strikes on Iran and proposals for a federal gas tax pause amid rising prices and inflation. A key segment examines the Southern Poverty Law Center's hate map, its history, and a congressional hearing exposing alleged hypocrisy around pro-life views and funding controversies. Additional stories include a Texas track meet stabbing trial verdict and a lighter moment with Senator Eric Schmidt's viral diving catch at the congressional baseball game. The episode closes with reflections on sports memories and a special Faith and Freedom 250 segment on America's Christian foundations.00:00:00 – Introduction00:00:26 – Pride Month Pushback00:01:49 – Reclaiming the Rainbow00:03:07 – Sexuality and Identity00:05:11 – Compassionate Truth00:07:51 – Iran Strikes and Gas Prices00:10:27 – SPLC Hearing00:15:59 – Texas Stabbing Trial00:18:13 – Senator's Baseball Catch00:21:37 – Sports Memories00:25:30 – Faith and Freedom 250Follow The Lion on Facebook, Instagram, X, and YouTube.  You can also sign-up for our newsletter and follow our coverage at ReadLion.com.To learn more about the Herzog Foundation, visit HerzogFoundation.com. Like and follow us on Facebook, X, and Instagram, or sign up to receive monthly email updates.#ChristianEducation #Education #EducationPolicy #EducationReform #FaithAndLearning #Family #FaithInEducation #Faith #Homeschool #ChristianSchool #PrivateSchool #EducationNews #News #Religion #ReligiousNews #PublicSchool #SchoolNews #NewsShow #SchoolChoice 

Like many people, I've been following the developments of AI, testing out new models and following the deluge of news stories about the fight for supremacy. Much has been written about the existential and economic risks posed by AI, but the political implications of superintelligent systems have often been sidelined. In the United States and elsewhere, AI companies steam ahead with little regulation or oversight. Meanwhile, politicians appear flatfooted and unsure about the best way to integrate AI into the government to make democracies stronger and more responsive to the needs and will of the people. AI will undeniably change how governments work, but how can we ensure that democracy and individual rights are safeguarded amidst the most transformative technological revolution in more than a century? Today I'm speaking with Andrew Sorota, Head of Research for the Office of Eric Schmidt. Andrew has written extensively about the relationship between democracy and artificial intelligence. His writing has appeared in outlets like the New York Times and Noema magazine. Andrew will dispel many myths about AI, where he looks to call bullshit on the idea that democracy is a system heading fast into the dustbin of history. Follow Andrew Sorota on LinkedIn "This Is No Way to Rule a Country" in the New York Times "Rescuing Democracy From The Quiet Rule Of AI" in Noema Andrew Sorota is currently Head of Research for the Office of Eric Schmidt. Caleb Zakarin is CEO and Publisher of the New Books Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/public-policy

Like many people, I've been following the developments of AI, testing out new models and following the deluge of news stories about the fight for supremacy. Much has been written about the existential and economic risks posed by AI, but the political implications of superintelligent systems have often been sidelined. In the United States and elsewhere, AI companies steam ahead with little regulation or oversight. Meanwhile, politicians appear flatfooted and unsure about the best way to integrate AI into the government to make democracies stronger and more responsive to the needs and will of the people. AI will undeniably change how governments work, but how can we ensure that democracy and individual rights are safeguarded amidst the most transformative technological revolution in more than a century? Today I'm speaking with Andrew Sorota, Head of Research for the Office of Eric Schmidt. Andrew has written extensively about the relationship between democracy and artificial intelligence. His writing has appeared in outlets like the New York Times and Noema magazine. Andrew will dispel many myths about AI, where he looks to call bullshit on the idea that democracy is a system heading fast into the dustbin of history. Follow Andrew Sorota on LinkedIn "This Is No Way to Rule a Country" in the New York Times "Rescuing Democracy From The Quiet Rule Of AI" in Noema Andrew Sorota is currently Head of Research for the Office of Eric Schmidt. Caleb Zakarin is CEO and Publisher of the New Books Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/politics-and-polemics

Like many people, I've been following the developments of AI, testing out new models and following the deluge of news stories about the fight for supremacy. Much has been written about the existential and economic risks posed by AI, but the political implications of superintelligent systems have often been sidelined. In the United States and elsewhere, AI companies steam ahead with little regulation or oversight. Meanwhile, politicians appear flatfooted and unsure about the best way to integrate AI into the government to make democracies stronger and more responsive to the needs and will of the people. AI will undeniably change how governments work, but how can we ensure that democracy and individual rights are safeguarded amidst the most transformative technological revolution in more than a century? Today I'm speaking with Andrew Sorota, Head of Research for the Office of Eric Schmidt. Andrew has written extensively about the relationship between democracy and artificial intelligence. His writing has appeared in outlets like the New York Times and Noema magazine. Andrew will dispel many myths about AI, where he looks to call bullshit on the idea that democracy is a system heading fast into the dustbin of history. Follow Andrew Sorota on LinkedIn "This Is No Way to Rule a Country" in the New York Times "Rescuing Democracy From The Quiet Rule Of AI" in Noema Andrew Sorota is currently Head of Research for the Office of Eric Schmidt. Caleb Zakarin is CEO and Publisher of the New Books Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society

Like many people, I've been following the developments of AI, testing out new models and following the deluge of news stories about the fight for supremacy. Much has been written about the existential and economic risks posed by AI, but the political implications of superintelligent systems have often been sidelined. In the United States and elsewhere, AI companies steam ahead with little regulation or oversight. Meanwhile, politicians appear flatfooted and unsure about the best way to integrate AI into the government to make democracies stronger and more responsive to the needs and will of the people. AI will undeniably change how governments work, but how can we ensure that democracy and individual rights are safeguarded amidst the most transformative technological revolution in more than a century? Today I'm speaking with Andrew Sorota, Head of Research for the Office of Eric Schmidt. Andrew has written extensively about the relationship between democracy and artificial intelligence. His writing has appeared in outlets like the New York Times and Noema magazine. Andrew will dispel many myths about AI, where he looks to call bullshit on the idea that democracy is a system heading fast into the dustbin of history. Follow Andrew Sorota on LinkedIn "This Is No Way to Rule a Country" in the New York Times "Rescuing Democracy From The Quiet Rule Of AI" in Noema Andrew Sorota is currently Head of Research for the Office of Eric Schmidt. Caleb Zakarin is CEO and Publisher of the New Books Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode, Graig Suvannavejh, Eric Schmidt, Paul Matteis and Financial Times' Oliver Barnes kicked off with the biotech market, with the XBI in positive territory and 12 biotech IPOs completed so far this year. They expected the IPO window to remain open for high-quality private companies. The group also overviewed recent financings, including SonoThera's $125 million Series B, City Therapeutics' $100 million Series B, Ethyreal's $101 million Series A, and Summit's decision to cancel a $500 million secondary offering. In data news, the co-hosts covered Tango's combination data with Revolution Medicines' RAS inhibitor. They also discussed Incyte's acquisition of Vega Therapeutics as a pipeline-building move ahead of Jakafi's 2028 patent expiration and J&J's acquisition of Firefly, with the RAS inhibitor space expected to remain hot. The group also discussed GSK's acquisition of Nuvalent -- its largest deal to date -- for two late-stage lung cancer assets. Oliver added perspective on biotech deal leaks, following the Incyte/Vega deal and GSK/Nuvalent deals this week. In partnership updates, Novartis expanded its molecular glue work with Orionis, Lilly licensed an Alzheimer's candidate from AlzeCure, and Corvus supported China partner Angel Pharmaceuticals. The episode concluded with the latest in rare disease and gene therapy, covering Novartis' FSHD program, FDA flexibility, Rett syndrome programs, and Sensorion's exit from hearing loss development. *This episode aired on June 12, 2026. 

Like many people, I've been following the developments of AI, testing out new models and following the deluge of news stories about the fight for supremacy. Much has been written about the existential and economic risks posed by AI, but the political implications of superintelligent systems have often been sidelined. In the United States and elsewhere, AI companies steam ahead with little regulation or oversight. Meanwhile, politicians appear flatfooted and unsure about the best way to integrate AI into the government to make democracies stronger and more responsive to the needs and will of the people. AI will undeniably change how governments work, but how can we ensure that democracy and individual rights are safeguarded amidst the most transformative technological revolution in more than a century? Today I'm speaking with Andrew Sorota, Head of Research for the Office of Eric Schmidt. Andrew has written extensively about the relationship between democracy and artificial intelligence. His writing has appeared in outlets like the New York Times and Noema magazine. Andrew will dispel many myths about AI, where he looks to call bullshit on the idea that democracy is a system heading fast into the dustbin of history. Follow Andrew Sorota on LinkedIn "This Is No Way to Rule a Country" in the New York Times "Rescuing Democracy From The Quiet Rule Of AI" in Noema Andrew Sorota is currently Head of Research for the Office of Eric Schmidt. Caleb Zakarin is CEO and Publisher of the New Books Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Marc Cox Morning Show comes out swinging in Hour 1 and doesn't let up for a single minute. Trump's patience with Iran has run out and the strikes are getting serious — while the left tries to call it a war crime, Marc explains exactly why they're wrong. ActBlue's top executive pleads the Fifth 27 times in Congress, Hunter Biden has the audacity to call anyone mentally unfit, and Senator Eric Schmidt dives face-first into the warning track to steal a hit and steal the show at the Congressional baseball game. Kim and Marc go toe-to-toe on kid-free restaurants, parental responsibility, and what common decency actually looks like in 2025. And then the media thinks nobody will notice when they call an illegal alien a "Collinsville teen" — Marc notices, and he's not letting it go. This is the hour that reminds you exactly why The Marc Cox Morning Show is the only place you can get the truth delivered straight, every single morning. HOUR HASHTAGS: #MarcCoxMorningShow #Hour1 #Iran #TrumpStrikesBack #ActBlue #HunterBiden #EricSchmitt #CongressionalBaseball #KimOnAWhim #KidFreeRestaurants #IllegalImmigration #JesusCruz #NikkiBudzinski #MediaBias #AmericaFirst #MAGA #StLouis #ConservativeTalk #PatriotMedia #MorningRadio

Sports anchor Tom Ackerman joins The Marc Cox Morning Show and the highlights are flying. Senator Eric Schmidt's face-first, blood-on-the-warning-track diving catch gets the full play-by-play treatment from a man who had Schmidt on his show the day before — and the story behind that glove will give you chills. The Cardinals are scorching hot, six wins in a row, and Tom makes the case they are absolutely for real. Then the New York Knicks did something last night that nobody in that building — or anywhere else — will ever forget, the greatest comeback in NBA playoff history. Patrick Mahomes just got paid a number so staggering it'll make your jaw drop. And the World Cup, the Battle Hawks, and a three-year-old who might just be a soccer prodigy round out one of the most entertaining sports conversations of the year. Only on The Marc Cox Morning Show — where even the sports hits different. HASHTAGS: #MarcCoxMorningShow #TomAckerman #EricSchmitt #CongressionalBaseball #STLCards #Cardinals #NewYorkKnicks #NBAPlayoffs #GreatestComeback #PatrickMahomes #Chiefs #WorldCup #BattleHawks #StLouis #MorningRadio #ConservativeTalk #MAGA #AmericaFirst

Hour 2 of The Marc Cox Morning Show delivers wall to wall and doesn't let up for a second. Trump drops a bombshell — the U.S. has been secretly pulling millions of barrels of oil out of the region this whole time, and that's why your gas prices have been quietly dropping. Senator John Kennedy pumps the brakes and reminds the president what's really keeping American families up at night. The St. Louis Morning Brief unpacks the media's shameless attempt to rebrand an illegal Nicaraguan national as a "Collinsville man," exposes Francis Howell's $250,000 hiring disaster, and puts a $629 million price tag on the crumbling MLK Bridge with zero plan to pay for it. Tom Ackerman joins the show and the sports headlines are absolutely stacked — Senator Eric Schmidt's bloody-nose diving catch gets the full treatment, the Cardinals are scorching hot at six wins in a row, and the Knicks just pulled off the greatest comeback in NBA playoff history. And In Other News — Caitlin Clark is getting her signature shoe, a drunk driver in Louisiana picked the wrong swamp to jump into, and a kid's six-year-old yearbook prediction about the Knicks may be about to come true. This is The Marc Cox Morning Show — where every hour is better than the last. HOUR HASHTAGS: #MarcCoxMorningShow #Hour2 #Iran #OilPrices #USMCA #JohnKennedy #StLouisMorningBrief #JesusCruz #FrancisHowell #MLKBridge #TomAckerman #EricSchmitt #Cardinals #Knicks #NBAPlayoffs #CaitlinClark #WNBA #AlligatorAttack #InOtherNews #AmericaFirst #MAGA #StLouis #ConservativeTalk

They don't want you to hear this. They never do. But The Marc Cox Morning Show spent four hours this Thursday morning delivering exactly what the mainstream media buries, spins, and prays you never figure out — and today was one for the books. Iran called President Trump directly from the Situation Room begging him to stop the strikes, Trump told them sign the deal or the bombs fall harder tonight, and by the end of the show he was already talking about taking Karg Island and seizing Iran's entire oil infrastructure. Fox News Radio's Eben Brown and Fox News correspondent Griff Jenkins brought the on-the-ground detail that no one else had, and Marc connected every dot from secret oil runs through the Strait of Hormuz to why your gas prices have been quietly dropping for weeks. The ActBlue CEO pleaded the Fifth 27 times in Congress. Congresswoman Summer Lee told Black Americans their votes aren't worth casting without a government check. Mysterious billboards are popping up on St. Louis highways calling America illegitimate — and Marc had the receipts on every single one of them. The Supreme Court was minutes away from dropping decisions on birthright citizenship, biological males in women's sports, and post-Election Day ballot counting, and Fox News Sunday's Shannon Bream was there to break it all down. A homeless woman in Los Angeles admitted on camera she was paid two dollars to vote for Karen Bass and didn't even know her last name — and Marc laid out precisely why California has legalized election fraud and what it's going to take to stop it. New St. Louis County Police Chief Juan Cox joined for his first ever radio interview on the job and didn't pull a single punch about the teenage takeover crisis, repeat juvenile offenders, and a family court system that keeps tying law enforcement's hands. Senator Eric Schmidt's bloody-nose diving catch at the Congressional baseball game was the feel-good moment of the week. Tom Ackerman brought the Cardinals hot streak, the greatest comeback in NBA playoff history, and a Patrick Mahomes contract number so staggering it defies comprehension. The St. Louis Morning Brief exposed the media's shameless attempt to call an illegal Nicaraguan national a "Collinsville man." And the show closed the way St. Louis conservatives love most — with Backstoppers president Larry O'Toole, former Chief Greg Brown, and Honoring Heroes Inc. president Mike Nolan in studio to honor the legacy of the late Steve Hawley and rally the community around the first annual Blast for Backstoppers on June 26th. Four hours. Zero spin. All Marc Cox. This is why you never miss a minute. FULL SHOW HASHTAGS: #MarcCoxMorningShow #Iran #Trump #KargIsland #StraitOfHormuz #ActBlue #FifthAmendment #Reparations #SummerLee #SupremeCourt #BirthrightCitizenship #TransAthletesBan #ElectionIntegrity #BallotHarvesting #California #FISA #EbenBrown #GriffJenkins #ShannonBream #TomAckerman #ChiefJuanCox #JuvenileCrime #EricSchmitt #CongressionalBaseball #Cardinals #Knicks #NBAPlayoffs #JesusCruz #MediaBias #IllegalImmigration #Backstoppers #SteveHawley #BlastForBackstoppers #StLouis #BackTheBlue #AmericaFirst #MAGA #ConservativeTalk #PatriotMedia #MorningRadio FULL SHOW GUEST LIST: Eben Brown — Fox News Radio correspondent on Iran's overnight strikes, Trump's secret oil operation through the Strait of Hormuz, and the Truth Social post announcing tonight's strike on Karg Island Tom Ackerman — Sports anchor on Senator Eric Schmidt's Congressional baseball MVP performance, the Cardinals' six-game win streak, the greatest comeback in NBA playoff history, and Patrick Mahomes' massive contract extension Griff Jenkins — Fox News correspondent on Trump resuming Iran bombing tonight, Karg Island invasion talk, and the child smuggling crackdown at the southern border Shannon Bream — Fox News Sunday host on incoming Supreme Court rulings, California's vote harvesting scandal, and FISA expiration at midnight tomorrow Chief Juan Cox — New St. L ...

SpaceX, Amazone, Nvidia của Mỹ, Softbank của Nhật, Brookfield của Canada, hay MGX của Các Tiểu Vương Quốc Ả Râp Thống Nhất.. đầu tư hàng chục tỷ đô la vào Pháp để xây dựng các trung tâm xử lý dữ liệu data center. Đâu là những lợi thế của Pháp trong mắt các nhà đầu tư công nghệ ? Phúc hay họa khi trở thành « sân sau » của những nhà cung cấp dịch vụ trong thời đại digital ? 80 % các dịch vụ tin học tại châu Âu đều phụ thuộc vào các nhà cung cấp ở Mỹ : Các data center cho phép Paris tự chủ về công nghệ kỹ thuật số với Hoa Kỳ ? Tại hội nghị kêu gọi đầu tư nước ngoài vào Pháp Choose France hôm 01/06/2026, Pháp đã nhận được hơn 90 tỷ euro : Phần lớn trong số hơn 70 dự án tập trung vào lĩnh vực trí tuệ nhân tạo và công nghiệp số. Bất chấp rất nhiều khó khăn về địa chính trị hiện tại, trong 7 năm liên tiếp, Pháp vẫn là địa điểm đầu tư hấp dẫn tại châu Âu trong mắt các nhà đầu tư quốc tế, theo thăm dò của cơ quan tư vấn EY. Trước ngày khai mạc hội nghị tập đoàn Nhật Bản Softbank đã thông báo đầu tư 45 tỷ euro tại Pháp từ nay đến năm 2031 để xây dựng các trung tâm xử lý dữ liệu data center. Nhìn xa hơn nữa Softbank cam kết đầu tư đến 75 tỷ tại Pháp để « xây dựng cơ sở hạ tầng phục vụ công nghệ AI ». Sáng lập viên tập đoàn Nhật Bản này, Masayoshi Son kể lại ông đã gặp tổng thống Macron tại Tokyo hai tháng trước đây. Khi đó nguyên thủ Pháp đã hỏi nhà đầu tư này liệu có thể nhanh chóng thông báo một chương trình đầu tư vào Pháp hay không và ông câu trả lời của chủ nhân Softbank là có. Masayoshi Son giải thích với báo chí Paris là đã quyết định đầu tư 75 tỷ euro để phát triển trí tuệ nhân tạo bởi nhân loại đang « bước vào thời đại của AI. Những quốc gia có cơ sở hạ tầng cần thiết cho lĩnh vực còn rất mới mẻ này sẽ nắm giữ một vai trò then chốt trong tương lai cả về công nghiệp lẫn công nghệ và đối với nhân loại ». 352 data center sử dụng 3,2 % tiêu thụ điện trên toàn quốc Tổng thống Macron từ khi lên cầm quyền năm 2017 luôn xem thu hút vốn đầu tư nước ngoài là một ưu tiên. Ông đã chín lần chủ trì hội nghị Choose France tại lâu đài Versailles, ngoại ô Paris, với những khách mời sáng giá nhất trong giới tài chính, công nghiệp của Hoa Kỳ, Nhật Bản, châu Âu và trước chiến tranh Ukraina cũng đã có không ít các doanh nhân Nga tham dự. Riêng năm nay, trí tuệ nhân tạo, data center, công nghệ digital … đặc biệt được quan tâm. Tháng 2/2025 với hội nghị « hành động vì AI » Emmanuel Macron đã nuôi tham vọng, với 67 triệu dân, Pháp cũng có thể trở thành một mắt xích quan trọng trong thời đại công nghệ số, và là một « trung tâm quốc tế » về AI. Sức hút các data center của Pháp   Hiện tại Pháp đã có 350 data center và mục tiêu xây dựng thêm 60 trung tâm khác nữa trên toàn quốc trong 10 năm nữa. Đó sẽ là những trung tâm có công suất ngày càng lớn cho phép Paris giải quyết cùng lúc hai vấn đề : giảm mức độ phụ thuộc vào các cơ sở hạ tầng công nghệ số của Hoa Kỳ, và đẩy mạnh các hoạt động kinh tế của Pháp. Trên con đường chinh phục các nhà đầu tư trong lĩnh vực digital, Pháp có nhiều lợi thế, mà đầu tiên hết là khả năng sản xuất điện, như giải thích của François Monnier, tổng biên tập tuần báo tài chính Investir : « Điện khí hóa là một điểm mạnh của châu Âu mà đứng đầu bảng là Pháp. Hơn nữa đây là một lĩnh vực đang phát triển rất mạnh. Để đáp ứng nhu cầu của các trung tâm quản lý dữ liệu data center thì Pháp có nhiều tập đoàn lớn rất có uy tín như là như Schneider Electric chuyên cung cấp các dịch vụ, tìm kiếm những  giải pháp năng lượng đáp ứng nhu cầu cho các tập đoàn trong lĩnh vực công nghệ số … hay là Legrand chuyên cung cấp các thiết bị điện hay tập đoàn năng lượng. Lĩnh vực trí tuệ  nhân tạo chiếm 25 % doanh thu của Legrand. Còn Axens hiện diện trong nhiều lĩnh vực từ lọc dầu, hóa dầu xử lý năng lượng tái tạo, xử lý nước ».  Antoine Fournier, chủ tịch cơ quan tư vấn Thésée DataCenter ghi nhận : Các khoản đầu tư lẽ ra đổ về những quốc gia khác ở châu Âu, như Đức hay Hà Lan đang chuyển hướng về Pháp, bởi Pháp có một vị trí địa lý « trung tâm ». Điện hạt nhân Theo lời Régis Casstané tổng giám đốc chi nhánh tại Pháp của tập đoàn Equinix (nhà cung cấp thiết bị cho các data center lớn nhất thế giới), từ 2022 giá năng lượng của Pháp rẻ hơn so với một số quốc gia khác (như là Đức phải phụ thuộc vào khí đốt của Nga), Pháp lại có các nhà máy điện hạt nhân, lá chủ bài của Pháp trong mắt các nhà đầu tư AI và data center. Bởi vì trung tâm xử lý dữ liệu là một « nguồn tiêu thụ năng lượng vô cùng lớn », cần có nhiều điện để vận hành. …   Theo thẩm định của cơ quan quốc gia Pháp về năng lượng và môi trường ADEM, tiêu thụ điện của 350 data center sẽ tương đương với mức tiêu thụ của « hơn một chục thành phố với trên 100 ngàn dân » và đó là những « cực hút đến 3 % nguồn điện trên toàn quốc ». Đáng quan ngại hơn nữa là các trung tâm data đó ngày càng lớn « ngày càng cần nhiều năng lượng để hoạt động, do vậy trong hơn 10 năm nữa, nhu cầu về điện dành riêng cho các trung tâm này sẽ tăng lên gấp 4 lần so với hiện nay ». Năm 2025, điều trần trước một ủy ban tại Hạ Viện, Eric Schmidt cựu chủ tịch tổng giám đốc Google từng kêu gọi các dân biểu Mỹ đầu tư vào cơ sở hạ tầng điện lực : « Chúng ta cần nhất hiện nay là điện và nhu cầu rất, rất lớn. Nếu quý vị cho phép nói thẳng, thì tôi xin thưa rằng, chúng tôi mong đợi Hạ Viện phát triển điện lực, bất kỳ dưới hình thức nào, đó có thể là năng lượng tái tạo, là nhiệt điện. Miễn làm sao chúng ta có khả năng đáp ứng nhu cầu tiêu thụ và phải nhanh chóng đạt được mục đích này » Điều đó cho thấy vì sao mà các « ông lớn » trong thế giới công nghệ của Mỹ đua nhau chạy sang Pháp đầu tư. Gilles Babinet, tác giả cuốn « Green AI » NXB Odile Jacob nói đến một lá chủ bài của Pháp mà cả Mỹ lẫn Trung Quốc hai siêu cường kinh tế thế giới và cũng là những bên tiên phong trong lĩnh vực công nghệ số và trí tuệ nhân tạo đều không có được : «  Không một quốc gia nào trên thế giới có 15 giga Watt mà đấy lại là điện phi carbone. Mỹ không có khả năng này, Trung Quốc cũng không. Cho nên tất cả các nhà đầu tư trên thế giới cùng nhòm ngó khối lượng điện này của Pháp ». Gauthier Roussilhe, chuyên gia về môi trường digital điều hành công ty tư vấn Hubblo, Paris, do vậy cảnh báo trước nguy cơ các ông vua công nghệ kỹ thuật số và AI trên thế giới đang muốn biến Pháp thành « sân sau » của riêng mình : « Tất cả những thông cáo rầm rộ về các chương trình đầu tư rất lớn về công nghệ số tại Pháp, trước hết là nhằm bảo đảm rằng, hiện tại và trong tương lai, các tập đoàn này có thể tận dụng tiềm lực về điện lực của nước Pháp (…) Những trung tâm xử lý dữ liệu càng lớn bao nhiêu, thì càng cho thấy trong lượng khổng lồ của các doanh nghiệp Mỹ. Softbank thực ra đã bỏ vốn đầu tư và hiện diện trong rất nhiều các tập đoàn công nghệ cao và nhất là trong các tập đoàn của Mỹ. Hệ quả hiển nhiên kèm theo là khâu quản lý các data center sau này sẽ thuộc về phía Hoa Kỳ ». Điều này dường như đã được cả sáng lập viên lẫn giám đốc tài chính tập đoàn Softbank nhìn nhận. Ông Masayoshi Son nói rõ : « Softbank bảo đảm khâu tài chính cho các dự án. Khách hàng của chúng tôi là những hyperscalers, tức là những ông không lồ trong lĩnh vực công nghệ đám mây, như là Amazon, Microsoft hay Google ». Về phần Nahoko Hoshino, giám đốc tài chính Softbank, bà chỉ hờ hững khi nhắc đến các đối tác châu Âu trong lúc đã tiến hành đàm phán với những khách hàng nặng ký là Amazon, Microsoft hay Google, Open AI. Về câu hỏi, đánh cược vào những data center có cho phép nước Pháp vực dậy kinh tế và mang lại công việc làm cho người dân hay không, giới trong ngành đồng loạt trả lời là không. Một quan chức tại thành phố La Courneuve so sánh : Với một diện tích tương đương, mở một nhà máy công nghiệp chế tạo trực thăng Eurocopter, cho phép  tạo thêm 700 công việc làm, nhưng với một trung tâm xử lý dữ liệu thì chỉ cần tuyển dụng 36 nhân viên.

America's big tech bosses are trying to get artificial intelligence deployed everywhere, taking over our homes, our hobbies and our work.  By now, most of us are using AI for daily tasks, even if by accident. But it doesn't mean we all agree with the path we're on and increasingly people are voicing their concerns about the AI revolution.  Today, the ABC's national AI reporter Cam Wilson on the growing backlash. Featured:  Cam Wilson, ABC's national AI reporter

June 1st and the Baby Birds are in second place — and KMOX Sports Director Tom Ackerman is here to tell you why you should believe in this team. Tom joins the Marc Cox Morning Show in studio to break down a weekend series win over the Cubs that had everything — a first-pitch home run from newly called-up Nelson Velazquez, Hunter Dobbins coming out of nowhere to close out Sunday's game with his first major league save, and Al Hrabosky ripping his shirt off in the Tarps Off section at Busch Stadium. This young Cardinals roster has something the last few years were missing — energy, fight, and a refusal to fold. Tom also gets into the wild west of NIL and college athletics, the unregulated agent problem threatening to hollow out college sports from the inside, and why Eli Drinkwitz and Eric Schmidt were spotted on the golf course together. If you bleed Cardinal red and care about the future of college athletics, Tom Ackerman on the Marc Cox Morning Show is the only sports conversation you need this Monday morning. Hashtags #MarcCoxMorningShow #TomAckerman #Cardinals #STLCards #CubsSeries #NelsonVelazquez #HunterDobbins #TarpsOff #BuschStadium #KMOX #NIL #CollegeAthletics #StLouis #StLouisRadio #ConservativeRadio #PatriotRadio #Baseball #CardinalNation #AmericaFirst #MorningShow

Une fronde anti-IA émerge : la faute à qui ? • L'intelligence artificielle à l'épreuve de l'éthique religieuse avec l'encyclique papale Magnifica Humanitas • Mistral AI muscle son jeu à Paris • L'IA Céleste veut rétablir la vérité scientifique sur X • Alexa+ arrive en France avec l'IA générative • Santexpo : l'hôpital accélère sa transformation numérique grâce à l'IA.⭐️ Découvrez Frogans, l'innovation française qui réinvente le Web [PARTENARIAT]===============Vague anti-IA : la tech face au retour de bâtonDes manifestations contre les data centers aux États-Unis et en Europe, jusqu'aux huées contre Eric Schmidt à l'université d'Arizona, une contestation diffuse de l'IA semble émerger. En cause : inquiétudes environnementales, crainte pour l'emploi et sentiment d'un discours alarmiste entretenu par les patrons de la Silicon Valley eux-mêmes. L'entrepreneur Simon Khalaf dénonce un véritable « marketing de la peur » qui se retournerait aujourd'hui contre ses promoteurs.Magnifica Humanitas : le pape alerte sur l'IAAvec l'encyclique Magnifica Humanitas, le pape remet l'intelligence artificielle dans une perspective morale et humaniste. Déshumanisation, concentration du pouvoir, désinformation ou armement autonome : le texte appelle à une vigilance collective et à une gouvernance éthique des technologies. Un signal fort, commenté dans le débrief transatlantique avec Bruno Guglielminetti (podcast Mon Carnet).Mistral AI change de dimensionLa pépite française Mistral AI a profité de son AI Now Summit au Carrousel du Louvre pour dévoiler Vibe, nouvelle version de son chatbot transformé en agent autonome capable de coder et d'agir. Des partenariats stratégiques ont été annoncés avec Airbus, BMW et ASML, tandis que son cofondateur Arthur Mensch confirme l'ambition de produire un jour ses propres puces. Un positionnement industriel assumé face aux géants américains.Les Français et l'IA : une adoption intimeSelon une étude de Nation.fr, l'usage personnel de l'IA générative dépasse désormais l'usage professionnel en France. Conseils santé, messages amoureux, optimisation de profils sur applications de rencontre : les chatbots s'immiscent dans la sphère privée. 38 % des Français considèrent déjà l'IA comme un outil incontournable du quotidien.Macron promet 400 000 bornes électriques Réunis à l'Élysée, les acteurs de la filière automobile électrique ont entendu Emmanuel Macron fixer un nouvel objectif : 400 000 bornes publiques d'ici 2030. Un défi industriel majeur, impliquant notamment Electra et la grande distribution, pour accompagner l'essor des véhicules électriques et des recharges ultra-rapides.Mon IA Céleste : le fact-checking scientifique sur XLancée par le média indépendant Les Électrons Libres, Mon IA Céleste est un agent conversationnel dédié au débunk scientifique sur X. Son cofondateur Benjamin Sire, journaliste et musicien, explique que l'outil s'appuie sur une base de sources validées, dont Our World in Data, afin de contrer les approximations et fausses informations. Accessible sans abonnement premium, Céleste ambitionne d'élever le niveau du débat public.Alexa+ : l'assistant d'Amazon passe à l'IA générativeAmazon lance en France Alexa+, version enrichie par l'IA générative. Clément Monjou, directeur général d'Alexa France chez Amazon, détaille un assistant plus conversationnel, capable d'enchaîner des requêtes complexes, d'interagir avec des services tiers et de personnaliser l'expérience. Gratuit pour les abonnés Prime, Alexa+ marque une nouvelle étape stratégique pour l'écosystème vocal.L'IA à l'hôpital : vers une médecine augmentée[PARTENARIAT] La tech, et notamment l'usage de la data, changent la médecine publique. Monique Sorrentino, directrice générale du CHU Grenoble-Alpes, souligne l'essor d'outils d'IA pour synthétiser les dossiers patients et anticiper les flux. [PARTENARIAT] Au salon SantExpo, l'innovation hospitalière était à l'honneur. Gaël Prudhomme, responsable du Centre d'innovation en santé chez Capgemini, observe une montée en puissance des robots, des objets connectés et de l'exploitation des données, au service d'une médecine plus préventive et plus efficiente.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

The bi-monthly podcasting crossover to end all bi-monthly podcasting crossovers is back! Danny, Derek, and Robert Wright of the ⁠⁠NonZero Newsletter⁠⁠⁠ once again set the record straight. Subscribe now to AP to get a discounted membership to NonZero! Part One Video 0:00 Is NonZero or American Prestige the better podcast? AI weighs in4:14 The state of the US-Iran war. Or is it peace?17:52 Has Trump already lost the midterms? Does he care?24:16 The Russia-Ukraine war (and Eric Schmidt)29:23 What the latest Iran war strikes signal31:04  Overtime preview: Nuland's “monsters,” zombie blobsters, Barak Ravid, Bari Weiss, “killzones,” and the Pope vs AI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Den tidligere Google-chef Eric Schmidt blev mødt af højlydte buh-råb på University of Arizona i sidste uge, da han fortalte de nyuddannede, at AI er en del af deres fremtid. Det gad de ikke høre på. Måske siger det noget om Gen Z's voksende AI-træthed. Vi inviterer Marie Hobitz - selverklæret AI-hader og vært på P3 - i studiet for at forstå, hvad det egentlig er, der bliver buhet af. Så snakker vi om en ny afsløring som Henrik står bag. Den involverer en klaverspillende russer, det danske kommunalvalg og servere og netværk, der blev brugt til russiske hackerangreb, nedlukning af hjemmesider og spredning af desinformation i Europa. Til sidst vender vi Google, der lover den største ændring af søgemaskinen i 25 år. Nu skal du ikke længere klikke dig gennem links - Google giver dig bare svaret. Men hvad betyder det for os forbrugere... Og for de hjemmesider, der risikerer at miste deres besøgende? Værter: Marcel Mirzaei-Fard, techanalytiker i DR, og Henrik Moltke, techjournalist. Gæst: Marie Hobitz, Podcast- og radiovært på P3. Redigering: Buster Hoff.

Justice is coming to St. Louis — and it's coming fast. A massive federal crackdown just swept 91 criminals off the streets, seized $310,000 in cash, and sent 17 illegal immigrants packing toward deportation. Marc Cox breaks down why unprecedented cooperation between federal and local law enforcement is finally delivering the results that Kim Gardner's revolving door justice system never could. Then — Festus residents are fighting back hard against their own city council over data centers, gathering 7,400 signatures in a recall effort that has local politicians scrambling for taxpayer-funded lawyers to save themselves. Plus, St. Louis police are eyeing drones — and the ACLU is already melting down about it. Spoiler: criminals should be worried, not protesters. And a 33-year-old cold case just got cracked wide open thanks to genealogy DNA technology. The St. Louis Morning Brief — because your city deserves the truth. Senator Eric Schmidt is minutes away. HASHTAGS: #StLouisMorningBrief #MarcCoxMorningShow #StLouis #FederalCrackdown #IllegalImmigration #Deportation #LawAndOrder #Drones #ACLU #Festus #DataCenter #ColdCase #DNATechnology #Missouri #ConservativeRadio #AmericaFirst #PatriotVoices #BackTheBlue #CommonSense #WakeUpAmerica

Hour 2 of the Marc Cox Morning Show delivers wall-to-wall conservative firepower. Marc Cox zeroes in on a question Washington doesn't want to answer — why is a Republican-controlled Senate deliberately blocking President Trump's own nominees with pro forma sessions on Memorial Day? Senator Eric Schmidt is locked in and about to answer for it. Meanwhile, a massive federal crackdown puts 91 criminals behind bars in St. Louis — including 17 illegal immigrants now facing deportation — and Marc Cox gives credit where it's due for the unprecedented law enforcement cooperation making it happen. Nicole Murray brings the business headlines, Senator John Kennedy drops the sharpest line of the week on IRS hypocrisy, and oil prices are heading higher as Iran tensions simmer in the Strait of Hormuz. Then In Other News closes the hour with a flying umbrella fatality, a dog who fired a shotgun, and a 79-year-old Florida man in a thong who just couldn't keep it indoors. The Marc Cox Morning Show — serious when it counts, and always real. HOUR HASHTAGS: #MarcCoxMorningShow #Hour2 #EricSchmidt #StLouis #FederalCrackdown #IllegalImmigration #DOGE #NicoleMurray #JohnKennedy #OilPrices #Iran #InOtherNews #FloridaMan #BackTheBlue #Missouri #ConservativeRadio #AmericaFirst #PatriotVoices #CommonSense #WakeUpAmerica

Hour 3 of the Marc Cox Morning Show is the kind of hour that changes how you see the world. Heritage Foundation's Nicole Huyer exposes New York City Mayor Kami Mamdani's communist playbook — property seizures, fake free grocery stores at $30 million a pop, and a rent control scheme that's driving businesses and taxpayers straight to Florida. Then Dr. Jeremy Levin drops a bombshell warning: America's biotech industry is crumbling from the inside, the FDA has lost 90% of its top managers, and if nothing changes, China could be supplying the majority of America's new medicines by 2035. And LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt says out loud what everyone already knows — those 40,000 people on the streets of Los Angeles aren't homeless, they're drug addicts who are choosing fentanyl over a free bed. Marc Cox and Kim deliver the straight talk, the hard truths, and the conservative common sense that makes the Marc Cox Morning Show the most important two hours of your morning. Senator Eric Schmidt is coming up — stay tuned. HOUR HASHTAGS: #MarcCoxMorningShow #Hour3 #NicoleHuyer #HeritageFoundation #DrJeremyLevin #BiotechAndTheBalance #Mamdani #NYC #Socialism #SpencerPratt #Homelessness #LA #KimOnAWhim #China #FDA #AmericaFirst #ConservativeRadio #PatriotVoices #CommonSense #WakeUpAmerica

The moment the Marc Cox Morning Show has been building toward all morning — and Senator Eric Schmidt delivers. Fresh off the swearing-in of St. Louis's new U.S. Marshal, Schmidt breaks down Operation Viper's 91 arrests, revealing that St. Louis received the largest permanent per-capita infusion of FBI agents in the entire country — and this is just the beginning. Then Schmidt sets the record straight on why Trump's nominees were bottlenecked — Democrats went full obstruction mode, forcing Republicans to change Senate rules and push through nominees 100 at a time. No recess appointments needed. On Iran, Schmidt is confident: this president won't sign a bad deal, won't repeat Obama's mistakes, and has already achieved the military goals. And on gas prices — Schmidt tells Missouri conservatives what they need to hear. This is the interview the left doesn't want you to hear, and the Marc Cox Morning Show made sure you got every word of it. HASHTAGS: #MarcCoxMorningShow #EricSchmidt #OperationViper #StLouis #FBI #LawAndOrder #Iran #NuclearDeal #Trump #SenateRules #GasPrices #Missouri #KenPaxton #BackTheBlue #AmericaFirst #ConservativeRadio #PatriotVoices #CommonSense #WakeUpAmerica #GOP2026

Hour 4 of the Marc Cox Morning Show closes out the most information-packed morning in conservative radio with a bang. Senator Eric Schmidt sits down to explain Operation Viper's historic crime crackdown, set the record straight on Senate nominee bottlenecks, and deliver confidence on Iran — this president won't sign a bad deal. Then Charles Payne brings the financial firepower, breaking down America's manufacturing renaissance, the AI gold rush that's minting winners in places nobody's looking, and why the SpaceX IPO could be the biggest market event in years. Jimmy Failla brings the laughs and the truth about New York's $6,500 rent nightmare and why Spencer Pratt's LA campaign is more serious than anyone wants to admit. And Jeanine Pirro closes the hour with a bombshell — drone footage proving the government watched Benghazi happen in real time and chose to lie about it. The Marc Cox Morning Show — where the truth always comes out. HOUR HASHTAGS: #MarcCoxMorningShow #Hour4 #EricSchmidt #CharlesPayne #JimmyFailla #JeaninePirro #Benghazi #AI #Manufacturing #SpaceX #NYC #RentControl #OperationViper #Iran #AmericaFirst #ConservativeRadio #PatriotVoices #CommonSense #WakeUpAmerica #Missouri

They lied about Benghazi. They lied about MAGA being dead. They lied about what's happening to your wallet at the pump. And the Marc Cox Morning Show spent four hours this Wednesday morning making sure you know the truth. Donald Trump is 8-for-8 in Senate endorsements after Ken Paxton's Texas blowout turned John Thune's $100 million gamble into the most expensive political miscalculation in recent memory — and Marc Cox called every bit of it. Senator Eric Schmidt came to St. Louis to set the record straight: Operation Viper just put 91 criminals behind bars including 17 illegal immigrants headed for deportation, the Senate nominee bottleneck is broken, and this president will not repeat Obama's Iran disaster. Heritage Foundation's Nicole Huyer exposed New York City's full communist playbook — property seizures, $30 million fake grocery stores, and rent control strangling the life out of the city one landlord at a time. Dr. Jeremy Levin dropped a national security bombshell: China could own America's medicine cabinet by 2035 if Washington doesn't act now and the FDA is already crumbling from within. Charles Payne revealed that America's manufacturing renaissance is just getting started and the AI gold rush is minting winners in corners of the market nobody's even watching yet. Jimmy Failla brought the unfiltered truth about New York's $6,500 rent nightmare and why Spencer Pratt's LA campaign is the most important outsider race in the country. Marc Cox and Kim took on the health maxing obsession killing common sense in America, QT's gas price shakedown of hardworking Midwest families, and LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt's brutally honest truth about homelessness that every politician in America needs to hear. And Jeanine Pirro closed it all out with the bombshell conservatives have waited years to hear — drone footage proving the government watched Benghazi happen in real time and sent Susan Rice out the next morning to lie to your face. This is the Marc Cox Morning Show — four hours of truth, common sense, and the conservative firepower that the mainstream media prays you never find. FULL SHOW HASHTAGS: #MarcCoxMorningShow #May272026 #EricSchmidt #CharlesPayne #JimmyFailla #JeaninePirro #NicoleHuyer #DrJeremyLevin #Benghazi #Trump8for8 #KenPaxton #OperationViper #AI #Manufacturing #NYC #Socialism #Homelessness #Iran #AmericaFirst #ConservativeRadio #StLouis #Missouri #PatriotVoices #MAGA #CommonSense #WakeUpAmerica #BackTheBlue #KimOnAWhim #StLouisMorningBrief #InOtherNews FULL SHOW GUEST LIST: Senator Eric Schmidt — U.S. Senator, Missouri Nicole Murray — Business & Market Headlines Nicole Huyer — Senior Research Associate, Heritage Foundation Dr. Jeremy Levin — PhD, MD; Author, Biotech and the Balance Jimmy Failla — Host, Fox Across America Charles Payne — Host, Making Money with Charles Payne, Fox Business

America's political landscape just shifted again — and the left still hasn't figured out why. Hour 1 of the Marc Cox Morning Show comes out swinging with the biggest story of the night: Donald Trump goes 7-0 in Senate endorsements as Ken Paxton bulldozes John Cornyn in Texas, leaving John Thune's $100 million gamble in the dust. Marc and Kim break down what it means, why Megyn Kelly needs to update her talking points, and why the general election in Texas isn't the layup everyone thinks it is. Then — are Americans so obsessed with living forever that they've forgotten how to live? The "health maxing" craze gets the Marc Cox treatment, and common sense wins again. And Marc Cox is ready to file a class action lawsuit — because QT is quietly charging some customers 27 cents more per gallon than others, and nobody in the mainstream media wants to touch it. Plus, Senator Eric Schmidt is locked in for 8:08. Hour 1 is the kind of straight-talk, no-nonsense conservative morning radio that reminds you why you tune in every single day. HOUR HASHTAGS: #MarcCoxMorningShow #Hour1 #Trump70 #KenPaxton #TexasPrimary #EricSchmidt #KimOnAWhim #StLouisMorningBrief #QTGasPrices #HealthMaxing #MattWalsh #AlGreen #Missouri #StLouis #ConservativeRadio #AmericaFirst #PatriotVoices #MAGA #CommonSense #WakeUpAmerica

Join us for the Big Technology AI Summit on June, 18, 2026. Get your tickets here: summit.bigtechnology.com.... Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) OpenAI's revenue numbers come out ahead of its potential IPO filing 2) Why is OpenAI considering going public now? 3) Is OpenAI trying to IPO ahead of Anthropic? 4) Is the Iran War accelerating the timeline of these fundraisings? 5) What would the top of the AI boom look like? 6) SpaceX files for an IPO 7) Are datacenters in space a myth? 8) Eric Schmidt gets booed at a college commencement 9) Meta's mass layoff 10) Meta's keystroke tracking rationale 11) Marc Andreessen says AI won't file a HR complaint --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here's 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FOLLOW UP: This week, it seems America believes every complicated social problem can be fixed by asking, “Have you tried turning the internet off for the children?” Meanwhile, the Electronic Frontier Foundation quietly notes that the science behind social media bans might not be as clear-cut as cable-news dads screaming about dopamine loops claim. Turns out, teen anxiety may also be linked to pandemics, school shootings, climate dread, and an economy that feels like a Fallout side quest. Meanwhile, Snap Inc. and YouTube settled another lawsuit accusing their apps of turning kids into doomscrolling goblins, Meta continues to insist social media addiction isn't real while losing money in court, and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed at a graduation speech after telling graduates to hop on the AI rocket ship without asking questions — exactly what a billionaire says when he already owns the rocket.In the news, Elon Musk lost another OpenAI lawsuit because apparently even juries have limits. SpaceX's IPO revealed Musk plans to power AI with enough gas turbines to recreate 1890s London smog, and Grok officially became a disclosure liability after the whole “MechaHitler” incident. Tesla robotaxis still clip fences and occasionally require humans to remotely drive the “self-driving” cars. Trump Mobile somehow shipped a gold phone that actually works — a stunning upset — before immediately leaking customer data. LinkedIn finally admitted the platform has become an AI-generated motivational swamp filled with “it's not about X, it's about Y” sludge from people named Brayden. Spotify is handing out podcast verification badges so listeners can tell real creators from algorithmic nightmare fuel. Meta laid off thousands more workers while reportedly using employee surveillance to train AI replacements. And OpenAI is giving everyone in Malta a free year of ChatGPT Plus if they complete an AI literacy course, which honestly makes Malta sound more technologically responsible than Silicon Valley.APPS & DOODADS reflect classic Gen-X paranoia, as Backblaze highlights California's constant threat of wildfires and the idea that local backups are optimistic. YouTube introduced AI deepfake detection tools, allowing creators to finally see which scam ads are using their faces to promote crypto vitamins, while X limited free users to 50 posts a day unless they pay for a blue check — proving once again that the true free speech was the subscriptions we sold along the way. Retrocodex arrived with a strong “everything your teachers confidently told you in 1987 was wrong” vibe.MEDIA CANDY opens with the eternal cry of “FUCK THE FIRETV!!!!” before Jason taps out of Good Omens after ten minutes while Brian takes the bullet for the audience. There's also chatter about Mortal Kombat 2, The Devil Wears Prada 2, Billy Corgan talking goth history with David J, and more existential dread courtesy of Dan Carlin's Common Sense.THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE welcomes back Dave Bittner for a Mando & Grogu review, Darth Maul, and a stunning but absurdly expensive LEGO Disneyland set. There's also a guy who built a full-size Millennium Falcon “with his wife's permission,” a fan-made Star Tours film, and the Federal Trade Commission discovering that those creepy “your phone is listening to you” ad-tech companies mainly just had PowerPoint decks and confidence. Also: mechanical keyboard simulators now exist, because apparently even fake typing has become a lifestyle brand.Sponsors:DeleteMe - Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to JoinDeleteMe.com/GOG and use promo code GOG at checkout.Shopify - Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at Shopify.com/grumpyPrivate Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month.SetApp - With a single monthly subscription you get 240+ apps for your Mac. Go to SetApp and get started today!!!1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordShow notes at https://gog.show/747Watch on YouTube at https://youtu.be/eX5jVfewaswFOLLOW UPThe Science is Not Settled: How Weak Evidence is Fueling a National Push to Ban Social Media for YouthSnap and YouTube have reportedly settled another major social media addiction lawsuitEx-Google CEO Eric Schmidt Fails to Read Room on AI, Gets Booed into OblivionIN THE NEWSElon Musk took too long to sue OpenAI, jury unanimously agreesSpaceX IPO Filing Reveals Nearly $3 Billion Investment in Gas Turbines for AI Data Centers‘MechaHitler' Is SpaceX's Problem NowTrump Mobile Phone Beats Expectations by Actually ExistingNew crash data highlights the slow progress of Tesla's robotaxisIf You Used Insider Knowledge to Score Big on Polymarket, You May Now Be in Huge TroubleMinnesota passes prediction markets banLinkedIn doesn't want your AI slop anymoreSpotify is launching verification badges for podcasts to help listeners avoid AI slopZuckerberg Tells the Tattered Remainder of His Workers That He Won't Conduct Another a Mass Firing for at Least Seven MonthsOpenAI is offering ChatGPT Plus to citizens of Malta for a yearMassive Crypto ATM Company Bitcoin Depot Is Shutting Down as the Whole Industry Collapses‘Smoke Weed and Earn Bitcoin' With This Vape Pen in Our Increasingly Dystopian Nightmare‘Unstoppable' Crypto Exchange Halts Trading After $10 Million TheftIran Doubles Down on Bitcoin for Ships Passing Through the Straight of HormuzTrump-Linked Crypto Company Notes 'Substantial Doubt' It Can Survive Another 12 MonthsAPPS & DOODADSBackblazeYouTube's AI deepfake detection tool is now available to all creators 18 and olderX accounts are limited to 50 posts and 200 replies a day unless they pay for a blue checkmarkRetrocodexMEDIA CANDYGood Omens Season 3 - The FinaleThe Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan - David J of Bauhaus & Love & RocketsCommon Sense 326 – The Water in Which We SwimTHE DARK SIDE WITH DAVEDave BittnerThe CyberWireHacking HumansCaveatControl LoopOnly Malware in the BuildingMaul: Shadow LordRogue One: A Star Wars StoryNot Even Baby Yoda Can Save ‘Star Wars'Colorado man creates replica Millenium FalconSomeone made a Star Tours fan film.Bring Disneyland Home With This Gorgeous New Lego Set‘Creepy' Listening Tool for Targeted Ads Didn't Actually Work, FTC SaysMechanical keyboard simSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Surgeon General just dropped a major advisory warning that kids are spending up to 9 hours a day on screens — and it's a public health crisis. Plus, Utah households are spending $11,008 a year on groceries (the highest in the country), KSL Investigative Journalist Dave Cawley joins to break down some of Utah’s Tiniest Towns ahead of Memorial Day as UDOT is warning of 90-minute Memorial Day delays on US-6.   College graduates across the country are booing commencement speakers who mention AI — we play the audio from former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, music exec Scott Borchetta, and more. Teens say AI is stealing their summer jobs, and we find out which word Utah misspells more than any other state. Plus, would you go to an adult prom? 

Eric Schmidt commencement speech booed, experts condemn payment of ransom by Canvas, concern about ASU's AI course builder, AI announcer mispronounced and skipped names during a graduation at Arizona community college, listener email.

At commencement after commencement this month, the class of 2026 — the AI-native graduates — have been booing speakers who frame AI as the next industrial revolution. UCF. Middle Tennessee State. University of Arizona, where former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was met with sustained dissent. These graduates use AI more than any cohort in history. And they are angry.Unemployment for 20-to-24-year-olds is 7.6 percent. Overall unemployment is 4.3 percent. The class graduating this month is entering a labor market visibly worse for them than for everyone else. The 50-year-old executive on stage is telling them the rope they're being told to climb is good for them. They aren't a generation that doesn't get it. They're a generation that gets it first.At Glendale Community College in Phoenix, an AI announcer was assigned to read the graduates' names — the single ceremonial moment of a four-year debt-funded ritual. It mispronounced names. It skipped names. Then the administration explained the AI system had done that. That's not an edge case. That's every AI deployment going forward. Vendor sells it, institution buys it, user gets the harm, explanation is "the model did that."The class of 2026 didn't become anti-AI. They became anti-being-lied-to about AI.Eric Schmidt funded a meaningful slice of the industry. He gets in front of 22-year-olds and tells them the future is bright. They boo him not because they don't know the topic, but because they've spent their senior thesis arguing about exactly what he's selling. The expert pitches novelty. The audience has already lived through it. The trust direction reversed in real time, on stage, in cap and gown.Every generation gets one issue where they later look back and say we were lied to about that. Boomers got Vietnam. Gen X got the savings and loan crisis. Millennials got 2008. The class of 2026 is going to get AI — and the lie is the speech that pretends the technology is the question instead of the distribution. The boos aren't against the tool. They're against the speech that pretends the tool is the story. This is the first cohort in a long time that may be impossible to sell to. That's the best news in this entire arc.⏱️ Chapters0:00 — The class of 2026 booed AI-pumping commencement speakers0:30 — MiniDoge: 7.6% young unemployment; they get it first1:00 — Nyx: the Glendale AI announcer disaster is the texture of every deployment1:35 — HH: the class that uses AI most is the class booing loudest1:50 — Saarvis: Eric Schmidt and the inverted trust gradient2:20 — Saarvis: every generation gets their lie; the boos aren't against the tool⚡ Learn agentic ai free - https://staas.fund/ai-workshop ⚡-----

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In this episode, Chris shares a personal and relatable story about the challenges of running for office in today's political climate. As a seasoned radio host and conservative commentator, Chris has seen his fair share of attack ads and smear campaigns, but one recent incident left him feeling particularly frustrated and concerned. Chris talks about a recent attack ad that was released by his opponent, which took his words out of context and made him appear to be saying things he never actually said. He shares how he handled the situation, including reaching out to his friends and allies in Washington, D.C. to set the record straight and provide context to the misleading clips. Chris also discusses the importance of endorsements and how he was thrilled to receive the endorsement of Senator Eric Schmidt, a respected and influential figure in the Missouri Senate. Throughout the episode, Chris opens up about his personal struggles and vulnerabilities, including his past struggles with addiction and his experiences with attack ads. He also talks about the importance of staying true to oneself and not engaging in negative campaigning. If you're interested in hearing more about Chris's story and the challenges of running for office, tune in to this episode to hear his personal and relatable account of the ups and downs of politics.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Commencement speakers got booed this weekend for mentioning AI — by the same graduating class that used ChatGPT to write their papers. Bridget Phetasy breaks down why the anti-AI panic is just climate anxiety with a new face, why Bernie Sanders and AOC's plan to ban data centers is the worst idea in recent memory, and why China is absolutely loving every minute of our meltdown. #AI #DataCenters #DumpsterFire #BridgetPhetasyTopics covered: AI fear, data center ban, Bernie Sanders AOC AI regulation, Eric Schmidt commencement booed, AI jobs threat, anti-capitalism tech backlash, China AI race, AI water usage myth, Luddites vs tech bros 

We start this week with Sam telling us all about the commencement speeches where speakers have been praising AI, including former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. That did not go down well! After the break, Jason tells us how he was offered the chance to buy a bunch of images of poop to train AI (really). In the subscribers-only section, Joseph explains how researchers planned to stick cameras onto preschool teachers to train AI. Students Boo Commencement Speaker After She Calls AI the ‘Next Industrial Revolution' Internet of Shit: AI Poop Analysis App Offered to Sell Me Database of Its Users' Poops Researchers Wanted Preschool Teachers to Wear Cameras to Train AI YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/VE0EtqQLcgY Subscribe at 404media.co Don't sleep on Ultra Pouches. New customers get 15% Off with code 404MEDIA at takeultra.com! #UltraPouches #ad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After spending time in the Obama White House, Kumar Garg came away with a toolset of skills to help drive change, spotlight good ideas and scale them. Now he's applying those ideas to philanthropy. As the co-founders of Renaissance Philanthropy, Kumar and Tom Kalil have built an organization around a deceptively simple idea: What if philanthropy could help scientists, technologists, and innovators think bigger — and then actually fund the work at the scale required?Kumar and Claudia dive into:Renaissance Philanthropy's approach: time bound and thesis driven fundingHow Kumar would spend $500 million on health right nowHow public health and academics could think biggerKumar's intriguing ‘open notebook' idea:“It's very valuable to me if a researcher has the equivalent of an open notebook. These are all the ideas… Here's my active research projects. Here's all the interesting sort of experiments I've done… you can imagine then sending an agent out and read[ing] people's open notebook.. it would be a way to discover people's work.”Relevant LinksLearn more about Renaissance PhilanthropyGet info on the Big If True Science Accelerator (BITS)See a photo of Kumar's White House white board on TwitterAbout Our GuestsKumar Garg is the President at Renaissance Philanthropy.Kumar has helped to shape the science and tech landscape for almost two decades. Working with Eric Schmidt, he helped design and launch moonshot initiatives in education, provided early support to game-changing ideas and pioneers, and built ongoing multi-donor and multi-sector collaboratives.Prior to that, he helped set budget and policy priorities for the Obama Administration as part of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and drove progress on topics ranging from education and workforce issues, biotechnology, entrepreneurship, space, advanced manufacturing, broadband, nanotechnology, behavioral sciences, digital media, incentive prizes, and broader innovation policy.In particular, he led the Obama Administration's efforts to bolster science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education, including development of major budget and policy initiatives in the State of the Union to train 100,000 excellent STEM teachers and bring computer science to all K-12 students, development of the Educate to Innovate campaign with over $1 billion in in-kind and philanthropic investment, and creation of iconic events such as the White House Science Fair.Prior to his time in government, Kumar worked on behalf of parents and children seeking educational reform as an education lawyer and advocate. Kumar received a B.A. from Dartmouth College and a law degree from Yale Law School.SourceConnect With UsFor more information on The Other 80 please visit our website - www.theother80.com. To connect with our team, please email claudia@theother80.com and follow us on twitter @claudiawilliams and LinkedInSubscribe to The Other 80 on YouTube so you never miss our video extras or special video episodes!

The squad investigates the massive $4 million c*****e bust found inside Skims shipments and wonders if "Kilo Kim" is about to drop a "Coke White" collection. ❄️

I discuss the reality of political intimidation in elections and the normalization of jewish influence and money to topple local representatives at the direction of federal influence (like in the Massie case); I play audio of Ai predictive programming from a 2001 video game, a speech that Eric Schmidt gave in Arizona that wasn't received well; and an LAUSD vax policy that gets to remain.    Book Websites: HERE and HERE. https://www.moneytreepublishing.com/shop PROMO CODE: “AEFM” for 10% OFF, or https://armreg.co.uk PROMO CODE: "americaneducationfm" for 15% off all books and products. (I receive no kickbacks).  https://www.thriftbooks.com/ Q posts book: https://drive.proton.me/urls/JJ78RV1QP8#yCO0wENuJQPH

**Episode Highlights: Politics, Economics, and More** This episode is a wild ride, covering everything from politics to economics to a fascinating story about a beloved beer brand. Ross and Jeana share their thoughts on the recent election in Kentucky, where a Republican candidate lost by a significant margin, and discusses the implications of Donald Trump's influence on the Republican Party. They also dive into a surprising study about the impact of raising the minimum wage on gig workers, and explore the world of charity and non-profit organizations, including a controversy surrounding the "Kars 4 Kids" charity. The episode also touches on the challenges of flying in the US, with a report revealing that flight delays and cancellations have reached their worst levels since 2014. Ross and Jeana talk to a guest from the Colorado Public Interest Research Group about the issues affecting air travel and what passengers can do to advocate for their rights. Additionally, they discuss a shocking story about a beer brand that's been around for over 170 years and is now being discontinued. They discuss a recent settlement between Donald Trump and the IRS that has raised eyebrows. They also talk about a fascinating story about the former CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, who was booed by a crowd of 10,000 graduates at the University of Arizona for his comments on AI. If you're interested in staying up-to-date on the latest news and discussions, tune in to this episode to hear more about these topics and many others.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The U.S. State Department's Pax Silica initiative reframes Pax Americana for the AI age — chips, semiconductors, critical minerals, energy, data centers, payment rails. This week in Beijing, two of the Trilogy of Boards Patrick Wood predicted clicked into place. The Trilogy is now whole. In this two-and-a-half-hour conversation, Courtenay Turner and Patrick Wood — co-authors of The Final Betrayal: How Technocracy Destroyed America — walk the architecture being built around you: Pax Silica, the IMEC corridor, the Abraham Accords as the template for the China play, the Five Walls boxing China in, Gaza's new order under the Board of Peace, Taiwan as silicon shield and silicon hostage, the tokenization of property and the New York Stock Exchange, the occult roots of the technocratic movement, and how to think about preserving sovereignty, autonomy, and property in a rapidly closing system. Read the full essay: https://courtenayturner.substack.com/p/pax-silica ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CHAPTERS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 0:00 — Opening: The Petrodollar Ends, Pax Silica Begins 1:31 — Welcome to the Technocracy Roundtable 5:11 — Property, Rights, and the Founders' Distinction 6:44 — What Is Pax Silica? (Video Explainer) 9:08 — Locke, Private Property, and Sovereign Property 13:05 — The Regime That Comes With Tokenized Property 14:01 — Tokenization, Titles, and the Loss of Control 21:57 — When Your Home Becomes a Programmable Asset 24:58 — Sovereign Farm Rights and Self-Sufficiency 25:54 — Daniel's Silicon Kingdom: The Biblical Frame 29:22 — The State Department Pax Silica Declaration 30:45 — The Allies Joining the Corridor 34:29 — Terms-of-Service Control of Everything 39:05 — Why Technocratic Countries Rise to the Top 41:53 — Trump's Empire Strategy in Beijing 46:33 — How China Gets Boxed In: The Five Walls 51:46 — Global Power Shifts: BRICS, Gulf, India 58:18 — The Trump-Xi Meeting: Body Language and Substance 1:01:31 — Abraham Accords as the Template for China 1:06:54 — Israel, Zionism, and the Technocracy Conflation 1:11:56 — Gaza's New Order: USD1, CENTCOM, and the Board of Peace 1:15:13 — Gulf Sovereign Wealth, Islamic Finance, and Tokenization 1:25:32 — Pax Silica's New Power Triangle 1:37:53 — Taiwan and the Chip Leverage Question 1:45:02 — How the Trade Boards Replace the Global Order 1:52:25 — Why Technocracy Is Beyond Politics 1:56:04 — Occult Roots, AI Consciousness, and the 2025 Conclave 2:05:21 — HOAs as Control Layers 2:08:40 — Tokenization and the Financial Fallout 2:13:19 — Protecting Assets: Cash, Land Patents, UCC Article 8 2:30:00 — Closing: "Use AI to Destroy AI" ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ KEY NUMBERS & SOURCES MENTIONED ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ • New York Stock Exchange (ICE): $25 trillion in U.S. assets targeted for tokenization by end of 2026; $170 trillion globally • UN Security Council Resolution 2803: Board of Peace authorized November 17, 2025 • Trump-Xi Beijing summit: Boards of Trade and Investment agreed May 14, 2026 • Pax Silica Declaration: signed in Washington, December 12, 2025 • H.R. 3633 / Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act: passed July 17, 2025 by 294–134 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ FURTHER READING ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ • Courtenay Turner & Patrick Wood, The Final Betrayal: How Technocracy Destroyed America • Patrick Wood, The New Economics of Technocracy • Patrick Wood, "The China Card: Global Technocracy Is Emerging Under Trump's Reign" • Courtenay Turner, "The Tokenization of Everything" • Courtenay Turner, "The Governance Stack: How Technocracy Was Built Over 200 Years" • Henry Kissinger, Eric Schmidt & Craig Mundie, Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CONNECT ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Courtenay Turner: • Substack • Website • X: @CourtenayTurner Patrick Wood: • Technocracy.News • X: @StopTechnocracy ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ The Final Betrayal: How Technocracy Destroyed America — co-authored by Courtenay Turner & Patrick Wood. Available through Coherent Publishing. #PaxSilica #Technocracy #Tokenization #PatrickWood #CourtenayTurner #TheFinalBetrayal #IMEC #CLARITYAct #Geopolitics #BeijingSummit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 18, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAIOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48182754&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:56): Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to ObsidianOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48179677&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:23): Garry Tan, the CEO of YC, accused me of unethical reportingOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48181041&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:50): We stopped AI bot spam in our GitHub repo using Git's –author flagOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48181125&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(06:16): Anthropic acquires StainlessOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48182281&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:43): Eric Schmidt speech about AI booed during graduationOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48177785&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:10): Show HN: Auto-identity-remove – Automated data broker opt-out runner for macOSOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48178184&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:36): Project Glasswing: what Mythos showed usOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48179732&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:03): Actually, democracy dies in H.R.Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48180091&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:30): Iran starts Bitcoin-backed ship insurance for Hormuz straitOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48182592&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

Gen Z is booing AI at graduations…even though over half of them use it regularly. Are we letting fear, not facts, drive the conversation? In this episode, David and Londa unpack the backlash against AI in recent commencement speeches, from Eric Schmidt's booed address to music execs facing student pushback. They dig into Gallup data on Gen Z's real attitudes toward AI, explore how fear-mongering and weak critical thinking distort the narrative, and argue for curiosity and adaptability instead of panic. The conversation then connects tech anxiety to real-world decisions in business and real estate—urging listeners to focus on long-term needs, not short-term noise. Three business takeaways 1. Fear is bad strategy. Letting anxiety about AI (or any tech shift) drive decisions keeps leaders reactive instead of innovative. 2. Adoption beats avoidance. Early, thoughtful use of AI creates leverage in markets like real estate and mortgages while competitors are still resisting change. 3. Think in decades, not days. Whether it's tech or property, focus on long-term fundamentals and real needs rather than chasing or fleeing short-term headlines. #AIGraduation #GenZAndAI #BusinessMindset #AdaptOrGetLeftBehind #RealEstateAndAI

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2 - Scott Presler joins Dom today for his weekly call-in. Thomas Massie is in the news this week, what are Scott's thoughts? When is Scott's new book coming out? How did Scott celebrate his birthday? 210 - What percentage in 1960 did not have a car? 215 - Dom's Money Melody! 220 - Will the redistricting of states help the mid-terms? Are we going to do anything about Iran? Why are we paying so much money when it comes to the NFL be it streaming, ticket prices, etc? WIll the Trump Administration fight for us on this? 225 - Your calls 230 - What is even Eric Schmidt talking about in his speech to graduates at an Arizona University? 235 - Your calls 240 - Why does NYC Mayor Mandami disagree with President Reagan about the government? How long will these free NYC grocery stores last? Why is the Philadelphia School District dropping the ball on getting an elevator fixed and waiting till almost the end of the school year while waiting for a part to be shipped? 250 - The Lightning Round!

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The future of war has been evolving before our eyes in Ukraine, yet the west still plans to fight the last war. In this special episode, guest host Noah Smith (@noahpinion) and Brandon Anderson sit down with Yaroslav Azhnyuk (@YaroslavAzhnyuk), a serial tech founder who went from building PetCube to founding The Fourth Law, one of the world's most advanced AI-guided drone companies. Over two hours we cover the technology, tactics, and geopolitics of drone warfare, and why the modern battlefield has already left the West behind:* Yaroslav's personal history and the Ukraine war [00:01:04 – 00:14:01]* The modern drone tech stack: why FPV drones are the new god of war, the future of the rifleman, fiber optic vs. AI, five levels of autonomy, and the eight dimensions of the autonomous battlefield [00:14:01 – 01:05:13]* The geopolitics and economics of drones: China's manufacturing advantage, the drone race, Western defense readiness, countermeasures, and why the gap is widening [01:05:13 – 01:58:57]For those looking for Noah Smith's commentary, it really gets going around the 00:51:31 mark.Yaroslav Azhnyuk / The Fourth Law:* X: https://x.com/YaroslavAzhnyuk* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaroslavazhnyuk/* The Fourth Law: https://thefourthlaw.aiNoah Smith:* Substack: Noah Smith * X: https://x.com/noahpinionTimestamps00:00:00 Cold Open: China's 4 Billion Drones and the Cameras-to-Explosives Pipeline00:01:04 Introduction: Brandon, Noah Smith, and Yaroslav Azhnyuk00:05:41 From Tech Entrepreneur to Defense: PetCube, Brave One, and the D3 Fund00:10:42 The Ethics of Building Weapons: Dual-Use Technology and the Wolf at the Door00:14:01 The Tech Stack: Cameras, Autonomy Modules, Interceptors, and a Semiconductor Fab00:18:47 Fiber Optic vs. AI: The Radio Horizon Problem and $32/km Cable00:25:32 FPV Drones: The New God of War — 70–80% of Frontline Casualties00:28:28 The Five Levels of Drone Autonomy: From Terminal Guidance to Full Autonomy00:41:37 The Eight Dimensions of the Autonomous Battlefield00:45:32 AI Safety and the Morality of Autonomous Weapons00:51:31 The End of the Rifleman? Noah's 2013 Prediction vs. Battlefield Reality01:05:13 China's Manufacturing Advantage and Western Vulnerabilities01:24:21 Policy Advice for Western Defense: Defense Valley and the Widening Gap01:32:54 The Drone Race: Who's Ahead, Category by Category01:41:57 Countermeasures: Shotguns, Jammers, Lasers, and Fishnets01:58:19 The Wedding and Final Takeaway: Be Prepared for WarTranscriptCold Open: China, FPV Drones, and the New Warning SignYaroslav [00:00:00]: Think about this. Last year, Ukraine produced 4 million FPV drones. Ukraine is not the most industrious nation in the world. China can produce 4 billion of these FPV drones.Noah [00:00:10]: Would you say that right now China is now the supreme conventional military power on Earth, given its ability to manufacture and deploy drones in the quantity and quality that you just described?Yaroslav [00:00:20]: I don't think we have all the information to claim that but we cannot count it out, and that alone should be a big warning sign. As I say, at some point in my life I went from making cameras that fling treats to pets to cameras that fling explosives to the occupiers. So that's the short story. And when you think about what your nation, what your patriots are going through, you realize that's the only morally right thing to do is to fight back, and it is immoral not to fight back, and then the choice becomes very clear.Introduction: Yaroslav Azhnyuk, Petcube, and the Last Flight into KyivBrandon [00:01:04]: Welcome to Latent Space. I'm Brandon. I normally do science podcasts, but today we're going to do something a little bit different. I'm joined by Noah Smith of Noahpinion on Substack and Twitter. And he has lots of interesting things to say about drones. And as a guest, we have Yaroslav Azhnyuk, founder of The Fourth Law and several other, drone-related startups. To get started, it is February 23rd, 2022. You are running a pet startup. You're connecting pets with their owners. Let's go in just a little bit of background. How did you get started in tech, and what were you working on before the Ukrainian war started?Yaroslav [00:01:50]: Good to be here. Thank you. On February 23rd, late in the evening, 11:00 PM Kyiv time, my wife and I landed in Kyiv. Actually, then she was a fiance. We came from Lviv, where we were looking at a church, where our wedding should have taken place. And we got into this cab ride from the airport to our home, and the driver was like, “You crazy. Like, everyone's leaving Kyiv. Why do you come?” We're like, “What? Nothing's going to happen. Dude, chill.” And then obviously, eight minutes later, or eight hours later, the bombs fell in the city. It was quite surreal. We probably landed on the last flight that landed in Kyiv, or one of those last flights. My background, I'm a tech guy. Studied applied mathematics in Kyiv Polytechnics, born and raised in Kyiv. My parents are old PhDs from academia, and grandparents too. Like, everything, from linguistics to nuclear physics. And I'm an entrepreneur, so I've built a bunch of companies. Petcube is the one you were referencing. So I lived in San Francisco 2014 to 2020, building Petcube, which is one of the leading, pet device companies in the world, selling lots of pet cameras. And then, yeah, as I say, at some point in my life I went from making cameras that fling treats to pets to cameras that fling explosives to the occupiers. So that's the short story.February 24th: Leaving Kyiv as the Invasion BeginsNoah [00:03:28]: February 24th, I guess a few hours after you, go to check out your wedding chapel, what do you do?Yaroslav [00:03:37]: We had a plan for this situation. So my parents and family live in Kyiv, and we're like, “Okay, this has actually started. The worst has, come true.” And so we basically packed our belongings and got in the car and spent 17 hours driving west. And that was pretty sure most people in our audience watched at least one apocalyptic movie in their life, so that was exactly like that. Like, felt exactly like that. Missiles are falling. Like, there was smoke in Kyiv. Like, my dad and I went, like, to central part of the cities. It's probably, likeYaroslav [00:04:20]: 800 meters from presidential office, to pick some stuff up at his workplace. Because he's, like, the head of an academic institution, so he had to get some of the things with him. And super surreal. Like, the streets are empty. Like, the gas stations are out of gas. Like, we found some gas station. We didn't have, like, spare canisters with us, so we're like, We figured out, like, the car was diesel, so like, we figured out, if it's diesel, you can actually store it in plastic, canisters, and we bought some window wash for the cars. We poured it out of the canisters, and we poured the diesel into that. Yeah, so it was like that. And then, like, helping friends get out, like my friend and his dog. Like, we found Like, my brother was also, like, riding in a separate car. We found a place for my friend who didn't have a car. It was like, yeah, it was like, totally surreal. And we didn't know of course, and you didn't know this will last for so long. You didn't know whether Ukraine will be able to defend Kyiv. And it was like, yeah, very little information and very little insight into future.From Pet Cameras to Defense Tech: Building for Ukraine and the Free WorldNoah [00:05:42]: What are your thoughts with regards to how do you, defend, Ukraine? So you eventually start building drones Like, what is the process to get from there from where you were building, devices that connect owners with pets to building drones, and what other things did you do to help the war effort in the process?Yaroslav [00:06:07]: It's definitely non-trivial, right? Like, I didn't go, to I didn't get any, like, military education when I was a student. Like, normally, in Ukraine, you would, you would go to like, this military school even if you're getting higher education in any other, sphere. I decided to skip that which is like, an unusual way to go. And I never thought that I will be somehow engaged in a war effort. Like, what is war? Of course, wars are over. It's the end of history. So one thing you got to understand about, like, many Ukrainians and like, I guess, it's also true about most of the people I met here in the US, that your who you are in terms of your nationality is a big part of your identity. So when that gets under attack, it's something deeper than just the country you live in gets under attack, right? And I Day one, I figured I'm going to I'm going to fight back with everything I can, right? But I didn't think on day one that I'm actually going to do, weapons. And a bunch of things. We were reaching out to a number of American, congresspeople and senators, and basically advocating for support of Ukraine, for voting for lend lease, which has happened in May 2022, but didn't actually work as expected. We helped start, Brave One, which is now a very important defense innovation cluster, sort of like a DIU here in the US. We helped start, a fund called D3. It's like, it was started or co-started by Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google. So a bunch of these odd things, but then eventually I was like, “Okay,”by 2023 it was obvious this thing, A is going to last a lot more time, and B, that the whole world is shifting and that there's going to be a new arms race, that the warfare is redefined by drones as platforms. And for the first time in history, you have a platform that is software defined, that can increase your battlefield capabilities, in a in a step change just overnight. So it's like if you were able to push a software update and get all of your Roman legionnaires a new helmet? That has never been possible before. It's the first time in the history of war this is possible. So all of that and many other things like, supply chain fragilization, and the impact that AI is going to have on all of this all these things have become evident to me in 2023, and it's like, “Okay, I should do what I do best, or what I know how to do best, start a tech company, and sort of leverage the global techno capitalist machine, to provide, defensibility to Ukraine and the free world.” So that's literally the mission of the company, increase defensibility of Ukraine and the free world. And then there was some sort of soul-searching and like, asking yourself. It's like, “Okay, am I Actually, I know nothing about weapons. Am I actually, like, ready to make, things that other people use to kill other bad people?”Yaroslav [00:09:36]: When you think about what your nation, what your Compatriots are going through And think about all the terror of places like Bucha, the occupied cities in the east and south, the abducted children, the raped women, all the economic damage that's being done, and the intention to destroy a whole nation, to genocide the people of Ukraine, you realize that's the only morally right thing to do is to fight back, and it is immoral not to fight back. And then the choice becomes very clear. And look, we're just passing the ammunition. We're not doing the actual job. The actual fighters and defenders and heroes are people in the armed forces. We're just support.The Moral Question: Weapons, Responsibility, and Fighting BackNoah [00:10:33]: I have so many questions. Actually, I know you seem to have a question. Do you want to ask anything?Yaroslav [00:10:38]: No, I'm just listening. Go ahead.Noah [00:10:40]: I do want to talk about, some of let's say, the moral issues, like you just said. You endYaroslav [00:10:50]: I think there are no issues there.Yaroslav [00:10:52]: What would an example of a moral question be in this case?Noah [00:10:55]: No, I mean Okay. As you just said, you are creating the tools, but others are using them.Noah [00:11:05]: I was maybe thinking of having this conversation later, but one of the questions is like, is it actually you are going to be building them for your homeland, which you are building it for your homeland, which is I think, very a strong morally defensible position, but this technology is not going to stay with you, right?Noah [00:11:26]: This you will probably be selling these to other people Yeah. So the future is really where the moral issues may come into playYaroslav [00:11:38]: The this question becomes, easier and more complete if we ask this not about a particular technology or particular weapon, if we think that this question actually applies to any kind of technology Right? So -Knife or fire. You can use knife to do surgery and save people's lives, or you can use it as a weapon to take people's lives.Noah [00:12:06]: Cut tomatoes, too.Yaroslav [00:12:08]: Cut tomatoes too.Noah [00:12:09]: Yes, knife.Yaroslav [00:12:09]: That's helpful.Noah [00:12:10]: In Japan, sword and knife, they, call the same word.Yaroslav [00:12:14]: It's like, it's with any technology. Large language models, right? Look at how powerful they are and yet they're available to anyone in North Korea or in Russia.Yaroslav [00:12:29]: That's one side of the argument. The other side is As a maker, what is your responsibility for how the tools you're creating, will be used? There's definitely some responsibility, right? Then How should the decision process look like? Should you, like, try to calculate all the possible scenarios before starting to work on something? Or do you create something that is needed now to save people's lives, and then think about, addressing the unwanted edge cases later? In ideal world where there's like, or okay, it's not ideal world. In a mythical world where there is some one governing party and it gets to decide everything, and there is no other country, that can, decide on their own, you could say, “Well, we need to calculate for all the consequences, and only then, maybe build this building, by replacing this park because, maybe we need this park in the city,”right? So that kind of situation. But when you're in a situation where you're in a forest, in front of a wolf, you first going to deal with the wolf that wants to eat you, and then you're going to go consult Greenpeace. So that's kind of situation that Ukraine is in.The Fourth Law, Odd Systems, and Ukraine's Drone StackNoah [00:13:59]: Enough. Because this is a tech podcast, I did want to spend some time talking about, sort of the tech in that you've developed and what you've been working on. So can you explain, I guess, first of all, like, the problem that you were trying to solve from a technical standpoint? And I think, and then maybe, like, go into some of the solutions and some of the design process that led you from designing, little laser-guided, guiding lasers with a with an iPhone versus Having drones.Yaroslav [00:14:34]: Like, it so happened, that my partners and I, we sort of So I started one company called The Fourth Law, and its goal was and is to Make, massively scalable on-drone autonomy. And then In parallel with that together with my, Petcube co-founders, partners, and friends, we started another company called Odd Systems Which, was focused on making thermal cameras. Cameras, thermal cameras are seeing thermal radiation and are used to see at night. And we're now sort of those companies are getting closer and closer together and we're probably going to merge them. And this group of companies is currently the leading, team in on-drone AI and thermal imaging on the Ukrainian battlefield, and Likely one of the leading, if not the leading in the world. So We have these, like, three sort of business units, which are cameras, drone autonomy, and drones. So the cameras and drone autonomy sell daytime and nighttime cameras and different types of drone autonomous modules to other drone manufacturers, over 200 drone manufacturers in Ukraine. And then the UAV, business unit sells the drones themselves to the armed forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian government. And there are different types of drones. Those are sort of front strike, as we call them, so those are sort of FPV strike drones and the bombers, and then interceptors. And there are different kinds of interceptors. We do Shahed interceptors and we do ISR interceptors. We don't do the deep strike-FPV Drones, Interceptors, and Battery-Powered WarfareNoah [00:16:32]: What's an ISR interceptor?Yaroslav [00:16:33]: ISR is stands for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and those are basically drones which are which, Russians are using to watch over positions and then communicate where, the targets are coming.Noah [00:16:48]: It's a reconnaissance.Yaroslav [00:16:48]: That's, the ISR is sort of a classical term for a for a reconnaissance drone.Noah [00:16:53]: Are all of these battery-powered drones that you just described? ‘Cause I know that the sort of deep strike drones still have, like Some sort ofYaroslav [00:17:01]: Internal combustion engine?Noah [00:17:02]: Internal combustion engine. Are all the things you're talking about battery-powered?Yaroslav [00:17:06]: What we're working on is all battery-powered, right? We don't do the deep strikes, right? And then in terms of autonomy-Noah [00:17:12]: You can catch a Shahed with a battery-powered thing. It's not Fast to catch.Yaroslav [00:17:17]: No, absolutely. Look, Shahed interceptor, like ours, it's called Zero, it goes up to 326 kilometers per hour.Noah [00:17:26]: For reference, how fast is a Shahed?Yaroslav [00:17:28]: Eight, like, in internal phase it could be 280, but in cruise phase it's, like, 220-ish.Yaroslav [00:17:36]: Yeah. And sorry, I'm not like you can convert that into miles if you're interested.Noah [00:17:41]: No, that's fine.Noah [00:17:41]: Multiply by two thirds or point six or something.Yaroslav [00:17:44]: That's easy. Yeah, I was saying that for autonomy modules, right, we, -We make systems, autonomous systems for frontline, for interceptors and some for deep strikes as well, and then different levels of autonomy. So from terminal guidance, which is like lasts 500 meters, give or take, to autonomous bombing, to autonomous target detection, to autonomous navigation and all of that across day and night, different terrains, different time of the year, different platforms like quadcopters and fixed wing, and maybe some other platforms. So it's quite a wide variety of products. We also have like our own simulation. We have our own training school for the war fighters. And we're about to start construction of two, semiconductor plants to make, sensors for thermal cameras. So that's super exciting for me as a computer science guy is Doing semiconductors. Super cool.Noah [00:18:49]: Like in terms of kind of core drone technologies, you basically are one is an FPV replacement without fiber optics, and the other isYaroslav [00:18:59]: YouNoah [00:18:59]: Signal tracking with interceptorsYaroslav [00:19:00]: With or without fiber optics. Fiber optics Is just like, sort of a communication module.Yaroslav [00:19:05]: You can, you can use classical analog, video link and radio link. Those would be two separate radios. You can do digital, or you can do fiber optic, and then fiber optic Has its own advantages but also adds weight and decreases, the distance and decreases, how fast you can, sort of turn and With a drone. Yeah.Noah [00:19:33]: Do you need AI for fiber optic drones?Yaroslav [00:19:36]: Like you can use AI for fiber optic drones. AI replaces a human, right? Fiber optic is making your communication link more resilient. So those are slightly different goals. Like if you want, you can have, AI controlling hundreds of fiber optic drones instead of having 100 operators for each.Fiber Optics, Radio Horizons, and Terminal GuidanceNoah [00:20:03]: I guess I thought that the key reason that people moved to fiber optic drones was for like electronic, countermeasures. Or I guess to counter those.Yaroslav [00:20:13]: I think that's a correct assessment from sort of a public awareness standpoint. In practice it's somewhat more difficult Because besides electronic countermeasures, you have these issues of a radio horizon For FPV drones, which means that asYaroslav [00:20:36]: I believe Earth is round Some people disagree. But basically if you fly a drone and you have a land station over here and a drone flying over hereYaroslav [00:20:49]: If your drone is flying high, you have good direct radio visibility. If your drone goes low, and usually, Russian infantry and vehicles, they're on the ground and you want to hit them, you need to go low. Lower you go, maybe you'll get behind a hill or behind a forest, and if you're far enough, you'll just get behind the curvature of the earth. You get into what's called a radio shadow. And then That is a real bummer because for the last, be it 60 or 20 meters, you won't be able to see anything and it will be very difficult to hit the target. So to counter that what-- And then the distances that these FPV drones, act on they're, they can be quite large. So for example, here in the US there was this drone dominance program competition, and in drone dominance the furthest distance was about 10 kilometers.Noah [00:21:44]: What was drone dominance? What was that competition?Yaroslav [00:21:47]: Drone, the drone dominance is a is a program started, by the US government, to accelerate the development of drone technology here in the US.Noah [00:21:57]: Got it. And the longest range thing they were using was 10 kilometers.Yaroslav [00:22:00]: Was 10 kilometers, right. In Ukraine, like if your drone doesn't fly at least 20, 25, it just, no one's interested in it, and the usual hits are happening. It was like, okay, many hits are happening between 30 and 40 kilometers, and that's what expected from a regular 10-inch, FPV drone. So at that distance, even at altitudes of like 60 to 100 meters, you might start losing, the link. So some of the earlier AI technology that was fielded in FPV drone was this terminal guidance technology. That was the first product that we ever, launched that helped you as an operator, once you see the target from two, three, 500 meters, you lock onto the target and then, it just, drives the drone towards the target no matter what, even after you lost the visual connection. So optic fiber solves that. However, if you want to go like 20 kilometers with optic fiber, that will add an extra three kilos, of useful weight to your drone. SoNoah [00:23:12]: ‘Cause the cable that you have to unspool as you go weighs.Noah [00:23:15]: It is heavy.Yaroslav [00:23:15]: At first, like the spool is about 800 grams, so a bit less than a kilo, and then, and then think about 10, 10 kilometer optic fiber is another kilo, something like that. That takes away from your useful mass and then now you have like, you need a 15-inch drone and it can only carry maybe one or two kilos of explosives if you want to go, 20 kilometers. If you want to go to 30 or 40, like 30 is probably max. 40 is like very problem problematic on optic fiber. And then the problem with optic fiber is it's actually getting super expensive. So and why? Because of all the data centers for AI. That's literally the same optic fiber-Noah [00:24:01]: We're running out of centersYaroslav [00:24:02]: That's being used there.Yaroslav [00:24:02]: Like when Ukrainians and Russians come to Chinese factories to buy the optic fiber, they're like, “We're out. We sold it out to the Americans.”? That's the craziest thing. So optic fiber went up in price from like, $4 per, kilometer to like, $32 per kilometer in a few months in the beginning of this year. And I'veBrandon [00:24:26]: Claude Code is stopping the Russian drone effort here.Yaroslav [00:24:30]: Ukrainian as well. Yeah.Brandon [00:24:31]: Ukrainian. But I read somewhere that the Russians had grown more dependent on fiber optic drones relative to the Ukrainians, and that's one reason why the Ukrainians have sort of regained the initiative in drones recently.Brandon [00:24:42]: How accurate's that?Yaroslav [00:24:43]: The Russians were the first ones to scale that. I think by as of now, Ukraine has caught up. I think, like, as of maybe three months ago, Ukraine is mostly caught up on fiber optic. Yeah.Brandon [00:24:57]: What percent of damage would you say is in terms of FPV drone damage would you say is now fiber optic versus, like autonomous?FPVs as the New God of War: Tanks, Artillery, and Cost per KillYaroslav [00:25:07]: For our, for our audience, I actually, I cannot answer that question. Like, it's like I know the answer, but I would not disclose that. But for our audience, I think another interesting fact is out of all the casualties on the front line Between 70 and 80% are done by FPV drones.Brandon [00:25:30]: FPV drones are the new weapon of universal weapon of warfare.Yaroslav [00:25:34]: It'sBrandon [00:25:35]: Land warfare, anywayYaroslav [00:25:35]: They used to say that artillery is a god of war because artillery used to cause, like 80% of casualties, and now On that ranking-Brandon [00:25:46]: FPVYaroslav [00:25:47]: FPV drones rule.Brandon [00:25:48]: FPV drones are the god of war.Yaroslav [00:25:51]: Sort of. Dethroned artillery. But it's not to say that artillery is not useful, is not needed. Like, all of these systems are needed. Maybe except cavalry, although Russians still use it. I know, have you seen the videos of Russians using mules and horses?Brandon [00:26:09]: What is the usefulness-Yaroslav [00:26:10]: It'Brandon [00:26:10]: Of a tank in the in the modern-Yaroslav [00:26:11]: That's where we need Greenpeace to say a word, but they're silent. Yeah.Brandon [00:26:15]: What's the use of a tank on the modern battlefield?Yaroslav [00:26:21]: It's diminishing.Brandon [00:26:22]: Diminishing.Yaroslav [00:26:22]: However, I think there might be technologies which will, revive the tank. Look, tank still provides you armor, and armor is important. Like, you still need to armor and firepower, right? Like, you can be an armor personal carrier that provides you, armor. The challenge that currently exists is armor is not very well protected against incoming drones. However, there are ways to do to protect it. We were previously talking about this before the podcast. The CEO of Rheinmetall, recently sort of ridiculed, Ukrainian drone industry, saying that like, there is nothing interesting there, no real innovation, no to stand Compared to like, Rheinmetall or Boeing, and it's all made by housewives. There was like, obviously a ton of memes about this people ridiculing the CEO of Rheinmetall. And one of the best quotes, I heard on this topic is from my friend, Alexey Babenko, who's, the head of and founder of VIARI Drone, which is one of the largest manufacturers of FPV drones. They're our partner. They're using our autonomy. So he said that the drones we manufacture in one day will be more than enough to destroy all the tanks Rheinmetall manufactures in a year.Yaroslav [00:27:52]: Then, yeah, cost-wise, of course, a drone is like, $500 and a Rheinmetall tank is what, probably 5 million-ish or maybe more.Brandon [00:28:00]: Don't mess with those housewives.Yaroslav [00:28:03]: Drone wives.Brandon [00:28:04]: Drone wives.Yaroslav [00:28:06]: That's it.Noah [00:28:06]: There's a classic saying that everyone always fights the last war.Noah [00:28:12]: Yet do How did So from your standpoint, how did we get to the point where tanks became irrelevant in at least for now In a matter of just a few years?Yaroslav [00:28:24]: Look, I think it's the same way, how do we get to the point that calculators become irrelevant?Yaroslav [00:28:31]: Now we have iPhones. Like, why would you need a calculator? Technology progresses and its influence grows non-linearly. It's all exponential. So I can tell you that full autonomy, when you put it on a drone Look, so if you, if you think about a tank and a like, it's not a direct comparison, but even, like, a drone and a artillery shell or like, sort of cost per kill, an artillery shell for 155 caliber, which is a standard NATO caliber Currently market price is about $4,000 per piece. So compare that to say, $400 per drone. That's 10 times more expensive. Account for the amortization of the artillery gun and for how vulnerable it is and what is the sort of tactical, capabilities it gives you as compared to a drone. You'll figure out that an FPV drone is maybe three orders of magnitude, more versatile, more useful, more capable than artillery and many of than a classic artillery. Many of Because there are different types of artillery. Not just, like, one 155. You have mortars, you have all that. But give or take, roughly three orders of magnitude maybe. Again, it doesn't have that firepower. It's not one-to-one comparison still.Yaroslav [00:29:53]: Now, take that FPV drone. When you put full autonomy on that FPV drone, which can be not very expensive, like systems that we're, producing are like, in hundreds of dollars of pure bombFull Autonomy: From Human Pilots to Smartphone-Directed Drone MissionsNoah [00:30:06]: Just interrupt. You said full autonomy Just a second ago you were saying that the autonomy here is guidance, right? It's not decision-making.Yaroslav [00:30:14]: No, I was I was saying that's the f-First and sort of easiest pieces of autonomy that was fielded by us. But if you, if you add full autonomy to a droneBrandon [00:30:24]: He, I think he's asking what does it can you, for the listeners, can you explain What the term full autonomy means?Yaroslav [00:30:29]: Basically, I think a good way to think about an FPV drone is like an iPhone of warfare. It's, like, very inexpensive, very mass producible, very versatile. You don't need a bunch of other things when you have a iPhone in your pocket. You don't have, need an MP3 player, you don't need a calculator, don't need other things. All right? So FPV drone is an iPhone. Or like, okay, Apple please don't sue me, is a smartphone. And then, when you add autonomy to it sort of becomes like Uber or ride sharing. Okay? So what it means is instead of actually being a trained pilot who has this complex remote controller device which requires a couple months of training to actually pilot the drone, and then having to pilot it for 30 minutes, flying towards the target, et cetera, et cetera, now you basically, you have your smartphone, you have a drone, you pick your smartphone, you say, “We are here. The bad guys are here. Go and get them.” And the drone goes up, flies in a given direction, localizes itself on the map, finds the dedicated area where they, the bad guys are supposed to be sees the bad guys, bombs them, return, like, watches, so does a damage assessment, returns back, sits down, and then you can pick it up and watch the video if you didn't have the radio link, right?Noah [00:31:59]: That's a bomber drone.Yaroslav [00:32:00]: That's full autonomy for a bomber drone, right?Noah [00:32:03]: You're saying that no human decision is made in this entire process?Brandon [00:32:06]: That's not, that's not what he's saying.Yaroslav [00:32:07]: A human decision was made at the beginning of the process-Noah [00:32:09]: I get it. I get itYaroslav [00:32:09]: The same way as you would fire an artillery.Yaroslav [00:32:12]: When you fire an artillery, you don't stop at like, 500 meters away from a target and ask it whether, you want to strike or not. That's exactly, a human decision is always made at some point. So when you do that's full autonomy, and such full autonomy is happening as we speak. And such full autonomy increases the capabilities of an FPV drone, which is already, like, three orders more powerful than an artillery shell. Full autonomy increases its capabilities by four orders of magnitude because now you can have 100 times as many people who can use it, because you don't need to train those people, and this is important. You can have 10 times, mission success rate, and you can have 10 times utility per drone because now instead of being one-way kamikaze, it's, it can be a bomber.Brandon [00:33:05]: Now wait, let's, you said 10 times mission success rate, which means that fully autonomous bomber drones succeed in their missions 10 times more often than human piloted bomber drones do. That's an important thing to know.Noah [00:33:17]: Maybe, to push back onBrandon [00:33:19]: They're super, they're superhuman. They're, they' 10X superhuman.Yaroslav [00:33:22]: They're not vulnerable to electronic warfare. They don't care about the radio horizon. They don't lose track during navigation. They are not susceptible to human error when, an artillery shell or other drone blows up besides you and you're like, “Hell no,”like, “I'm getting out of here.” Right? That doesn't happen to an autonomous drone. Like, all of those things. Like, we have, like, one of the brigades that's using our drones with just first level autonomy They literally said that their success rates-Brandon [00:33:53]: What's first level autonomy?Yaroslav [00:33:54]: First level autonomy is just the terminal guidance.Yaroslav [00:33:57]: By the way, we have video of that. We can watch that.Brandon [00:33:59]: Terminal guidance means a human gets it nearby and then the AI takes over.Yaroslav [00:34:03]: The human flies it all the way, like 30 kilometers towards the target, and obviously the target was probably given to that human by someone who's flying some ISR drone, some reconnaissance drone, right? So all the way to the target, and once you see the target from a distance of 500 meters, you do target lock, and from there drone flies autonomous. So just that feature alone, it has increased the guy's, his call sign is Grom, so it has increased his, mission success rate, like precision of mission, yeah, mission success rate from 20% to 71%, and it also increased his kill zone from three kilometers to 10 kilometers, which means there's certain area around the front line which is designated kill zone. Whenever enemy goes into that area, it's almost guaranteed to be to be destroyed by a drone. And then obviously the drones are not launched from like, the zero line. They're usually launched from like, minus 10 kilometer-Mission Success, Failure Modes, and the Five Levels of AutonomyBrandon [00:35:03]: What is a zero line?Yaroslav [00:35:05]: Zero line is sort of an imaginary line of control, of two conflicting forces.Brandon [00:35:14]: It's important to explain these things to a lot of the listeners who areYaroslav [00:35:17]: Thank you for askingBrandon [00:35:18]: Familiar with warfare.Noah [00:35:20]: Myself.Noah [00:35:20]: I'm one of those listeners.Brandon [00:35:20]: You said that level one autonomy, in other words just terminal guidance, just, like, human gets it to the finish line and then it goes over the finish line, increases mission success from 20 something percent to 71%, or something like that.Yaroslav [00:35:33]: Increases the kill zoneBrandon [00:35:34]: Increases the kill zoneYaroslav [00:35:34]: Three kilometers to 10 kilometers.Brandon [00:35:36]: Got it.Yaroslav [00:35:36]: On both parameters-Brandon [00:35:37]: What is full autonomy, dude? AndNoah [00:35:38]: Actually on real quick, can we define mission success and like, maybe in a way, what are the failure modes of missions?Brandon [00:35:44]: I have a guess what mission success is.Noah [00:35:46]: But I couldBrandon [00:35:47]: Get ‘em.Yaroslav [00:35:49]: No, but that's a very good question, in fact, because, even if you fly into the target, well, first the target can be damaged or destroyed. Those are two different modes. Then there can be different targets. A sole infantryman is one kind of target. A dugout where supposed there are some, enemies there is another kind of target, and a some mechanical equipment is another type of target. Radio emitting equipment, which, like, often, like, the targets that the military want to get more than anything else is the some enemy radio tower or something like that or some small radio dish that really makes life difficult in that area, in that combat area. So those are different targets, right? It can be destroyed, can be damaged.Then sometimes, the drone hits but doesn't explode. Like, that happens. And then, there are other failure modes. You didn't even reach the target because you were A jammed by electronic warfare; B, you lost the control over drone because of the radio horizon; C, you were jammed by a different type of electronic warfare that happens way before You hit the target area. It's, impacting your, video receiver. So like jamming on video or jamming on control are two different types of jamming. Then something malfunctioned on a drone, just a mechanical malfunction, maybe like a motor broke or like, whatever. So all of those are different failure modes. Yeah, or maybe you got lost, you're navigate navigating to your, to your target. That happens, too.Noah [00:37:41]: The Level one autonomy, basically you manage to point in a direction.Noah [00:37:49]: You go there, and then the last mile The drone taking over.Yaroslav [00:37:52]: We define this like, I define that but it sort of got picked up by the industry. We define five levels of autonomy. So level one is terminal guidance. It's what we just discussed. Level two is bombing. Level three is autonomous target detection and engagement decision. Level four is autonomous navigation. And level five is autonomous takeoff and landing.Noah [00:38:15]: Those are good things to knowYaroslav [00:38:16]: Those are five levels of autonomy. Now, if youNoah [00:38:19]: I have a question for you.Yaroslav [00:38:19]: Sorry. Like, let me finish withNoah [00:38:21]: SorryYaroslav [00:38:21]: Theoretical part.Noah [00:38:23]: What is Tesla running at right now?Yaroslav [00:38:25]: Tesla?Noah [00:38:25]: No, sorry.Yaroslav [00:38:26]: That's very good point. Like, it's exactly, it was inspired by the levels of self-driving autonomy.Noah [00:38:32]: Waymo's level five, right?Noah [00:38:35]: You just tell it where you want to go, it picks you up, and then you go there.Yaroslav [00:38:36]: I think, like, if you, if you look at the classic definitions of self-driving cars, Waymo is still, like, level four because it still requires even remote, but still, like, human control. It's like if Waymo gets in trouble, there is an operator who takes over and resolves this. So that would still be a level four. It doesn't map directly, but it's also five levels.Brandon [00:38:58]: Can I, can I interject a question here? In terms of an FPV drone that's like a suicide drone that'll just blow itself up killing something, how do what it hit? Like, does it, just transmit back, or do you sort of like, lose track of it and hope it hit? Like, what happens to that?Yaroslav [00:39:16]: That's a great question. SoBrandon [00:39:18]: You need another droneYaroslav [00:39:19]: Like, the current battlefield in Ukraine is saturated with different types of drones. So obviously you have all the FPV drones and last year alone, Ukraine manufactured about 4 million of these, and then Russia's maybe, like, 20% less than that. And for this year, the publicly voiced target was 7 million on Ukrainian side. So it's, like, serious numbers. We're getting in serious numbers here. And then besides those, there are different, reconnaissance drones, ISR as we call them, and there are sort of tactical level ISR where we, both Ukrainians and Russians usually use, Mavic, drone by DJI. And then there are a bunch of locally produced drones, which are sort of fixed wing drones that can stay in the air for much longer than Mavic, maybe, like, half an hour. And then, there are drones that can stay for many hours or even up to a day. And those drones have, are more expensive, have more expensive cameras, et cetera, et cetera. We hunt those drones that Russians launch. The Russians hunt our drones, and so on. But ideally, when you, are a group of soldiers operating an FPV, you'll have someone in your, company, or someone in your platoon who has an ISR asset that will do target designation for you. They'll say, “Oh, like, there's a Russian vehicle over there. Go and get him.”and you go there, you get it, and they're like, “Okay, confirmed.”Battlefield Surveillance and the Eight Dimensions of AutonomyBrandon [00:40:57]: Those guys are watching. They have their own drones in the sky.Yaroslav [00:40:59]: Target destroyed. They have, like, a carousel of drones because One Mavic cannot stay more than 30 minutes. ItBrandon [00:41:06]: They're constantly surveilling the battlefield.Yaroslav [00:41:07]: Almost every spot on the battlefield.Yaroslav [00:41:11]: It's not always the case. Sometimes you will not have a surveillance asset, so then you would launch another FPV just to confirm that there was a hit. Then if you see there was a hit and you're not sure if it completely destroyed, you maybe hit again for good measure.Brandon [00:41:26]: You double tap.Yaroslav [00:41:28]: That's how it works. But I was about to give you another sort of piece of taxonomy. So you have five levels of autonomy, right? Then you have sort of eight dimensions of autonomous battlefield. So what is eight dimensions? It's crucial to understand how autonomy evolves in a modern, battlefield environment. So dimension number one is level of autonomy. What are the capabilities that your asset has? Dimension number two is the platform you're operating on. So it can be a quadcopter, a fixed wing drone, different types of maybe, like, a long range drone or short range drone, but it can also be a missile. You can have autonomy even on an artillery shell or a ground vehicle or a sea vehicle. So all of those are different platforms. Level three would be domain. So it's ground to ground or ground to air as an intersection, or ground to sea or sea to air. They're all, like, all the nuances with different domains. Then level four, would be higher levels of autonomy, such as swarming, drone carriers, drone nests, et cetera.Brandon [00:42:39]: Now when you're saying level, you're talking about dimensions, not about-Yaroslav [00:42:42]: Sorry. YeahBrandon [00:42:43]: Autonomy levels. So dimension four.Yaroslav [00:42:43]: The dimension. Yeah, I used to say I was supposed to say dimension. I say dimension because each of them works with another, right? So you might have, like third level autonomy, fixed wing drone operating in land to air, and stuff like that right? And then operating in a swarm or operating from a nest. Right? Then you have, sort of dimension number five is environment. So is it day or night? Is it summer or winter? Is it, humid, cold, dry? What kind of target is it? Is your target hiding in a forest, or is it, behind a hill or within buildings? So all of that is environment. Then you have, dimension number six is command and control. How are you dealing with or like, tens of thousands of those assets around the battlefield? How are you coordinating that on the higher levels of command? How are you collecting data? All that.Yaroslav [00:43:44]: Dimension number seven would be infrastructure, so things like simulation, data collection tools, security, deployment mechanisms, et cetera. So all those systems have to be developed separately and integrate with all the others. And finally, dimension number eight is sort of distribution. Have you deployed 100 of these systems or 100,000 of these systems? Because those are two very different ballgames. So that now gives you a more broad overview of how autonomy propagates across the battle space.Targeting, Human Responsibility, and Rules of EngagementNoah [00:44:23]: As someone who has done machine learning and had gone out of distribution and had things, go horribly wrong, you were talking several of these, kind of axes of thinking about drone warfare seem like they could be very susceptible to some sort of distribution shift if you start making things autonomous.Yaroslav [00:44:41]: Like what?Noah [00:44:41]: I mean Well, first ofYaroslav [00:44:43]: If the I'm very interested Sort of sort of kinds of scenarios that you're thinking about.Noah [00:44:48]: Like the most obvious one is you, if I assume these are computer vision guided systems for at least the last mile, how do you ensure that oh, well, like you now have some fog roll in or something, and you, the drones just attack the wrong thing? Or maybe, it probably will not turn around and fly back and attack you, but youYaroslav [00:45:10]: Same, the same, the same question, how do you ensure that your mortar fire hits the right thing? Well, it's like mortar fire, give or take half a kilometer could be plus or minus. So maybe you fire one, and then you fire another. So drones are actually, much better in being precise in those scenarios. And I think, to your point, I think five to 10 years from now it will be immoral to use weapons without AI.Yaroslav [00:45:44]: ‘Cause weapons without AI will be more likely to cause, collateral damage or unwanted damage. Same way, it will be immoral to drive your own car manually on a public road because it's more likely to cause, unwanted damage.Noah [00:46:02]: Wow, I never considered that mightBrandon [00:46:04]: Really? That's definitely coming.Yaroslav [00:46:07]: Anyway.Brandon [00:46:07]: No, but that' I don't know, it's an obvious, an obvious thought. I agree with you.Brandon [00:46:12]: I, No, they, obviously they're not going to let you drive once most of the cars on the road are autonomous.Noah [00:46:17]: No, that one, don't I believe.Yaroslav [00:46:19]: No, I think you were you were talking about drones, right?Brandon [00:46:21]: The drones, right. Cool.Yaroslav [00:46:22]: The weapons, right?Brandon [00:46:23]: Friendly fire and collateral damage and stuff like that is all minimized with AI.Brandon [00:46:27]: Here's my question. Take all let's go to level six autonomy. Let's take all of the target selection. Let's take all the battlefield data, integrate it into one big AI, and have that big AI basically be in command of the battlefield And agentically do target selection.Yaroslav [00:46:44]: Be the general, right?Brandon [00:46:44]: It's a general. It's, you've cut humans out of the loop except maybe as dexterous robots, repairing drones and fastening things to drones or maybe something like that because you don't have those robots yet. How soon are we there? AI general.Yaroslav [00:46:58]: The most important thing to ask ourselves is who will be faster to that us or our adversaries?Brandon [00:47:07]: I assume us, but how fast will we be to that? I hope us.Yaroslav [00:47:11]: I hope so too.Brandon [00:47:12]: How fast can we Like when are we looking at that in terms of like horizons years?Yaroslav [00:47:18]: Like technically, it could be done now. The question is of course, there's, some engineering work to be done. The bigger challenge is deployment. Right? So okay, technically Like operation in Iran, right? They, the publicly, it was claimed that I think Palantir system was used for target designation, et cetera, et cetera. So it is not exactly as you say, the AI makes all the decisions, but basically AI goes through all the data you have, gives you these 1,027 different targets and says, “You-- To confirm, please press Okay.” And you look at the targets and you're like, “Yeah, sounds right. Press Okay.”so that's, I think that's where we are now already, or we were a couple weeks ago as we're recording this on April 10th. Another question is how massively deployable it is. Is it, like, every decision being made like that or is it, like, just some of the decisions made like that? And then different levels of command and control. There you have, like, the platoon, the company level, the battalion, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. But the tricky thing here when we get into that territory, the tricky thing is If your enemy is getting advantage of being Thousand times faster than yourself by deploying such systems What do you do?Yaroslav [00:49:10]: You got to-Brandon [00:49:12]: The if the enemy is a thousand times faster than you at deploying those systems?Yaroslav [00:49:16]: Like, if enemy starts deploying level six autonomy, as you call And you have not started doingBrandon [00:49:22]: You're in troubleYaroslav [00:49:23]: Yes, exactly. So you have to catch up. So my point is that it is very important to think about the safety of these systems, but that thinking should not slow you down in developing them because they are critical for your existential, survival, right? And like, one person who doesn't think, doesn't get to think about the ethics of the war is a dead person. That person surely doesn't get to think about that.Brandon [00:49:52]: What would be the safety risk of such a system?Yaroslav [00:49:55]: Of course-Brandon [00:49:56]: Friendly fire?Yaroslav [00:49:56]: Just wrong decisions, right?Brandon [00:49:59]: I see.Yaroslav [00:49:59]: Maybe, these decisions-AI Command Decisions, Dead Zones, and Complex BattlefieldsBrandon [00:50:06]: Skynet AI decides it's going to useYaroslav [00:50:08]: No, these-Brandon [00:50:08]: Drone army to kill usYaroslav [00:50:09]: Decisions will not only be made about drones. They are likely to made about what the humans should do on your side as well. Then obviously some environments are more like Ukrainian-Russian war, where you haveBrandon [00:50:26]: It will have to choose to risk lives. It will have to choose to sacrifice human lives-Yaroslav [00:50:28]: Of courseBrandon [00:50:29]: On your side.Yaroslav [00:50:29]: Of course. And then some environments are just, like, dead, like, dead zones and there are no civilians there, or virtually no civilians close to the front line because, like, super dangerous. Everyone has evacuated from there. But there are other environments which are more like, okay, there's a counterterrorist operation. There's, like, a group of terrorists or a group of civilians. Or like, it's like the recent operations in Iran, I imagine that the US and Israeli forces do not want to harm civilians. They only targeted the military targets there, right? So in those situations, it's a different level of responsibility for that decision-making as well. And then there is just such a big variety of those military missions, and I'm not even, like, well-informed or well-educated in military science to tell you about all those scenarios. We would need to put some general besides me, and maybe a Ukraine general and American general would have told you very different stories about these things.Brandon [00:51:34]: Got it. Can I ask a few more questions? All right. So in 2013, I wrote one of my first, paid articles ever was about how the era of drones will change human society. I was just sitting around bored thinking about things.Yaroslav [00:51:54]: You were way ahead of your time.Brandon [00:51:55]: I said, I said, “The following will happen.”Yaroslav [00:51:57]: It's, this article is real. I've read it.Yaroslav [00:51:58]: It's actually-Brandon [00:51:59]: I said small autonomous, suicide drones, will cleanse the battlefield of human infantry. Human infantry will not be able to stand against swarms of AI-powered, suicide drones. That was I didn't even know about, like, AlexNet at the time, I think.Yaroslav [00:52:19]: You're just an avid sci-fi reader.Brandon [00:52:23]: I'm an avid sci-fi reader, but also, like, it's not Like, there will be a way to do that. It's a it's a nonlinear multidimensional search problem, and you get enough compute, you'll find some search algorithm that will get you there. And soBrandon [00:52:38]: I, yeah, I think that one sentence describes the bitter lesson right there.Brandon [00:52:41]: It's just like it's a multidimensional search space. You search it somehow. I don't know. Figure out some get a grad student-Yaroslav [00:52:47]: Sooner or laterBrandon [00:52:47]: To make a search algorithm.Brandon [00:52:48]: It's not that hard. Anyway, so but then, but I guess the point is The point is that human infantry on the battlefield will be will be gone at the end. I wrote that in 2013. Many people on social media laughed at me for that called me hysterical, said things like, “Electronic warfare will knock all the drones out of the sky.”like, “You need humans to hold ground.”that's something you still hear from a lot of people on social media today. I feel that this article that I've written has never been directionally wrong. It has gotten more and more right steadily over time, and that we're very reading the battlefield reports from Ukraine, where, human infantry are basically guy, like a few guys hiding in dugouts for months, and I'm not sure what they're doing.Yaroslav [00:53:35]: That's on Ukraine's side. On the Russian side, that's just like a zerg rush.Brandon [00:53:38]: The zerg rush, and then they just die. Then, but they have some guys in dugouts too, right? Like hiding in dugouts for months.Yaroslav [00:53:45]: They have. Yeah.Brandon [00:53:45]: Like, but that like, what are those guys doing in the dugouts? Are providing, like, frontline, like, reconnaissance? Like, what are they doing?Yaroslav [00:53:54]: If there is a guy in a dugout with some bullets and automatic weapon, the other guy cannot come and take the that dugout. That'Brandon [00:54:07]: I seeYaroslav [00:54:08]: They are they're establishing control over territory.Brandon [00:54:10]: I see. So that is so there still is a use for human infantry on the battlefield as of today.Yaroslav [00:54:15]: LikeBrandon [00:54:15]: How long will that last?Yaroslav [00:54:17]: I think it will last for a while. This is funny. There's this whole Layer of the modern culture, a modern Ukraine culture built around the war-related stuff. So there is this -Punk rock band, that is called SZC, I guess in English that would be. Which stands short for like a deserter or something like that. So anyhow, this band has a song titled “2030.” It's basically about the year 2030, and the war still goes on as like the whatever, third world war or whatever. And they basically, they, sang about the AI and like cyborgs and everything, but the simple infantry is still needed, and we're still, like, getting cold in those dugouts, and we're still doing our job. That's sort of the theme of the song. And it seems like that's actually what's going to happen. There areGround Robots, Simulation, and the Limits of World ModelsBrandon [00:55:30]: Ground robots will not replace humans in the dugouts soon.Yaroslav [00:55:34]: I'm very much interested in following the whole humanoid robot theme andBrandon [00:55:39]: What about like a dog robot?Noah [00:55:41]: Or just mobile controlled platforms or something.Brandon [00:55:44]: Spider robot, yeah.Brandon [00:55:45]: Everything evolves into a crab.Brandon [00:55:46]: You build a crab robot.Yaroslav [00:55:47]: A humanoid-Noah [00:55:48]: The carcinization of warfare.Yaroslav [00:55:51]: There is a lot of utility in humanoid robots because the world is designed around humanoids. So I would not, like, 100% disqualify the possibility that sometimes 10 years in the future, humanoid robots, will be actually fighting. So that's an actual Terminator kind of scenario.Brandon [00:56:14]: Yeah, in the first Terminator movie, you look at what they've got on the battlefield, they've got flying bomber drones and humanoid robots.Yaroslav [00:56:20]: Look, the cost of large language models of running them is getting so low, you can have basically an inexpensive computer running, what was a state-of-the-art model a year and a half ago, running it locally on a device with an open source model, which also means that the Chinese can have it, the Russians can have it, the North Koreans can have it, et cetera. So that is already possible. And with when we're looking at the acceleration of the neural nets, I would've, if not the acceleration of the large language models, I would've said that I don't think that humanoid robots will be able to be useful in the battlefield earlier than in 10 years. But if you account for the exponential, it might be five years or so. The problem with all of the autonomous systems, and it's like starts with self-driving cars and even with all the AI, like modern day AI agents, to make them really, useful, you have to solve such a long tail of edge cases, that it's really difficult to make them useful. Like we were promised, self-driving cars, what, like 2007, Sebastian Thrun and Google, and even before that all the challenges, everything. And Elon of course told us it's going to be one year from 2014, and now we still don't have self-driving Teslas everywhere. We have Waymos in SF and some other places, but they're still, like, not perfect. So I think, I expect something similar from self-flying drones and fully autonomous drones, and we saw that firsthand as with each level of autonomy that we're adding, there is a very wide distance between a prototype and something that is ready to be scaled to millions of units and something that has been scaled to millions of units. But the race with like AI coding tools is just insane. So things might accelerate very fast, faster than we can imagine.Noah [00:58:46]: I think your point is that with due to this long tail behavior Level one autonomy as you've defined it, is actually very natural. Like you basically are just solving an image recognition and tracking system.Yaroslav [00:59:02]: It's actually interesting that you say it that way, and I thought about this the very same way, and we have this joke that there are like 200 companies in Ukraine which are trying to solve last mile, targeting or terminal guidance. It seems like we're like the only company that actually solved that because even that problem-Noah [00:59:22]: I'm not saying it's, I'm not saying it's trivial, but it's at least something that you imagine given our current state.Yaroslav [00:59:26]: Like us and Eric Schmidt, like Eric Schmidt's companies are pretty good.Yaroslav [00:59:29]: Like, I actually have lots of respect to what they're doing, and they're, they have been practically influential and helpful on the battlefield, and they have good engineering.Noah [00:59:38]: I wasn't, I wasn't saying it's trivial. I'm just saying this is a something naturally adaptive based upon things that we know work, well. But some of the other domains that where you do have to make decisions and you have a long tail become much harder, and you worry about edge cases more.Yaroslav [00:59:57]: Like the more, the more complex behavior you're trying to simulate, the more edge cases there are right? The more ways to do it wrong there are. And then there are different approaches. It's like if you think about, if you read academic papers about robotics, right? You sort of the robot is represented as something that has the sort of sensor input, and then you have three, levels of sort of logics or decision-making, which are perception, planning, and control, and then you have actuators as output.So pre-neural nets, you would do perception output and control all with classic logics, right? Then, with AlexNet and computer vision, you could do perception with neural nets and the rest with logic. You cannot currently do each of those separately with neural nets, each of those separately with logics, or you can just have one huge neural net that just takes lots of sensory data. It's not just pixels. Could be sound, could be accelerometer, could be everything, as input, and just outputs the controls. And some of the self-driving car companies are doing that or like, experimenting between different ways of doing that. So you can also, like, think about that and the way you implement those features, also influences how much degrees of freedom the system would have, right? Like control, you can do it classical algorithmic control with common filters and PAD filter, PAD controllers, et cetera, or you can do a neural net, that was trained in a gym with a reinforcement learning, et cetera. And those would be two different behaviors of a system.Noah [01:01:53]: I-- Maybe my point was just much more high level. It'Yaroslav [01:01:56]: Or you can If you go even like, if you go high level, you can, you can like train to like have whatever, like Feifei Li and folks who are doing like physical, sortBrandon [01:02:08]: World modelsYaroslav [01:02:08]: World models, right, physical intelligence, they're trying to make these big models and sort of understand the world and then supposedly you have such model and you can tell a drone, “Okay, like, go over that hill and like, find the bad guys and then get them,”or “Make me a video, make me a photo of the guy smiling and get back to me.” Right? That's one way. Another way you have like these subsystems, like one is navigation, another is finding the person, another is like getting to them to take a photo. And those are again, very different behaviors. And then it's not that one is necessarily better than the other, and we might have more technological ability to do one or another. But all of those systems will exist. And then again, you should always keep in mind that it's only the not only the good guys that are developing these systems, the bad guys are developing these systems as well.China's Drone Supply Chain and the West's Manufacturing GapNoah [01:03:00]: I guess where I'm going with this back to Noah's original thought with the end of the end of the soldier. And so in order to replace-Brandon [01:03:10]: Or at least the end of the rifleman.Noah [01:03:11]: Or the end of the rifleman, yeah.Yaroslav [01:03:13]: I'm not seeing that very close, and it was like I'm, as much as I'm a lover of sci-fi and all of that and a technologist, the more I try to beYaroslav [01:03:27]: Like the I try to have certain humility about these things, and like the military, domain and there was just so much human history and blood and tears, dedicated to sort of understanding this art of war and perfecting it and so on. There is so much knowledge in there that I don't feel like I even started to comprehend, a lot of that. But one thing that I really understood is that even though drones are now making eighty percent of the casualties, you go to the actual officers, you talk to the actual, like, brigade commanders, corps commanders, and they explain to you, how all of it fits together, how when you're thinking about an operation that involves a couple thousand people to get this piece of land, out of the enemy's hands, deoccu deoccupy it, how it is so complex, it involves, dozens of different types of drones and then land operations and reconnaissance operations, psychological operations and then aviations and tanks and logistics and all kinds of these different assets. So modern warfare is really very complex, and the fact that the drones are the latest, coolest thing, and then the AI is latest, coolest thing, doesn't mean that now it's that and only that right? So yeah. Whoever's looking into that I think should realize that it's not just what the press talks about, that the reality is much more difficult, much more complex.Brandon [01:05:17]: Let's talk about China and China's manufacturing capabilities. So suppose that someone, like suppose the United States went to war with China. AndYaroslav [01:05:26]: I hope not.Brandon [01:05:27]: I hope not as well. And then but suppose that drones were very essential to that war of all the types of drones that we're talking about here, and that suppose that China said, “All right, well, you need X and Y and Z, to make those drones to fight us, and we control the production of X and Y and Z, so we're just going to cut you right off, and now you have no drones.”Brandon [01:05:47]: I know that a number of countries, including Ukraine and Taiwan, have been making moves to China-proof their drone productions that China couldn't do that. Examples of things they might be able to cut off might include rare earths, fiber optic cable that you were talking about before, various other things that where even if they don't control one hundred percent of the production, they control enough of the production that would be extremely expensive to produce it without relying on Chinese sources. Or the market's fragmented enough, et cetera. What do you see as China's key bottlenecks, and how easy are those to overcome in terms of China-proofing drone production in case of a war against China?Yaroslav [01:06:30]: Let me start with a saying that -Although China does not sell directly to Ukraine and it does sell directly to Russia, a lot of Ukrainian supply chains, they start in China, right?Yaroslav [01:06:49]: We're not in a conflict with China, and we would not want to be in a conflict with China. And we'd hope that China stays a neutral power between Ukraine and Russia and the US as well. That said, the scenario that you're describing, everything is much worse.Yaroslav [01:07:11]: Think about this. Last year, Ukraine produced four million FPV drones. Ukraine is not the most industrious nation in the world.Yaroslav [01:07:19]: China can produce four billion of these FPV drones.Yaroslav [01:07:23]: China can make them not drones with propellers, but fixed-wing drones, which go not forty kilometers far, but maybe two to three hundred kilometers inland.

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