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Please Reboot Your System

2024/11/22
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System Crash

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The episode explores the implications of the alliance between Donald Trump and Elon Musk, discussing how it will shape both politics and the tech industry. The hosts analyze the transactional nature of this relationship and its potential impact on tech regulation and government efficiency.
  • Trump and Musk's relationship is largely transactional, with both benefiting from proximity to power.
  • Tech CEOs immediately pledged loyalty to Trump, seeking favor and avoiding regulatory scrutiny.
  • The Department of Government Efficiency, led by Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, aims to cut government spending drastically.

Shownotes Transcript

The system is crashing, and we’re here to guide you through the wreckage. In the inaugural episode of System Crash, Brian Merchant and Paris Marx dig into how the alliance of Donald Trump and Elon Musk—along with his Silicon Valley cohort—is poised to transform both our politics and the tech world. Plus, how generative AI is trained on thousands of Hollywood scripts and why Bluesky gives us (a least a little) hope.

Mentioned this week:

  • Sam Biddle) on how Trump is a win for tech’s “warrior class” in the Intercept.
  • The Financial Times) wrote about advertisers heading back to Twitter/X to gain the favor of Trump and Musk. (See also: Paris’s newsletter) on Musk and advertising.)
  • Alex Risner) wrote about generative AI being trained on Hollywood scripts for the Atlantic.
  • The Hollywood Reporter on the #Xodus). (See also: Brian’s newsletter) on why Bluesky is succeeding because it’s everything big tech’s not)

Theme music is “Dystopia” by YACHT). Production is by Eric Wickham.

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