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Elon's X Machina + Crypto Orbs + A Visit to Google’s Robot Lab

2023/7/28
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The podcast discusses the rapid and chaotic transformation of Twitter under Elon Musk's leadership, including the rebranding to X and the cultural and operational changes within the company.

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On Sunday night, a crane arrived in downtown San Francisco to take down the Twitter sign from the company’s office building. The crane’s arrival marked the death of Twitter, the brand, and the start of X, Elon Musk’s everything app. Today, why Elon’s acquisition feels more and more like cultural vandalism and what, if anything, will replace the global town square.

Then, is Sam Altman’s universal basic income cryptocurrency app Worldcoin an iris scanning tool to save humanity, or just another attempt to get rich on crypto?

Plus: a trip to Google’s robotics lab, where artificial intelligence models are creating breakthroughs.

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