Trialling out releasing my videos in mp3 format on here!

Feedback welcome, hope you enjoy this video which was a lot of fun to make (albeit late)

References (in rough order of appearance)

How to Make Realistic Predictions About AI, Tantham https://curveshift.net/p/how-to-make-realistic-predictions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8enXRDlWguU&

‘Large AI models are cultural and social technologies’, Farrell et al.

Artificial Intelligences, Herbert Simon

Debunking Economics, Keen

https://www.mic.com/articles/107896/scientists-finally-prove-why-pop-music-all-sounds-the-same

The Dorito Effect, Shatzker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRq0pESKJgg&

The Stock Market is a Conventional Wisdom Processor: Why Trump’s Tariffs Crashed the Stock Market While the Trump Musk Payments Crisis Hasn’t (Yet), Tankus https://www.crisesnotes.com/content/files/2025/04/The-Stock-Market-is-a-Conventional-Wisdom-Processor-Why-Trump-s-Tariffs-Crashed-the-Stock-Market-While-the-Trump-Musk-Payments-Crisis-Hasn-t--Yet-.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqlbn2nPO-A&

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/job-market-hell/684133/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJW4-cOZt8A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW2Zr8Q6Xqw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xeMak4RqJA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfN9wnPvU0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E6p3J9dko8&

An Existing, Ecologically-Successful Genus Of Collectively Intelligent Artificial Creatures, Kuipers

AI Integration Is the New Moat, Tim O’Reilly https://www.oreilly.com/radar/integration-is-the-new-moat/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvpw4_O25eU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3HpdNGvJDc&

notes on the industrialisation of decision making, Davies https://substack.com/home/post/p-177016285

the only message the channel can carry is a scream, Davies https://substack.com/home/post/p-151264334

The AI Circular Economy, Blakeley https://substack.com/@graceblakeley/p-176721998

The Case Against Generative AI, Zitron https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-against-generative-ai/

The Map is Eating the Territory: The Political Economy of AI, Farrell https://www.programmablemutter.com/p/the-political-economy-of-ai

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8reiauyQCM

Further reading

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4pWuwQq8M8Gzf9F9U0AYZW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjZofJX0v4M&list=WL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pzLhWCxH_g&list=WL

AI As a Normal Technology, Arvind Narayanan & Sayash Kapoor https://knightcolumbia.org/content/ai-as-normal-technology

Originally released 09/01/26

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Had another chat with Helena about the recent UK budget. As always, her encyclopedic knowledge astounds me!

Originally recorded on November 28th, 2025

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Helena runs the channel NoJusticeMTG. She is an active streamer on Twitch and comments extensively on UK politics and economics. With the UK budget coming on November 26th, Rachel Reeves is constrained by her promises to balance the budget while not increasing income tax. Helena and I will discuss the UK economy, austerity, balanced budget ideas, and what we might see economically from this Labour Government. We had chatted a bit via our respective streams but never had a chance to properly discuss things. This was a really fun talk which covered everything UK politics and economics, Helena's knowledge is inimitable plus she's a great conversaionalist! We'll probably chat again after the budget to see where things are headed.

Originally recorded on November 18th, 2025.

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