In the Long Run

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Ep. 19 - Universal Basic Podcast

Ep. 19 - Universal Basic Podcast3 Oct 202548 min

<ul><li>Consumer ChatGPT use skews to practical help and tutoring, while we use it more for research, brainstorming, content editing, technical support and especially coding.</li><li>AGI plus UBI could entrench inequality if compute access becomes the key capital, keeping wealthy users ahead and limiting mobility.</li><li>ASML’s backing of Mistral links Europe’s chipmaking choke point more tightly to a European AI model builder.</li><li>Meta’s new glasses surface answers in your field of view, winning tech-crowd praise but prompting mixed Dutch reactions about boredom, fear and privacy.</li><li>Apple’s pushback on the EU’s DMA shows how rules shape what citizens get, with live translation at risk while incumbents defend lucrative defaults.</li></ul>