This week we start with Joseph’s series of articles about the DOGE depositions. He watched hours and hours of them, then a judge ordered them removed from YouTube. But, they’ve already been archived all over the web. After the break, Jason tells us about the AI data labelers who are fighting back. In the subscribers-only section, Jason breaks down what’s wrong with all the AI job loss research at the moment.
Listen to the weekly podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. Become a paid subscriber for access to this episode’s bonus content and to power our journalism. If you become a paid subscriber, check your inbox for an email from our podcast host Transistor for a link to the subscribers-only version! You can also add that subscribers feed to your podcast app of choice and never miss an episode that way. The email should also contain the subscribers-only unlisted YouTube link for the extended video version too. It will also be in the show notes in your podcast player.
0:00 – Intro 0:51 – Google Street View’s Unmappable City
3:40 – I Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here’s What They Had to Say For Themselves
13:24 – DOGE Deposition Videos Taken Down After Judge Order and Widespread Mockery
18:58 – The Removed DOGE Deposition Videos Have Already Been Backed Up Across the Internet
28:32 – ’AI Is African Intelligence’: The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back
SUB’S STORY – AI Job Loss Research Ignores How AI Is Utterly Destroying the Internet
