This is excellent. A clear, coherent explanation of why the current AI bubble will collapse, why many of those involved know it’s going to collapse, and how they’re going to try to leave other people holding the bag when it happens. I don’t always agree with Doctorow, but on this one he’s spot on.

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What's gonna happen when the #AI bubble bursts? "Nothing good" would an understatement says @doctorow.pluralistic.net 👇🏻 youtu.be/rRRmUuxJolY

Cory Doctorow is always worth listening to.

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What's gonna happen when the #AI bubble bursts? "Nothing good" would an understatement says @doctorow.pluralistic.net 👇🏻 youtu.be/rRRmUuxJolY

What's gonna happen when the #AI bubble bursts? "Nothing good" would an understatement says @doctorow.pluralistic.net 👇🏻 youtu.be/rRRmUuxJolY

"It's like saying if you breed horses to run fast enough, one of them will give birth to a locomotive!" @doctorow.pluralistic.net on the relentless hype surrounding LLMs 👇🏻 youtu.be/ocfX0HI8J6E

Is #AI (in its current form) really a civilisation shattering incarnation of Skynet, or is it something much more... ordinary? I honestly couldn't have asked a better person than @doctorow.pluralistic.net 👇🏻 youtu.be/rRRmUuxJolY

Cory Doctorow explains why AI won't replace workers... but will crash the economy. Check out my full convo with @doctorow.pluralistic.net here: youtu.be/rRRmUuxJolY

Most people know about the story of the first Europeans in Japan. However, not a lot of people are aware of the incredible voyages of the first Japanese embassies to Christian Europe. Historian @drchrisharding.bsky.social recounts these amazing journeys 👇🏻 youtu.be/0We_jp0KAko #japanesehistory

What was the real story behind John Blackthorne in the TV show Shogun? How did a lowly English sailor rise up to become such an important figure in medieval Japan? Historian @drchrisharding.bsky.social breaks down the fascinating history 👇🏻 youtu.be/bD68y2J798k #shogun

Christopher Nolan's retelling of The Odyssey is causing a lot of sassy drama - Prof. of Classics at @nyu.edu Prof. Peter Meineck doesn't think it's warranted at all 👇🏻 youtu.be/K1PXKQ3nHkA #theodyssey #odyssey

Why The Odyssey Is Actually About A Broken War Veteran | Prof. Peter Meineck

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What did the Japanese think of the first Westerners they saw... And vice versa? In one of my favourite conversations this year, I talk to @drchrisharding.bsky.social about his upcoming book "Barbarians: The First Century of European Encounter with Japan 👇🏻" youtu.be/soiochk9Lds #japan

Craving some awesome, action packed medieval history on this drab Thursday? Then do yourself a favour and check out my convo on the Crusades with prof. @nicmorton.bsky.social 👇🏻 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp3v...

"They Weren't Fazed!" | Historian on the Reaction of The Muslim Forces When They First Saw Crusaders

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"I think Nolan can pull it off!" Professor of Classics at NYU Peter Meineck thinks Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey might actually be great: youtu.be/2jYsXkhzj7o

"I Think Nolan Can pull It Off!" | I Asked A Greek Mythology Expert About The Upcoming The Odyssey

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Christopher Nolan's retelling of The ODYSSEY is causing a lot of drama before it even dropped - Prof. of Classics Peter Meineck doesn't think it's warranted 👇🏻 youtu.be/K1PXKQ3nHkA #TheOdyssey #Odyssey

Medieval Historian and friend of the show, Professor Nicholas Morton (from @nottinghamtrentuni.bsky.social) is back on the POD to discuss his fantastic new book, Crusader Storm! This time we talk about the feverish history of The Crusades from the Muslim perspective👇🏻 youtu.be/Gp3vMWmAnYs #history

Do yourself a favour and check out my full chat with Carlos Barragan, the author of one of the most anticipated non-fiction books of the year, "The Yahoo Boys: Real Life with the Love Scammers of Lagos 👇🏻" youtu.be/NfmI7btwAdA #scammers

A lot of folks claim that we are going through our very own "Weimar Republic" moment in the West... But does that hold any water? I asked historian Katja Hoyer exactly that 👇🏻 youtu.be/aJ8MXGx8FFs #weimar #ww2 #history

The fact that we have a TRILLIONAIRE isn't just obscene - it's a signal of societal COLLAPSE. If you don't believe me, please check out my interview with Luke Kemp, a researcher from Cambridge who studied the DOWNFALL of 324 empires 👇🏻 youtu.be/2-OwL8soXiI #trillionaire #inequality #collapse

Christopher Nolan's retelling of The ODYSSEY is causing a lot of drama, even though most people don't really know what Homer's epic is actually about. To find out myself, I invited Peter Meineck, Professor of Classics at @nyu.edu to the POD👇🏻 youtu.be/K1PXKQ3nHkA #odyssey #mythology #nolan

"I think Nolan can pull it off!" Although an unpopular opinion (at least online), Greek Mythology scholar Prof. Peter Meineck thinks The Odyssey might be good 👇🏻 youtu.be/2jYsXkhzj7o #TheOdyssey

Christopher Nolan's retelling of The ODYSSEY is causing a lot of drama - but what is this foundational work of Western literature REALLY about? To find out, I talk to Peter Meineck, Professor of Classics at @nyu.edu 👇🏻 youtu.be/K1PXKQ3nHkA #odyssey #greekmythology

Today, Norway's Minister of Research and Higher Education Sigrun Aasland conferred the Holberg Prize upon Professor Lyndal Roper and the Nils Klim Prize upon Associate Professor Majse Lind. We congratulate the Laureates! (Photo: Eivind Senneset) holbergprize.org/news/holberg...

Historian @emmasouthon.bsky.social wrote a brilliant book about SLAVERY in the Roman Empire - it turns out it wasn't all that fun. Check out our convo HERE: youtu.be/zYWqLzfVSqM #romanempire #ancientrome #romanhistory

Historian Emma Southon outlines what happened to SLAVES who tried to escape the Roman Empire... it wasn't good: youtu.be/UMgYnyLZtWY #darkhistory #romanempire #ancientrome

The people who actually built Ancient Rome were the ones we tend to hear the least about - and that's the SLAVES... With her fantastic book SERVUS, historian @emmasouthon.bsky.social flips the narrative. Check out our lovely chat HERE 👇🏻 youtu.be/zYWqLzfVSqM

It was so cool to host Prof. Lyndal Roper, this year's @holbergprize.bsky.social winner on the pod 🎙️, to have a chat about her AMAZING book, Summer of FIRE and BLOOD: The German Peasants' War... Full convo HERE 👇🏻 youtu.be/uoz-72qwCio #medieval #feudal #revolution

It's Tuesday, which means you MUST be itching for some dramatic HISTORY content - so do yourself a favour and check out my convo with Katja Hoyer about her GRIPPING latest book, "Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe." Tuesday saved 👇🏻 youtu.be/aJ8MXGx8FFs #historypodcast

"He was convinced of his own GREATNESS" | Katja Hoyer explains how HITLER managed to flip the vote 👇🏻 youtu.be/-r2bj5Tx1bc #hitler #dictator #ww2

In what turned out to be one of my FAVOURITE chats this year, historian Katja Hoyer stopped by to talk about her GRIPPING new book, "Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe." You can check out the full convo HERE 👇🏻 youtu.be/aJ8MXGx8FFs #weimar #wwii #ww2 #berlin #historypodcast

World War I is still one of the deadliest conflicts in world history. Whenever the war is mentioned, most people think of the deadly trenches on the Western front - however, the war actually started in the Balkans... prof. Pieter Judson explains WHY 👇🏻 youtu.be/cgy7BDYKH-E #ww1 #wwi #serbia

Why did this 600-year European EMPIRE suddenly fall apart? FULL CONVO with Prof. Pieter Judson HERE 👇🏻 youtu.be/fIdLJALc8Ls #habsburg #historypodcast #empire