System Crash is on hiatus. I had a great time making the show with @bcmerchant.bsky.social and want to say a big thank you to all of our listeners. We’ll have an update in the future about our plans for it going forward!

What does the new movie Mountainhead tell us about how tech billionaires think? In a new bonus episode, @parismarx.com and @bcmerchant.bsky.social give their thoughts on the movie, what it does well, and not so well. Became a Patreon supporter to listen: www.patreon.com/posts/mounta...

THIS WEEK ON SYSTEM CRASH 💥 The 10-year ban on state AI laws is dead 💥 Canada caves to pressure from Trump 💥 The generative AI backlash grows ➕ Peter Thiel and his buddies are starting a new Middle Earth bank, Microsoft is cutting thousands of jobs + more! LISTEN: www.buzzsprout.com/2425400/epis...

THIS WEEK ON SYSTEM CRASH 💥 Anthropic gets a court win on training data 💥 Should training on copyrighted works be fair use? 💥 Tesla’s robotaxis have predictable issues ➕ Australia’s social media ban, new Fairphone, Brian has a new series +more! Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2425400/epis...

Good show this week folks, even if things get a little uh unhinged in there

THIS WEEK ON SYSTEM CRASH 💥 Trump Mobile takes the phone world by storm 💥 The ties grow between tech and the military 💥 AI slop meets the Israel-Iran conflict ➕ Tesla pauses production, AI hits libraries, governments are getting off Microsoft + more! LISTEN: www.buzzsprout.com/2425400/epis...

THIS WEEK ON SYSTEM CRASH 💥 The Trump-Musk relationship continues to spiral 💥 Musk should face consequences for DOGE 💥 LA protesters are burning Waymos ➕ Ohio making students bilingual in AI, video game performers have a tentative agreement + more! LISTEN: www.buzzsprout.com/2425400/epis...

Newest emotional support tools: -one hour sitting outside after work: reading, listening to books or podcasts -cucumber lime water in a big ass Bonne Maman jam jar - @systemcrash.info podcast -using a humidifier at night

Palmer Luckey wants Western countries to be armed to the teeth with automated weapons. In a new bonus episode, @parismarx.com and @bcmerchant.bsky.social dig into Anduril’s scary vision for our future. Become a Patreon supporter to listen: www.patreon.com/posts/palmer...

On today’s System Crash, listeners hear the consequences of recording about ongoing news on a Wednesday when anything can happen on the Thursday before the episode gets posted on a Friday. Still a great chat with me and @bcmerchant.bsky.social though!

lol we recorded on Wednesday and posed the question: what will Musk and Trump’s relationship be like after he’s gone and were like ‘only time will tell’

THIS WEEK ON SYSTEM CRASH 💥 Elon Musk is out at DOGE (kind of) 💥 Musk tried to kill OpenAI’s UAE Stargate project 💥 Palantir is scooping up data on Americans ➕ ZeniMax workers have a contract, Twitter warning about blue checks in Europe + more! LISTEN: www.buzzsprout.com/2425400/epis...

Great episode. A counter to the hype and a way to help hold on to your own sanity.

Join me and @bcmerchant.bsky.social as we dig into the big OpenAI acquisition and its hardware plans, along with what a 25% tariff on iPhones would mean and whether they can really be built in the United States!

THIS WEEK ON SYSTEM CRASH: 💥 Sam Altman and Jony Ive get hitched (for AI hardware) 💥 Trump threatens a 25% iPhone tariff 💥 Can an iPhone be made in the USA? ➕ BYD beats Tesla in Europe, Google’s Veo 3 goes viral, Duolingo cleans up its AI mess + more! Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/2425400/epis...

On top of all the great discussions, @bcmerchant.bsky.social and I might have had a little too much fun on this week’s episode 👀

THIS WEEK ON SYSTEM CRASH 💥 Microsoft adopts Grok after “white genocide” scandal 💥 Big tech can’t see beyond AI 💥 Young people are done with the internet ➕ SpaceX flexes muscle in Texas, newspapers run AI-generated list, Netflix grabs Sesame Street + more! LISTEN: www.buzzsprout.com/2425400/epis...

Another fascinating episode of System Crash with @bcmerchant.bsky.social! We have some great conversations about the new Pope, the attempt to stifle US AI regulations, and how AI is becoming central to geopolitics. Make sure to listen!

THIS WEEK ON SYSTEM CRASH 💥 Republicans are trying to ban AI regulation 💥 The Vatican has a Luddite Pope 💥 Trump’s Saudi trip shows the geopolitics of AI ➕ Canada’s AI minister, UK artists fight copyright changes, Microsoft layoffs + more! LISTEN: www.buzzsprout.com/2425400/epis...

Start with some dunking on Mark Zuckerberg, then get everything you need to know about all the AI madness from the past week. @bcmerchant.bsky.social and I are really hitting our stride with System Crash lately. Start tuning in if you haven’t already!

As always @parismarx.com and I had a good time talking through the bad times (AI edition)

THIS WEEK ON SYSTEM CRASH 💥 Zuck drinks coffee “recreationally” with his 15 AI friends 💥 OpenAI will remain a weird nonprofit 💥 Generative AI is harming education and jobs ➕ Tesla sales plummet, PBS Kids is defunded, Google funds “White Mirror” + more! LISTEN: www.buzzsprout.com/2425400/epis...

There's a strong case that Eric Schmidt is the most dangerous actor in the AI world. He sells a zero sum, Sinophobia-infused vision of an AI arms race and preaches relentless data center expansion—and is happily received in the halls of power. @parismarx.com and I break it all down in this ep:

Fair odds that these data centers are refashioned as fusion centers, reimagined

Eric Schmidt is using China’s threat to US power as a marketing device to get the Pentagon to buy AI. In a new bonus episode, @parismarx.com and @bcmerchant.bsky.social pull back the curtain on Schmidt’s evolution. Become a Patreon supporter to listen: www.patreon.com/posts/eric-s...

Don’t miss me and @bcmerchant.bsky.social chatting about Mark Carney’s fondness for AI, Jeff Bezos being pathetic, so much more!

This was a Good one

THIS WEEK ON SYSTEM CRASH 💥 Canada rejects Trump — and DOGE-style politics 💥 Jeff Bezos caves to the White House 💥 Tech billionaires are radicalizing in massive group chats ➕ X users drop, Duolingo embraces AI, Microsoft cancels data centers + more! LISTEN: www.buzzsprout.com/2425400/epis...

Ótimo episódio do System Crash sobre a burrice e/ou o mau-caratismo dos bilionários que usam a ficção científica pra justificar seus negócios

Canadians go to the polls on Monday, so it’s worth knowing how conservatives — including an oil executive and Amazon public policy person — are planning for how the implement a DOGE in Canada and silence their critics while they’re at it. Great interview with @geoffdembicki.bsky.social this week!

Please share widely, Canadians. The Conservatives clearly have a detailed plan for how a Pierre Polievre government could create their own version of DOGE, imagine looking at the absolute chaos of the US and thinking this is what any country wants.

Listen to this, Canada! #Poilievre & #CPC plan to bring DOGE chaos here at an accelerated pace! "All started at the conservative conference ..." 57 seconds that will have you saying "I *&%^%$# KNEW it!" Cons cannot lie-the-MAGA-away on the campaign trail. #elxn2025 #cndpoli #ablpoli

This was the best. @charliejane.bsky.social and @annaleen.bsky.social are national treasures and there's no one better to discuss how billionaires like Musk wield science fiction—and often fundamentally misunderstand it. We also dig into how sci-fi can help explicate and offer hope in this moment

Was thrilled to appear on @systemcrash.info this week hosted by @parismarx.com! We chat about the conservative weirdos who badly want to import DOGE to Canada.

Elon Musk couldn’t hide the problems his DOGE escapades have caused for Tesla during its earnings call. Plus, @parismarx.com talks to @geoffdembicki.bsky.social about how Canada’s conservatives (and an AWS rep!) are planning for their own DOGE. Listen now: www.buzzsprout.com/2425400/epis...

“Grok, tell me how to build the Torment Nexus.”

Excelente episódio do @systemcrash.info sobre alguns dos meus temas favoritos, ótimo crossover c/ o excelente podcast @ouropinions.bsky.social

it was a throwaway line but the bit about rebecca yarros made me give her a second look. great episode as always

We finally had to discuss how tech billionaires deploy science fiction to justify their pursuits, and we could think of no one better to discuss it with than @annaleen.bsky.social and @charliejane.bsky.social of @ouropinions.bsky.social! Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2425400/epis...

I always come away with a new understanding from listening to these episodes, but I was not ready for the conspiracy theory that Brian doesn’t exist and is just Paris doing a different voice. That’s wild! But wait… you can’t spell “Paris” OR “Brian” without “A.I.” … 🧐 Maybe NEITHER host is real… 🤔

I had such a fun time chatting with @bcmerchant.bsky.social in this episode. We took a little break from our Elon Musk series to have a laugh digging into the latest Tesla and OpenAI news. Don’t forget to check it out!

This was a great ep, it's always so very cathartic to talk with my good friend Paris about the ways the system is currently crashing Do tune in

OpenAI had a huge funding round that has AI bubble alerts sounding, and its latest insult to artists seems perfectly designed to distract people from it. Plus, things keep getting worse for Tesla, AI Overviews are tanking web traffic, and more! Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2425400/epis...

Even better idea: Listen to BOTH of them back to back, they're both great

the latest @systemcrash.info reveals how tesla was something of a sliding doors moment for musk, as well as a blue-print for both his behavior & the mythos he’s surrounded himself with. it also lays out how the tesla takeover movement could have wider implications open.spotify.com/episode/0ed7...

I had a great time chatting with @bcmerchant.bsky.social and @parismarx.com for the latest episode in the @systemcrash.info podcast's series on Elon In Power. Give it a listen here, or anywhere you find podcasts. youtu.be/Aja37VptZM0?...

No one is better than @niedermeyer.online at showing up on a podcast to explain how Elon is even more insane than we realized. This time on @systemcrash.info!

How did Tesla help Elon Musk build his corporate empire? In our ELON IN POWER series, @parismarx.com and @bcmerchant.bsky.social chat with @niedermeyer.online about how Musk built Tesla on promises he couldn’t keep and why that makes him vulnerable. Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/2425400/epis...

David Sacks is comparing the investigations into crypto companies to the supposed “lawfare” Donald Trump experienced under the Biden administration. It’s unhinged, but shows just how far crypto investors will go to profit off their scams. Check out our bonus episode!