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Andrea Jones-Rooy

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

Is it attention?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

Is it, or as you said, a belief that if you just keep insisting you can do this for long enough, you'll actually catch up and do it?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

Right.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

And if they're found guilty, does the money go back to the investors?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

Steve, how does this fit with the kind of broader conversation slash tension around AI and agentic AI and all of that?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

There's obviously a ton of hype and a lot of it's coming from the companies themselves that stand to benefit from the hype.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

There's also the reality, which is they are AIs are getting better.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

And then there's sort of like the kind of like the iPhone version that you described.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

There's sort of like the beta AI or the model AI that can do even more advanced things, but you wouldn't implement it in like a workplace job yet.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

Like, is that unethical?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

Like, at what point is hype unethical, I guess, is the...

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

Wow.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

Or object-enlarged to show texture on cereal.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

Right.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

Right, right.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

Or like we've done some demos that suggest this could be possible.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

And I would guess that's kind of true for the battery thing and the Elizabeth Holmes thing is that because you're investing, unlike AI where maybe you're deciding to purchase a license or something, but if you're investing, presumably the product doesn't exist.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

So you're investing on how credible...

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

Elizabeth Holmes or these battery people are in saying, we can make this happen, right?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1093 - Jun 20 2026

Right.