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David Pierce

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2713 total appearances

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The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

I don't know.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

I don't know.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

Because, again, Brendan is not a savvy operator.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

He has just managed to twist himself into a circle that sounds good, but I suspect it will come to nothing.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

He's had a couple of, like, what's the onion headline?

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

The worst person you know has a good point.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

Like, Brendan has, I would say, sort of walked ass backwards into a couple of those so far.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

Is this another one of those?

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

This is definitely another one of those, and it is very much like, it's another sort of let them fight situation.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

Or, no, I guess it's Alien vs. Predator.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

You know, whoever wins, we lose.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

So the NFL, as you know, is addicted to money, and they keep moving games to streaming services because they know that people have streaming services and they don't have local antennas.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

And increasingly, they don't have cable.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

So the NFL is just kind of like chasing the money.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

And they historically, for years and years and decades, have had an antitrust exemption, which allows NFL teams to come together as a single unit

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

And cooperate on pricing.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

So every NFL team is a different company.

The Vergecast
The 'AI is inevitable' trap

The league obviously is the league and they all agree to the rules, but they're all different companies.