Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Is there anything to the idea that because you're from Harvard, you only got in because your parents made a huge donation to the group?
The Yardbirds, right? That's the name? The Harvard Yardbirds. They're open to change.
Do you have a name suggestion? We're open. Since you guys are middle-aged, one erection. Listen to Humor Me with Robert Smigel and friends on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Chapter 2: What did Uber's COO reveal about AI costs?
We just contributed to it. We're the first people to do podcasts. Yeah, a pretty wide range of podcasts are out there. But this one's extra special. So how did we actually come up with the name Hey Jonas, guys? I honestly don't remember. I think it was on a call about what we should call it, and...
Well, we were thinking of originally calling it one of the early names of our band before Jonas Brothers. This is how you guys remember it going down? Yes. I have a very different memory of this. We were talking about a thing, a bit for the podcast where people could call in and say, Hey, Jonas.
And then I wrote down on my little notepad, Hey, Jonas, and offered it up as a potential title for the podcast. Oh, wow. But thanks for remembering that, guys. Listen to Hey Jonas on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Just listen. We don't care where you hear it.
Another podcast from some SNL late night comedy guy? Not quite. On Humor Me with Robert Smigel and Friends, me and hilarious guests from Jim Gaffigan to Bob Odenkirk to David Letterman help make you funnier. This week, my guests, SNL's Mikey Day and head writer Streeter Seidel help an acapella band with their between songs banter. Who's the worst singer in the group? The worst?
yeah me is there anything to the idea that because you're from harvard uh you only got in because your parents made a huge donation to the group the yard birds right that's the name the harvard yard but they're open do you have a name suggestion we're open since you guys are middle-aged uh one erection
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We go straight to the source, the athletes themselves, their locker room stories, their reactions, the stuff nobody gets to hear, the laughs, the drama, the triumphs, the moments that never make the highlight reel. From viral moments to historic games, from buzzer beaters to controversial calls, we break it down, give you context, and ask the questions everybody wants answered.
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Chapter 3: Why are organizations questioning their AI investments?
At the same time, the things that they need to happen, actual profitability, actual returns on investment, actual tangible proof that this is a real thing, rather than something they all have to actively conspire to keep alive, well, they're not happening.
Each week, we hear about new AI megaprojects that will dominate our countryside with blinding lights, endless noise, and fume belching gas turbines at such a scale that it feels impossible it could ever stop. The system is absolutely going to try and exhaust itself to keep it going.
The government bought $9 billion of Blackwell GPUs, which may seem like it's too big to fail, but what it actually is is just a way to keep Nvidia's plate spinning for another quarter. $9 billion isn't going to be enough.
In truth, the amount of money that NVIDIA needs to keep this going is so extreme that it is now a test of how long the debt markets and the hyperscalers can keep sustaining the situation, the hype, and the industry itself.
A trillion dollars in annual revenue is necessary by the end of 2028 for NVIDIA, which would require over 30 gigawatts of actual operational data center capacity to be built by then, at a time when only 5 gigawatts at most appears to be under construction. Under construction could mean anything from actual building happening to a scaffolding yard.
Nevertheless, even the sweatiest, least trustworthy boosters have begun to sneak in statements about how we're probably not in a bubble, or yeah, it's a bubble, but it's a good bubble. Jeff Bezos, when asked about the AI bubble, said that you shouldn't worry about it, which... Well, Jeff, that... That doesn't really help anyone, Jeff.
I mean, you probably don't need to worry about it, you rich twat. Anyway, none of this is to say that the mood is good. The vibes are disastrous. Everybody's exhausted. Those who love AI vibrate with a strange soullessness, constantly talking about the incredible power of AI without ever showing what it did or perhaps what all that supposed saved time got them.
What are you doing with the spare time? I don't see any chuckle fucks providing anything useful to the world. I don't see you living lives of leisure. I just see you posting online. I can do that without the power of AI because I have a working brain. What's your fucking excuse? Good lord.
One thing I'll add, though, that adds to the malaise is that everyone I talk to, to a lot of people at Hyperskies, they're all fucking miserable. It's terrible there. The business idiots are running the show, and they're both saying spend more money on AI, but also don't spend quite as much money on AI because it costs a lot.
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Chapter 4: How does AI's economic mismatch affect its future?
And it seems that there are nearly as many announcements of new large data center developments as there are cancellations of said data center projects.
While hyperscalers can dismiss that as a simple reallocation of capital and nothing to worry about, it's harder to ignore the growing backlash against these facilities from locals and the success that these locals have had, especially in blocking multiple different developments or setting up actual county-wide and statewide moratoriums, depending on where you look. And it gets worse.
Anthropic had to conspire with Elon fucking Musk to conjure up a single profitable quarter, with SpaceX deliberately discounting two months of compute costs as a means of swindling the media and its investors one last time. I swear to God, the object permanence in the valley is not so good, folks.
But in response, OpenAI either leaked or had leaked that it had a negative 122% non-gap operating margin in Q1 2026, and chat GPT growth had stalled. Anthropic is either the single most successful grifter of all time or speedrunning a con where it fudges together numbers to raise endless amounts of money to keep its billion or trillion dollar burn going.
These are not the actions of honest, sustainable companies that will exist in the future. I believe that we are on course for a truly horrible crash, the likes of which may rewrite the venture capital industry and mortally wound one or more hyperscalers, as well as fundamentally divide society on so many levels into those that fell for this and those that did not.
This will, in the short term, be absolutely fucking horrible for our markets and our wider economy as a result of the time bomb of private credit and private equity and their failed investments in software and their failing investments in data centers.
In the long term, I see it as a they-live moment for many millions of secret imbeciles and cretins in our mist, and I don't think it'll be easy to wash the stench off for those that really pledged themselves to the graveyard smash of AI. We will win, long term. What they are doing is not working. The future will not be without pain, nor will it be easy or pleasant or something I will relish in.
But in the long term, I think this is a moment where the greater business idiot incursion faces a reckoning with a reality it believed it could change through sheer force of will. These people don't know how to build things that work anymore, and thus the only thing they can do is spend money and fire people.
They believe in nothing other than growth, and one cannot exist on belief and hype alone, at least not forever. And I can't wait to watch what happens when it collapses. And of course, my newsletter. I also really recommend you go to chat.whereisyoured.at to visit the Discord and go to r slash betteroffline to check out our Reddit. Thank you so much for listening.
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Chapter 5: What are the implications of AI token burn for companies?
And guess what? We created our own podcast called Hey Jonas.
Chapter 6: How are AI companies justifying their valuations?
We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to it. We're the first people to do podcasts. We get to ask other people questions because we're sick and tired of being asked questions. Well, sick and tired is a strong way to put it, but you know. Tired and sick. Tired and sick. Listen to Hey Jonas on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Just listen. We don't care where you hear it.
Another podcast from some SNL late night comedy guy? Not quite. On Humor Me with Robert Smigel and Friends, me and hilarious guests from Jim Gaffigan to Bob Odenkirk to David Letterman help make you funnier. This week, my guests, SNL's Mikey Day and head writer Streeter Seidel help an acapella band with their between songs banter. Who's the worst singer in the group? The worst?
yeah me is there anything to the idea that because you're from harvard uh you only got in because your parents made a huge donation to the group the yard birds right that's the name the harvard yard but they're open do you have a name suggestion we're open since you guys are middle-aged uh one erection
Listen to Humor Me with Robert Smigel and friends on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Humor me. I need some jokes to make me seem funny.
Last night, a blown call changed the game. This morning, the internet lost its mind and nobody's telling you exactly what happened. That's where Sports Slice comes in. I'm Timbo, and every episode, we're cutting through the noise, breaking down the biggest moments in sports and giving you the real story behind the headlines. And we're going straight to the source.
the athletes themselves, their locker room stories, their reactions in the moment, and the stuff nobody gets to hear. Listen to Sports Slice on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. And for more, follow TimboSlicelife12 and the TikTok Podcast Network on TikTok.
I'm Michelle McPhee, and I've been unraveling the strangest criminal alliance I've ever reported on. A Mormon polygamist and an Armenian businessman.
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