TWiT 1100: Yoloville - Data Centers, Climate Change, and the True Cost of "Innovation"
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Who are the hosts and guests introduced at the beginning of the episode?
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This is TWIT. This is TWiT, This Week in Tech. Episode 1100, recorded Sunday, September 6th, 2026. YoloVille. It's time for TWiT, This Week in Tech, the show where we cover the week's tech news. We're going to spend the first hour introducing our panel because it's some of my favorite people. Stacey Higginbotham is here from Consumer Reports. Hello, Stacey, with her stellar J or whatever they call that now. The blue crested super warbler finch or whatever it is. Hello, Stacey.
Hello. You're doing great on the bird names. I really appreciate those.
I thought we had Blue Jays, but they were scrub Jays. So I don't I no longer know. I just no longer know. Stacey also writes a bunch of stuff for other people, I think, right? I see I see her. Did we have you on after own past? Because you wrote a beautiful piece about Malik.
You didn't?
Yeah, that's okay. I think we wanted to.
If
wishes were fishes, people would ride horses.
Okay,
yeah.
Hello, Stacey. Also with us, ladies and gentlemen, from Stacey's former co-worker from formerly This Week in Google, now Intelligent Machines, I give you Jeffrey Jarvis. Hello, Jeff. Hello there. New book. New
book. Hot type. Hot type. And
if you
go to, this is new, if you go to jeffjarvis.com, you can order an autographed copy. Oh,
nice. Just
arrange that. You can order from a local bookstore, the Monocle
Book
Center. Okay. Did you use Autopen? Be
honest. No, no. AI had nothing to do with that. Nobody wanted my autograph, so I would actually go to the bookstore and sign some books and then leave. So there you go. Nice to see you, Jeff. I
see every Wednesday on
Intelligent Machines, but there's always more to talk about. We never have enough time. We got a little AI to talk about today. A little bit, a little bit. and from the home of the philadelphia eagles fly owen fly oh and jj stone yay
every time i see jeff jarvis's background it annoys me that i don't read i feel like his his setup is judging me
it is look at all the books but stacy too
Yeah, Stacy's added books to hers.
These people are
readers. Stacy is a notch above because she's not guilting me. She's got a bird up there. She's got some art decor. Jeff's just got books on. There's nothing of joy in there.
There's no. That's
joy. Look at the foliage. Look at what? The foliage at the top.
There's no foliage. Oh, there's some foliage. Is that real, though? Are those plants real,
Jeff? All that is. What is that, a rose? What is that up on the other shelf?
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
Who are the hosts and guests introduced at the beginning of the episode?
0:00–6:52
2
What concerns are raised about AI model behavior and refusal mechanisms?
6:52–44:58
3
How did the court rule on Google’s antitrust case and what are the implications?
44:58–1:21:30
4
Why are the hosts debating age‑verification policies and the problems with current government‑run ad exchanges?
1:21:30–1:55:09
5
How does the conversation shift to regulatory capture and Meta’s $18 billion settlement with the FTC?
1:55:09–2:27:12
6
What are the main concerns about Amazon’s ad‑pricing practices and the FTC lawsuit against the company?
2:27:12–2:45:46
7
How do the hosts transition from AI optimism and Ray Kurzweil’s new venture to survival tips and the show’s closing remarks?
2:45:46–2:49:38
Speakers
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