AI Anxiety

The age of AI is off to a shambolic start. Anthropic and OpenAI ran Super Bowl ads that fell flat. The gap is widening between the AI-pilled true believers and the Normals, as AI becomes yet another existential anxiety. Plus: Alex breaks down the design systems deployed by Trump vs Mamdani, and Troy says The Washington Post has a product problem.

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Chapters:

* 00:27 Welcome

* 07:46 Billionaires Flock to Miami

* 11:21 AI Anxiety

* 31:08 Design & Government

* 35:36 Mamdani Design Language

* 37:43 A Very Difficult Job: Running the WaPo

* 56:37 Good Product

* 59:55 Outro

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