Monologue: The Updated Pale Horses of the AIpocalypse
Better Offline18 Heinä 2025

Monologue: The Updated Pale Horses of the AIpocalypse

In this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through the pale horses of the AIpocalypse - and how the AI bubble’s deepest weakness is that it’s almost entirely based on vibes.

Anthropic’s new data center in Indiana: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/technology/amazon-ai-data-centers.html

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