@jeffjarvis @leo

"Hi John,We recently announced that Google Podcasts will be discontinued next year. We wanted to contact you directly with more information on what to expect."

https://support.google.com/youtubemusic/thread/236590252?hl=en&msgid=236706525

Aargh!

...Many phones end up in waste, probably in land fill for no reason other than the user cannot be bothered with the hassle and expense of replacing a built in battery.

I detect a theme where you Americans are a few generations behind in the need for a circular economy, reducing waste, and repairing or upgrading rather than disposing.

On the same lines @jeffjarvis , have you looked at the Framework Chromebook? It sounds ideal for your requirements and I wish it was available in the UK!

@jeffjarvis @TWiT

I've never heard anything so wrong on This Week in Google.

The EU rules on removable batteries and USB-C are for environmental and consumer benefit. They've had success before, mandating micro-USB for phones in the naughties, removing mountains of Nokia and other unique chargers from the waste stream and guaranteeing consumers of non-Apple phones that they could buy chargers from third parties or keep spare chargers from older phones to use for travel etc.

@jeffjarvis @leolaporte @staceyoniot

I may be a bit late or you may discuss this on the club privately.

I think you're all missing the point about the threat from AI.

I think the threat being warned about has little to do with today's "applied statistics with machine learning".

It's the idea that an AGI could arise by accident from research. With any interfaces to the outside world, it would quickly become unstoppable.

It's SciFi. Until it happens... then we're done.

UK story about someone who has spent his career causing controversy to further his own cause.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/dec/20/mps-urge-sun-editor-to-act-against-jeremy-clarkson-over-meghan-comments

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64025074

As a former Editor of the Sunday Times pointed out at lunchtime, it's The Sun whose editorial process failed utterly in this. Several British newspapers operate like this. Anything for a story, standards of journalism irrelevant.

@jeffjarvis