TEH 263: Apple’s Cheapest MacBook Ever.  When AI makes friends with AI. Tech Bubble Insights.

In This Episode: Apple’s Cheapest MacBook Ever.  When AI makes friends with AI. Tech Bubble Insights.

This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.

(You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.)

Top Stories

• 1:00 GR: MacBook Neo
  • I wasn’t right, but that’s OK
  • Why this is more interesting than I thought
  • The tablet-replaces-the-PC future is now dead
  • Low power opens possibilities
• 19:31 LN: What is the point behind moltbook?
  • Meta to Acquire AI-Only Social Media Platform Moltbook https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-to-acquire-ai-only-social-media-platform-moltbook-0d9cd9d6
  • https://www.moltbook.com/ 
  • 29:00 Why does Meta want this?
• 30:20 GR: AI Psychosis
  • https://www.404media.co/ai-psychosis-help-gemini-chatgpt-claude-chatbot-delusions/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter
  • 32:50 People think the AI is talking to them
• 50:00 LN: The car wash test
  • Gemini: meh
  • Claude: fail
  • OpenAI GPT 5: fail
• 57:00 GR: Holding AI in check
• 59:00 LN: Frustrating surveys

Ain’t it Cool

• 1:00:00 LN: The AI Fix podcast –  5 ways the AI bubble could burst
  • VC with some very interesting perspectives on AI
  • Random for flavor of the discussion:
    • The number of hours worked by the average knowledge worker has only increased due to technology.
    • We use AI. Across every part of the business at my new firm.
    • I think there’s the potential that if we end up getting more efficient models, which everyone wants, that actually makes all of the infrastructure spend that has happened Less.
• 1:03:00 GR: Anaconda (movie 2025)
  • The Bridgerton X Naked Gun spoof that Leo was talking about is “Farkham Hall”.

BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion

• 1:05:00 LN: How Do I Gain Administrative Access to a Secondhand Computer? – https://askleo.com/12356
• 1:06:00 GR: 15 Ways the MacBook Neo Is Different From Other MacBooks

Transcript

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Video

https://youtu.be/_ekuvBlQXTs