AI Deleted the Database and Ketchup Became a Slice | Ep. 327

In this episode:

• Why “chance of rain” may be destroying everyone’s trust in weather forecasts
• The deeply upsetting existence of sliced ketchup, also known as k-chup
• The reminder that every mic is a hot mic, especially when you’re narrating your own crime
• An AI coding tool allegedly deleted a company’s production database in nine seconds
• Ontario government staff reportedly using unsecured AI tools with sensitive public information
• Alison’s AI villain origin story: real human writing being flagged as AI because apparently commas are suspicious now

Listen if you care about AI disasters, workplace stupidity, government data privacy, sliced ketchup, hot mics, and the ongoing war against pretending every terrible tech idea is innovation.

00:00 Intro: Almost Dying for the Bit
01:22 The Weather Forecast Has Been Lying to Us
04:11 Sliced Ketchup Is Real, Unfortunately
09:11 Fired Tech Workers, Deleted Databases, and One Very Hot Mic
15:12 AI Deletes a Production Database in Nine Seconds
19:45 The Problem Isn’t AI. It’s People.
22:11 Ontario Government Staff Using Unsecured AI Tools
25:02 Alison’s AI Writing Villain Origin Story
26:29 Outro

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Ketchup Slices