In This Episode: Hacked Traffic Signals. Pokémon Go makes Pizza Bots. AI generated confusion.

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.)

• 0:00 GR: Another hacked traffic signal
  • They have passwords!
  • https://denverite.com/2026/03/16/denver-crosswalks-hacked-anti-trump-message-explained/
  • 7:00 LN: Confusing parking lots
  • 12:00 Public transportation
• 16:00 GR: Pizza robots – mined from Pokemongo
  • https://www.popsci.com/technology/pokemon-go-delivery-robots-crowdsourcing/
  • 19:00 Limits of Google maps
• 21:00 LN: Benjamin Netanyahu is struggling to prove he’s not an AI clone – the future of AI
  • This is currently the worst AI we’ll see; it’s only getting better and more difficult to detect.
  • Even without AI being used, accusations of AI are an issue.
  • What happens when we can believe … nothing?
• 29:00 GR: https://www.404media.co/ai-job-loss-research-ignores-how-ai-is-utterly-destroying-the-internet/
  • Flawed because the inputs must be guessed
  • AI slop: does it hurt jobs?
  • Will it hurt spammers and junk news?
    • 32:00 LN: “Slop” – prejorative thrown about for both good/useful and bad/misleading AI usage
  • Seems to be repeating same fears we’ve had for a while, before AI
  • Bots answering questions instead of websites
  • 38:00 GR: Is a job that didn’t exist 20 years ago really “lost” if AI replaces it?
    • LN: Were buggy whip manufacturers’ jobs “lost”? And if so, was there a responsibility to somehow preserve them?

• 46:00 LN: But whatabout… !!!
  • Occasionally: an honest question about something more
  • More commonly: an attempt to one-up / bring down the original premise/content/whatnot
• 48:00 GR: If only they would add…

• 55:00 LN: Young Sherlock (Amazon Prime), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8599532/
• 56:00 GR: Fackham Hall, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29008225/

• 59:00 LN: Why Password Managers Are [Still] Safer than the Alternatives – https://askleo.com/5555
• 1:00:00 GR: https://macmost.com/macbook-neo-full-review.html

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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.)

• 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

• 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”.

• 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

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In This Episode: Apple announcements. Coding with AI. Copyright and AI.

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.)

• 0:00 GR: New Apple Stuff
  • Might be a new low-end Macbook.
  • 8:00 Lightweight?
• 13:00 GR: Vibe Coding Limits
  • Coding with AI
  • 20:00 LN: Learning how to ask for what you want
  • Different possibilities for the future
• 30:00 GR & LN: Let’s talk about why we use AI art again in light of https://www.theverge.com/policy/887678/supreme-court-ai-art-copyright
  • 38:00 Faking real
  • 40:00 How will it apply to video?
  • How about using AI as a CGI tool?
• 46:00 LN: Server moves. Very geeky, but kinda interesting maybe.
  • And how I took 50 sites offline with a single click. Oops.

• 55:00 LN: The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke – (Audio)
• 56:00 GR: Rental Family (Disney+)

• 58:00 LN: How Does Cloud Storage Work? – https://askleo.com/75658
• 59:00 GR: 10 Ways To Start Recording Video With Your iPhone Fast
  • https://macmost.com/10-ways-to-start-recording-video-with-your-iphone-fast.html

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