In This Episode: What Happens to Ask Leo and MacMost as AI Evolves? When we first touched computers.

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.)

• 00:00 GR & LN: How can Ask Leo and MacMost change to survive the AI future?
  • LN: not uncommon for me to take a question I’ve been asked and plop it into Claude and get a decent answer. (Updated example at How I Use AI at Ask Leo!)
  • What does this mean for tech support future?
• 06:58 Challenges with AI content accuracy
  • GR: Still a lot of hallucinating, and not understanding old vs new, and too much agreeing with the asker.
  • Dealing with lists
  • People don’t know how to ask the questions
• 14:53 AI limitations in suggesting and automating tasks
  • It won’t correct you when it should
• 17:32 Asking AI to clarify terminology
  • Phrasing questions right
  • Pointing people in a new direction. Educating about new stuff.
  • We do demonstrations of details.
• 26:05 Planning for a future pivot in tech support
  • 27:34 GR: “I don’t have to run faster than the bear, I just need to run faster than you.”
• 34:43 Automating log checks with Claude
  • 39:49 Learning to code and problem-solving with AI
• 45:40 Talking about the old Mac Pro
  • Not openable and fixable
• 50:00 When I first touched a computer

• 52:00 GR: Project Hail Mary
• 57:00 LN: QI – (Quite Interesting – BBC / Amazon Prime Britbox)

• 59:00 GR: https://macmost.com/my-favorite-apple-products-from-the-last-50-years.html
• 1:01:00 LN: How I Use AI at Ask Leo! – https://askleo.com/168449

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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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In This Episode: Solving Server Headaches With AI, Age Verification Dilemmas, and the Software Subscription fight.

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.)

• LN: More Claude tricks
  • 1:00 Slow server log analysis
  • 11:00 Ask Leo! Question repository analysis
  • 19:00 Journal recovery
    • https://leo.notenboom.org/my-writing-journey/
• 21:00 LN: Age verification & Discord?
  • https://www.techradar.com/computing/software/what-a-great-way-to-kill-your-community-discord-users-are-furious-about-its-new-age-verification-checks-and-are-now-hunting-for-alternatives
  • 24:00 GR: Protecting children vs protecting privacy: https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/24/reddit-and-discord-are-both-in-trouble-over-controversial-age-verification-service/
    • To protect kids: age verification
    • But then that violates privacy as you have to confirm your ID
    • Another aspect: blocking kids from social media makes it harder for them to have a political voice (organize for protests, etc)
    • 30:00 Some call for Google and Apple to take this over
    • 34:00 Maybe we need some sort of special org? But even then how would they do both?
• 49:00 GR: Software subscriptions (again)
  • You don’t “own” your software
  • Software needs updating, it isn’t a consumable or physical product
• 1:06:00 Gary’s journal is transcribed while we talk!

• 1:09:00 GR: Knight Of the Seven Kingdoms
• 1:10:00 LN: same

• 1:11:00 GR: Using Text Files As a Productivity Tool
• 1:12:00 LN: The Nirvana Fallacy https://askleo.com/179344

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In This Episode: AI is still dumb. Who’s in charge of TikTok? The death of Gmail Import.

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.)

• 0:30 LN: Been playing with Jan https://www.jan.ai/
  • 2:15 So MANY online AIs: ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude, Gemini, & others
  • 3:35 Privacy-focused: Proton’s Lumo
  • Self-hosted: Jan (ultimate privacy?) – biggest complication is figuring out what LLM model to use
  • 9:00 GR: Claud bot
  • 10:00 Don’t let AI decide things for you
• 14:40 GR: Who owns TikTok now?
  • 15:50 TikTok is now owned (80%) by an investor group
  • Oracle houses data (Larry Ellison)
  • Was owned by Chinese ByteDance before (still 20%)
  • Should you keep watching? (honestly can’t decide)
  • 21:00 Alternatives: YouTube Shorts is getting better, Instagram
• 26:00 GR: mobile journalism tips
  • 30:00 Practice “quick draw” filming with your mobile phone
  • Familiarize yourself with your camera resolution and upload settings
    • LN: auto-backup to cloud
  • 37:00 Remember if a friend is filming, you film too. Heck, film them filming things.
• 44:00 LN: The death of “Check mail from other accounts:” took me down a path
  • FastMail
  • 48:00 Proton mail for security
  • 53:00 Google Workspace for Nonprofits

• 55:10 GR: Sinners (HBO Max)

• 1:00:06 LN: Why Am I Seeing So Many CAPTCHAs? – askleo.com/187517
• 1:01:10 GR: https://macmost.com/10-secrets-of-the-mac-dock.html

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In This Episode: Brief episode description

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 LN: Gravity always wins
• 6:00 LN: My new machine (you know, a “present” for getting sick?)
  • AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9960X 24-Cores, 4200 Mhz
  • 128GB
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (and how I backed into this)
  • 12:00 Davinci Resolve “speed editor”
• 13:00 GR: Apple Creator Studio https://www.apple.com/apple-creator-studio/
  • Is it “freemium?”
  • 24:00 LN: Afinity and Canva
• 25:00 So many subscriptions!
  • Good and bad
• 28:00 GR: Strudel.cc
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu5rnQkfO6M
• 33:00 GR: AI fakes aren’t always going to be someone talking and saying something they didn’t.
  • https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/renee-good-car-ice-image
  • 35:00 Believe what you want to believe
  • 37:00 GR: Subscribe to Snopes
  • Snopes Newsletters: https://www.snopes.com/newsletters/
  • 41:00 Studying media bias
• 42:00 GR: Connections in the wilderness
  • Satellite text messages, not just for emergrncies
  • 45:00 LN: Recent outage when everyone’s phone only said SOS?

• 46:00 LN: Google Recorder (Pixel) – a tool I relied on
• 49:00 GR: Mark Twain by Ron Chernow (Audible)

• 53:00 LN: An Unexpected Way Videos Can Expose Your Location – askleo.com/167448
• 56:00 GR: https://macmost.com/why-ai-cant-replace-tech-help-yet.html Why AI Can’t Replace Tech Help (Yet)

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