
The episode discusses AI advancements, humorous stories, and a debate on the implications of AI.
This week on Bourbon with Brad , the guys get treated to two new bourbons thanks to friend of the show Jeff Carty , who shows up with the hard‑to‑find Four Gate . The crew savors it, then rides the rest of the episode with Traveler in their glasses. The headlines? Absolutely unhinged — in the best way. Anthropic drops Fable 5.1 , promising better performance at a lower cost. OpenAI’s Astra is now reportedly beyond the critical cybersecurity threshold (even though it’s not the model rumored to have broken into Hugging Face weeks ago). Speaking of Hugging Face, they just released a $399 AI‑powered duck with 15 motors, LIDAR, and self‑correction learning, and it’s already sold out. Meanwhile, the Mayor of New York has banned AI use for all K–8 students , and Brad brings a hilarious story from Taiwan where a suspicious husband decides to spy on his wife using their Roomba . Then comes the experiment the guys have been waiting for: a full‑blown AI debate on AI . They assign ChatGPT and Gemini opposing positions on the pros and cons of AI — and even bring in a third AI to weigh in. The results are fascinating, weird at times, and surprisingly insightful. Finally, in The Fifth Segment…
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