743: Category Five Dystopia
From Grumpy Old Geeks by Jason DeFillippo & Brian Schulmeister with Dave Bittner
April 24, 2026 · 1h 18m · Episode 743
About this episode
The episode discusses the expansion of child social media regulations, the struggles of AI in business, and significant news regarding SpaceX and Anthropic.
In FOLLOW UP, the child social media crackdown keeps expanding. Turkey just approved a ban for under-15s, and Sony will require age verification for PlayStation communication features in the UK and Ireland starting in June—because now you need to prove you’re an adult before trash-talking strangers online. Meanwhile, Anthropic’s prediction that fully autonomous AI employees would already be transforming business hasn’t materialized. Agentic systems are still struggling with basic workflows and, in some cases, slowing developers down. And in a more concrete reversal, Elon Musk acknowledged that pre-2023 Tesla Hardware 3 will never support Full Self-Driving. Customers who paid for the feature are now being steered toward discounted trade-ins, new cameras, and upgraded hardware—prompting obvious legal exposure. IN THE NEWS: SpaceX is reportedly targeting what could be the largest IPO ever, at roughly a $1.75 trillion valuation, with dual-class shares that preserve Musk’s control through super-voting rights. Prediction markets continue to degrade: Kalshi suspended political candidates for trading on their own races, and Polymarket saw alleged manipulation via a tampered weather…
People in this episode
Hosts: Jason DeFillippo, Brian Schulmeister, Dave Bittner
Topics covered
- social media regulation
- AI development
- autonomous technology
- business news
- IPO
- political trading
- cybersecurity
Keywords
- social media
- AI
- Elon Musk
- SpaceX
- IPO
- Sony
- Tesla
- Anthropic
- cybersecurity
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Sony, Anthropic, SpaceX, NSA, Amazon
Products: PlayStation, Tesla Hardware 3, Full Self-Driving
Places: Turkey, UK, Ireland, Charles de Gaulle Airport
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