The Find Out Podcast

A former Anthropic safety researcher put the odds of AI wiping out humanity in the next ten years at 10%. Days later Anthropic announced a model too good at hacking to release, half the industry begged Washington to regulate them, and Trump said the only regulation we need is a president with a high IQ.Adam Conner, VP of technology policy at the Center for American Progress, gives us his own read on that number and explains why the damage short of extinction is the part nobody's planning for. Also: how Trump quietly made himself the man who decides which AI models get released, what happens to the economy when the bubble pops, and the campaign plank we're stealing on air. Robots will not fire you. Thanks to our Sponsors: Go to https://www.quince.com/findout and get free shipping and 365-day returns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cory Doctorow — author, journalist, activist, and the man who put "enshittification" in the Oxford English Dictionary — joins Tim, Rich, and Luke to explain why every platform you use got worse, and why the AI bubble might be the most expensive mistake in human history. Cory breaks down the three-stage playbook platforms use to squeeze users and creators, what TikTok's secret "heating tool" reveals about who really controls your feed, and how a 1998 law made it a felony to fix the apps that screw you. Then we get into AI: the circular accounting propping up a trillion-dollar spend on a $50 billion industry, why the "magnificent seven" are 35% of the S&P 500 while six of them lose money, and what happens to the rest of us when the bubble bursts. Plus: centaurs vs. reverse centaurs, the right-to-repair fight, and why Cory thinks the crash — handled right — could actually leave us better off. Cory's new book, The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI, is out now, and Enshittification hits paperback September 1. Find his daily newsletter at Pluralistic.net. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Texas State Representative and gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa joins the show to make her case for why 2026 is the year Texas finally turns blue. She breaks down the brutal state of play under Greg Abbott — schools cutting to four-day weeks, families losing power they can't afford, Corpus Christi on the brink of running out of water — and explains why a one-point Fox News poll has her campaign feeling the momentum. Gina digs into the Latino vote swing, the data center land grab devastating rural Texas communities, why Ken Paxton's primary win exposes the GOP's civil war, and her simple two-part pitch to voters: save Texas schools, put money in your pocket. If you've ever wondered whether Texas Democrats' hopes are real this time, this is the conversation to hear.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joins the show for a wide-ranging conversation that quickly turns to life under Trump — the crew and Salazar touch on immigration crackdowns, tariffs on wildfire-stricken countries, and how the sheer volume of Trump-era news drowns out everything else that matters, public lands and conservation included. From there it gets personal: Salazar talks about his debut book and swaps old stories with Tim about pickup basketball games at the Department of the Interior — including the time he tried to recruit Reggie Love and had to be talked into building Interior's first digital program back when he could barely turn on an iPad. Go to https://www.quince.com/findout for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices