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Carly Rector

Two friends from the internet try to make sense of what startup culture is doing to the world. Carly Rector is a software engineer and startup founder. Each week, she discusses current events with Teresa Kramer, TTRPG product manager and semi-professional voice actor. Their shared history lets them bridge the gap between online creative communities and the tech world with an empathetic but critical perspective.

  1. HACE 4 DÍAS

    Multiple Specialized Throbbing Brains: AI & Jobs, UBI, PSM

    This week I'm joined by Frank Kane, independent educator and one of the handful of people I know posting sane takes about AI on LinkedIn. We have the AI job loss conversation in the context of reporting that software engineer job listings are actually rising, go over recent developments in the realm of universal basic income (or similar things), and then talk about Anthropic's "Persona Selection Model" as a new framework for thinking about how LLM's work. Find more about Frank at: https://www.sundog-education.com/ -- Show Notes: Is AI killing jobs? Update https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/opinion/ai-jobs-unemployment-silicon-valley.htmlhttps://www.businessinsider.com/ai-isnt-killing-software-coding-jobs-booming-trueup-2026-4 UBI developments https://www.platformer.news/ubi-ai-public-wealth-fund-musk-openai-bores/ OpenAI policy doc https://openai.com/index/industrial-policy-for-the-intelligence-age/ Elon Musk tweet https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2044990537145753894 Andrew Yang https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/podcasts/hardfork-tim-cook-yang-ubi.html Alex Bores proposal https://www.alexbores.nyc/files/Bores-Dividend_Policy.pdf Persona Selection Model https://www.anthropic.com/research/persona-selection-model

    1 h 5 min

  2. 14 MAR ·  CONTENIDO EXTRA

    Programming Note: Schedule & Format Changes

    There will be a hiatus in weekly episodes of this podcast and there may be some newer things coming soon! Email podcast@graphenesoftware.com with suggestions or if you'd like to come on the pod!

    3 min

  3. 2 MAR

    Snake Oil: Block Layoffs, Netflix & WB, Anthropic RSP, Anthropic and OpenAI vs the DoD

    We start the episode with a less-than-lightning round through some events of the week, including Block's 40% layoffs, Netflix walking away from the Warner Bros acquisition, and Anthropic's updates to their Responsible Scaling Policy. Then we discuss at length the drama around Anthropic refusing the Department of Defense's contract terms, and OpenAI coming in to accept the deal a few hours later. -- Show notes Block lays off 40% of the company (~4000 people) https://x.com/jack/status/2027129697092731343Netflix walks away from Warner Bros deal https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/26/media/netflix-paramount-wbd Anthropic RSP updates https://www.anthropic.com/news/responsible-scaling-policy-v3 Anthropic vs DoD https://www.axios.com/2026/02/24/anthropic-pentagon-claude-hegseth-dario "Incoherent" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/26/incoherent-hegseths-anthropic-ultimatum-confounds-ai-policymakers-00800135 Dario Amodei's statement https://www.anthropic.com/news/statement-department-of-war Google + Open AI Employee support https://www.axios.com/2026/02/27/google-openai-workers-push-for-military-ai-limits OpenAI takes Anthropic's side? https://www.axios.com/2026/02/27/altman-openai-anthropic-pentagon Trump & Hegseth tweets https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/27/trump-anthropic-claude-drop/Dario Amodei responds https://www.anthropic.com/news/statement-comments-secretary-warOpenAI reaches deal with DoD https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/technology/openai-agreement-pentagon-ai.html Jeremy Lewin clarifies it was the "compromise" deal  https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/28/pentagon-anthropic-fight-silicon-valley/ Opinion piece on Anthropic and DoD dealings with AI companies https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/28/the-trap-anthropic-built-for-itself/

    1 h 7 min

  4. 23 FEB

    Occam's Razor Split: Moves in Tech Regulation, OpenClaw Call-Out, Alpha School

    After a lightning round of updates in government interaction with tech, we discuss the fascinating case study of an OpenClaw agent writing a call-out blog post for an open source maintainer who rejected its pull request, and 404 Media's detailed investigation of Alpha School, the AI enabled school surrounded by hype. For more on OpenClaw: https://carlyrector.substack.com/p/openclaw-mj-rathbun-and-falling-back -- Show Notes: Regulation lightning round CFTC threatens States over prediction marketshttps://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9183-26 https://x.com/govcox/status/2023795059980988874Dario Amodei meets with senators about chip sales to Chinahttps://www.axios.com/2026/02/10/anthropic-ceo-china-chip-ban Data center energy costshttps://www.anthropic.com/news/covering-electricity-price-increases https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/business/energy-environment/data-center-energy-electricity-costs.html https://www.energy.gov/articles/fact-sheet-trump-administration-outlines-plan-build-big-power-plants-again Hegseth threatens Anthropichttps://www.axios.com/2026/02/16/anthropic-defense-department-relationship-hegseth OpenClaw writes a hit piece https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me-part-3/ On getting LLMs to pull quotes: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-to-do-ai-analysis-you-can-actually https://crabby-rathbun.github.io/mjrathbun-website/blog/posts/rathbuns-operator.html Alpha School https://www.404media.co/students-are-being-treated-like-guinea-pigs-inside-an-ai-powered-private-school/ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/podcasts/hardfork-education-alpha-school.html

    1 h 20 min

  5. 16 FEB

    Render Farm in the Bathroom: Discord Age Verification, SpaceXXX, Iron Lung

    We almost managed to not talk about AI today. This week's topics include the backlash to Discord rolling out age verification worldwide, SpaceX acquiring xAI and Elon Musk's new moon-based visions, and the story the success of Iron Lung tells about independent filmmaking. -- Show Notes Discord Age Verification https://discord.com/press-releases/discord-launches-teen-by-default-settings-globallyhttps://www.polygon.com/discord-face-id-requirement-backlash/ https://www.404media.co/free-tool-says-it-can-bypass-discords-age-verification-check-with-a-3d-model/ SpaceX acquires xAI (which acquired X), Elon Musk wants a catapult to the moon https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2026-02-03/musk-s-moonshot-merger https://www.reuters.com/business/musks-spacex-merge-with-xai-combined-valuation-125-trillion-bloomberg-news-2026-02-02/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/technology/elon-musk-lunar-factory.html Iron Lung https://deadline.com/2026/02/markiplier-irong-lung-interview-youtube-1236717847/https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/film/iron-lung-markiplier-box-office-ef4e520d

    1 h 11 min

  6. 9 FEB

    U Mad, Bro?: Claude's Super Bowl Ad, Moltbook Mania, the SaaSpocalypse, Anthropic Documents Unsealed

    In this accidentally all-Anthropic installment, we discuss Anthropic's firing shots at OpenAI with their new anti-ads ads, the AI tools blowing up this past week (Moltbook and the SaaSpocalypse), and insights into Anthropic's copyright strategy from documents recently unsealed from their settled lawsuit. -- Show Notes: Anthropic Super Bowl ad disses ads in ChatGPT  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQRu7DdTTVA&list=PLf2m23nhTg1OW258b3XBiJME7tgrRk-KI&index=2 https://www.wsj.com/business/media/anthropic-takes-aim-at-openais-chatgpt-in-super-bowl-ad-debut-e38d08bb?mod=e2li https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-is-a-space-to-thinkhttps://x.com/sama/status/2019139174339928189https://x.com/sonofalli/status/2019269095187783955 This week's hype: Moltbook mania, SaaSPocalypse https://www.macstories.net/stories/clawdbot-showed-me-what-the-future-of-personal-ai-assistants-looks-like/?ref=platformer.news https://www.platformer.news/moltbook-ai-agents-security-content-moderation/?ref=platformer-newsletter https://www.404media.co/exposed-moltbook-database-let-anyone-take-control-of-any-ai-agent-on-the-site/ https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-04/what-s-behind-the-saaspocalypse-plunge-in-software-stocks Anthropic and Copyright  https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69058235/563/2/bartz-v-anthropic-pbc/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/27/anthropic-ai-scan-destroy-books/

    1 h 22 min

  7. 2 FEB

    Emotional B.O.: US TikTok Issues, Social Media Addiction Suits, Is OpenAI Losing the Race?

    Sign the petition to call on tech leaders to speak out against ICE and Border Patrol's actions in Minnesota: https://iceout.tech/ This week we discuss accusations of censorship by the newly-divested US TikTok, landmark lawsuits using a product safety argument against social media companies, and the trend of bad signs for OpenAI. -- Show Notes: TikTok https://usdsjv.tiktok.com https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/business/media/tiktok-us-terms-conditions.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/26/tiktok-censorship-ice-shooting/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/01/tiktok-shadowbanning-trump/685798/Social media addiction and product safety lawsuits https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/27/social-media-trial-meta-tiktok-youtube https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/29/the-social-media-addiction-narrative-may-be-more-harmful-than-social-media-itself/Is OpenAI losing the race? https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtificialInteligence/comments/1qiphfr/open_ai_is_heading_to_be_the_biggest_failure_in/ Ads were a "last resort" - Sam Altman, October 2024 https://x.com/tomwarren/status/2012295849678602610?s=20&ref=platformer.news https://www.techbuzz.ai/articles/openai-s-sora-app-hits-turbulence-after-meteoric-rise https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rywiggs_the-vibe-shift-in-ai-is-real-and-mercury-activity-7422658541175455744-Qxc7

    58 min

  8. 26 ENE

    A Little Too Roko's Basilisk: AI at Davos, Razer at CES, Claude's Constitution

    This week, we talk about comments from Dario Amodei and Satya Nadella at the World Economic Forum, Razer CEO Min-Ling Tan's interview with Nilay Patel of the Verge, and Anthropic's official release of Claude's Constitution, previously referred to on this podcast as the soul doc. -- Show Notes: AI at Davos https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-ceo-says-government-should-help-ensure-ais-economic-upside-is-shared-1eab376chttps://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-ceo-nervous-ai https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-20/anthropic-ceo-says-selling-advanced-ai-chips-to-china-is-crazy Razer CEO says Gamers Love AI, they just don't know it https://www.theverge.com/podcast/863361/razer-ceo-min-liang-tan-ces-2026-ai-gaming-project-ava-interview https://kotaku.com/razer-ava-ai-grok-interview-slop-motoko-2000661233 Claude Constitution released under Creative Commons  https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-new-constitution

    55 min
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Two friends from the internet try to make sense of what startup culture is doing to the world. Carly Rector is a software engineer and startup founder. Each week, she discusses current events with Teresa Kramer, TTRPG product manager and semi-professional voice actor. Their shared history lets them bridge the gap between online creative communities and the tech world with an empathetic but critical perspective.

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    2025 - 2026
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