The 10 Best System Crash Podcast Episodes
1) Please Reboot Your System
The system is crashing, and we’re here to guide you through the wreckage. In the inaugural episode of System Crash, Brian Merchant and Paris Marx dig into how the alliance of Donald Trump and Elon Mus...Show More
2) Teens Are Done with Big Tech’s Internet, Google Triples Down on AI, and Grok is Pro-White Genocide
This week on System Crash: A new poll shows that nearly half of all teens wish the internet simply did not exist, and what can we say, the children are the future. Meanwhile, the reason why the kids h...Show More
3) The AI Education and Jobs Crisis, OpenAI’s Corporate Drama, and Zuck’s AI Friends
This week on System Crash: AI madness hits a new peak: Mark Zuckerberg has a plan to give everyone AI companions, OpenAI’s boardroom drama gets a new chapter, and the impact of AI on education and wor...Show More
4) Palmer Luckey Wants to Arm the West With AI Weapons
Brian is out this week, so we’re dropping one of our bonus episodes to give you a preview of the benefits of supporting the show over on Patreon. In the episode, Brian and Paris dig into Anduril CEO P...Show More
5) The Ban on State AI Laws is Dead, Canada Bows to Trump and Big Tech, and the AI Backlash Grows
This week on System Crash: Canada drops its digital services tax under pressure from Trump, the 10-year ban on state-level AI regulation is dead, and the backlash to generative AI just keeps growing. ...Show More
6) AI Has Its Day in Court and Tesla’s Robotaxis Are Already a Dangerous Menace in Austin
This week on System Crash: A court rules Anthropic can train on copyrighted works as long as they’re not pirated, and Elon Musk rolls out Tesla’s Robotaxi service in Austin — with all the problems you...Show More
7) The Rise of the AI Military Industrial Complex, Trump’s Scam Phone, and Israel-Iran Slop
This week on System Crash: A new player is about to take the smartphone world by storm, the AI industry is forging deeper partnerships with the military, and the Iran-Israel conflict is already overru...Show More
8) Donald Trump and Elon Musk Clash While Protesters Burn Waymos in Los Angeles
This week on the show: The Donald Trump/Elon Musk feud continues into a second week and protests torch Waymos as Trump ramps up an authoritarian clampdown of Los Angeles. Plus, Ohio state mandates AI ...Show More
9) What Elon Musk’s “Exit” From White House Really Means and What’s Next for DOGE
This week on the show: Elon Musk is out at DOGE, kind of. He leaves with a black eye, literally. And figuratively. We dive into what Musk’s exit means for the Department of Government Efficiency, the ...Show More
10) Sam Altman and Jony Ive Get Hitched for an AI Device and Trump Goes After iPhones
This week on System Crash: Sam Altman and Jony Ive announce they’re expecting — a piece of AI hardware. Donald Trump wants to hit iPhones with a 25% tariff if Apple doesn’t start making them in the Un...Show More