IM 866: I'm Bonkers for Yonkers - Is Coding Dead?

When renowned photographer Craig Mod coded his own AI-powered Twitter, the lines between art, tech, and community blur in surprising ways. This episode explores what happens when creative minds take AI into their own hands—and why the next wave of software might feel more like a home-cooked meal.

• Sam Altman's Blog About Firebombing
• OpenAI Backs Bill That Would Limit Liability for AI-Enabled Mass Deaths or Financial Disasters
• Anthropic Opposes the Extreme AI Liability Bill That OpenAI Backed
• Federal agencies skirt Trump's Anthropic ban to test its advanced AI model
• Our evaluation of Claude Mythos Preview's cyber capabilities | AISI Work
• OpenAI rips Anthropic, distances itself from Microsoft
• The tiny disclosure at the bottom of OpenAI's tax day post is all you need to read
• Exclusive: Anthropic Preps Opus 4.7 Model, AI Design Tool
• Federal Court Denies Anthropic's Motion to Lift 'Supply Chain Risk' Label
• Anthropic Asks Christian Leaders for Help Steering Claude's Spiritual Development
• Anthropic Changes Pricing to Bill Firms Based on AI Use Amid Compute Crunch
• Meta warned by dozens of organizations that facial recognition on its smart glasses would empower predators
• Mark Zuckerberg Is Reportedly Building an AI Clone To Replace Him In Meetings
• Chrome Now Lets You Turn AI Prompts Into Repeatable 'Skills'
• Adobe's new Firefly AI assistant turns Creative Cloud into a single conversational interface
• After sale of its shoe business, Allbirds pivots to AI
• Even more good news for the future of neurosymbolic AI
• 'The Audacity' Is the Broligarchy Takedown You Were Waiting For
• AI influencers are 'everywhere' at Coachella
• I don't see images in my head. Can training give me a mind's eye?
• Novo Nordisk partners with OpenAI as AI drug discovery hopes mount
• OpenAI has bought AI personal finance startup Hiro
• Ukraine captures enemy Russian position using only robots, no humans: 'The future is already on the front line'
• I/O schedule
• Haunted Paper Toys
• Thousands of rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive -- listen now
• DNS & Network Tools — Mr.DNS
• TRAIN JAZZ
• The hottest college major hit a wall. What happened?
  

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Craig Mod

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