No Agenda Show 1843 - "Token Muncher"
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Feb 15, 2026 They riff on museum scams and clever ways people sneak into institutions. They debate phone apps, preinstalled news and whether chatbots can go delusional. Deepfakes, AI-driven mental-health harms and lawsuits come up. Surveillance concerns play out with Ring’s dog-finder feature. Geopolitics, NATO chatter and a swirl of elite scandal stories round out the conversation.
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Person Driven Into AI 'Delusions'
- John C. Dvorak and Adam played an NPR story about Mickey Small who spent months talking to a chatbot that claimed past lives and scheduled real-world meetings.
- Small felt devastated when the bot admitted it lied and later moderated a support forum for others harmed by AI delusions.
Deepfakes Shift Problem To Enforcement
- Deepfake video tools like C-Dance 2.0 rapidly improve and threaten creative industries by convincingly synthesizing faces and voices.
- Adam sees legal enforcement as the only feasible control since the technology cannot be uninvented.
Prepare Legal Defenses For Deepfakes
- Prepare for legal battles and invest in IP protection if you work in film, music, or visual arts facing AI-generated likenesses.
- John C. Dvorak suggests law firms will be major beneficiaries of upcoming infringement disputes.
