Episode 587: The Singularity Didn't Happen on the First

This week, we discuss Stripe's singularity letter, its $8B Open Router buy, and AI job anxiety. Plus, Matt plays “Bot or Not” on another podcast.

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Runner-up Titles

Inertia wins again

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Better than this year’s storage arrays

AI pimps its own ride

Chonking machine

A lot of chonk opportunity

I’m tired of tech people being all fancy

Thanksgiving with Ed Zitron

No religion, no politics, no AI

My recommendation: try harder

Teletubbies for Adults.

Rundown

Singularity, Models and Routers

Scoop: Stripe says "the singularity" has begun

Stripe strikes mega-deal for OpenRouter

Hugging Face reportedly in talks to be acquired for $13B

Routing is coming for the frontier AI labs

Terminator Judgement Day: August 29, 1997 2:14 a.m. Eastern Time

The AI backlash goes mainstream

52% of Americans Now More Concerned Than Excited About AI, With Under-30s Crossing a Majority for the First Time

Why Is Everyone In Tech So Sad?

The AI Hater's Manifesto

40 Years of Infrastructure as Code: Ansible → Terraform → Kubernetes → Crossplane → AI Agents

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Hundreds of leaked AWS keys give full control over corporate accounts

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Jason Kelce promotes mailing pee to data centers, Liquid Death

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