Mediapocalypse Now, a16z’s Chris Dixon Defends Crypto, and HatGPT
January 26, 2024
Mediapocalypse Now, a16z’s Chris Dixon Defends Crypto, and HatGPT
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Hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton
Produced by Davis Land, Rachel Cohn and Kate LoPresti
Edited by Jen Poyant
Original music by Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop and Marion Lozano
Engineered by Corey Schreppel
Layoffs are hitting newsrooms and publishers again, as tech platforms, ad markets and artificial intelligence reshape the internet. Kevin Roose and Casey Newton have ideas for solutions. Then, one of the most influential investors in crypto companies lays out where the industry went wrong, and why he still thinks blockchains are the future. And finally, a round of HatGPT with the week’s tech headlines, including a spicy LinkedIn post and an A.I. test that disturbs Kevin and Casey’s sense of reality.