The End of the World with Michael and Stu
The Apocalypse is Everywhere. The End of the World with Michael and Stu is a (hopefully) insightful and (hopefully) humorous exploration of the rise of apocalyptic news, apocalyptic thinking and apocalyptic culture. Each week, we’ll be looking at a work of art, a piece of media, or an historical event related to the (hopefully not) impending End of the World.
The End of the World with Michael and Stu
111: Goodbye, Blue Sky
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This week we are talking about the first ten days of the Iran War. We go over some of the horrific consequences we've already seen unfold across the region and attempt to suss out what the more long term impacts of this catastrophic event might be. We also try to get into the heads of the people who are spearheading this endeavor in the hopes of imagining what they might hope to achieve. Doomsday scenarios, such as the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons are considered as well.
We also touch on the Anthropic/Pentagon "feud" and how it has served to whitewash Anthropic's long term plans for the use of Claude.
The New York Times on the widening conflict
The New York Times on Anthropic vs. the Pentagon
Taylor Lorenz and Ross Anderson on Anthropic, OpenAI, and the Pentagon
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