Platformer Podcast Transcripts
Casey Newton · 40 episodes with transcripts
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Introducing Machine Gods
October 23, 2026
Casey Newton (0:09)
This is Platformer Plus. I'm Casey Newton. The following column was created using a synthetic voice clone made by 11labs.
In today's episode, introducing machine gods, why we're betting on AI realism, plus the hell of PHP2 shell. This week, we launch Machine Gods, the new AI podcast we've been working on for the last few months in partnership with NPR. In our first episode, we catch up on misbehaving AI agents, the government's…
- Introducing Machine Gods
- The states come for OpenAI
- Does intelligence need a hard cap?
- OpenAI connects the Dots
- Replit's CEO: "You Don't Need to Code Anymore"
- How much of my boss's job can AI do?
- A big week for AI denialism
- The case for making your own apps
- He tried 200 to-do apps so you don't have to
- Vibe coding has escaped the terminal
- Why Amazon is hiring 11,000 junior employees
- Why this founder isn't hiring junior employees anymore
- A labor economist explains why AI won't take your job
- Why Doomers Are Wrong about AI and Jobs with Google's James Manyika
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