The age of AI is off to a shambolic start. Anthropic and OpenAI ran Super Bowl ads that fell flat. The gap is widening between the AI-pilled true believers and the Normals, as AI becomes yet another existential anxiety. Plus: Alex breaks down the design systems deployed by Trump vs Mamdani, and Troy says The Washington Post has a product problem.

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Chapters:

00:27 Welcome
07:46 Billionaires Flock to Miami
11:21 AI Anxiety
31:08 Design & Government
35:36 Mamdani Design Language
37:43 A Very Difficult Job: Running the WaPo
56:37 Good Product
59:55 Outro

AI Anxiety